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British soldier eating rations at the Front, WW1Tommys Salle A Manger at the Front. Dinner-time in a British trench where the soldiers dining room with tapestried with mud and carpeted with muddy water. Date: 1915
Frys Cocoa advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Frys Pure Breakfast Cocoa, Always on Active Service, being enjoyed by three British soldiers at the Front. 1918
Lea and Perrins advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Lea and Perrins Worcestershire sauce, a perfect gift for soldiers at the front to use with their war rations with claims that it makes bully beef appetizing
WW2 - Shortage of Potatoes in Britain during the WarSorry No Potatoes - a British housewife has limited choice for her vegetable purchasing, as potato stocks dry up due to tight rationing control over supply - December, 1941. Date: 1941
WW1 - League of National Safety - set up to promote the value of rationing, the efforts to avoid wastage, to further the objects of the Food Economy Campaign
German ration card WWIGerman bread ration card from Munich, Germany during World War I
Victorian Scrap - army meat rations. late 19th century
British Food Rationing, First World War, 1918Diagram showing the weekly butchers meat ration allowed for an adult (with children receiving half the amount). Rationing was introduced at the end of World War One when ships carrying food
British soldiers in a trenchThree British Tommies eat a basic meal in a trench, using a crate as a makeshift table, on the Western Front. Date: 1932
The Wars - France / Drawing rations from railhead. Mericourt ?Photograph of rations being loaded onto horse-drawn wagons from covered railway wagons, 1915-1918
WW2 poster, British Rail catering information, with a cartoon by Fougasse. Food was rationed for British Rail, as for everyone else, and Refreshment Baskets were discontinued. circa 1940s
British and enemy civilian food supplies during WWIDiagram showing the food rations and supplies in Britain compared with that in Germany and Austria during WW1. Date: 1918
Cartoon, The meat card, WW1Cartoon, The meat card. When a cook is unable to obtain seven cutlets for her employers seven dinner guests, they are all instructed to bring their own cutlet. Date: 1917
Cartoon, Playing cards, WW1Cartoon, Playing cards. Two old men at a table in a cafe play a game of cards (piquet) with their food rationing cards, which are normally used for buying meat, bread, coal and sugar. Date: 1917
Cartoon, French street market, WW1Cartoon, French street market. A woman and stallholder chat about the war and food rationing while a stray dog steals a fish. Date: 1917
1920 / Russia / Food RationsWorkers collecting their food rations from official bureaux. Date: 1920
Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory - Inmates Daily RationsAn illustration of a typical days food rations for inmates of Aylesbury Inebriate Reformatory. Date: 1908
Russian sailors drinking grog rations in the Russian Navy Date: 1893
Things We Vow We Will Do, When Peace Breaks outCartoon by George Studdy showing a gent purposefully indulging in wasteful behaviour, a welcome relief after years of food control, shortages and rationing. Date: 1918
WW1 - Eastern Front - Dinner for Austrian soldiers deliveredWW1 - Eastern Front - Austrian soldiers crawl to deliver rations to soldiers in shallow trenches whilst under Russian shell-fire. Date: 1915
After a meal in a British trench 1915A peaceful pipe before another spell of duty. 1915
WW2 Christmas card, clothes rationingWW2 Christmas card, comment on clothes rationing. Date: circa 1942
WW2 Christmas card, The Weeks RationWW2 Christmas card, showing a butcher in his shop, a reproduction of a painting entitled The Weeks Ration. The verse inside reads: When we queue for our chop in the butchers shop
WW2 Christmas card, wartime restrictionsWW2 Christmas card. Whats in the Post this Morning? Rationing and other wartime restrictions. Date: circa 1942
WW1 Oxo advertisementAdvertisement for Oxo suggesting Oxo and potato cakes as a delicious (and economical) luncheon during the First World War. Date: 1918
Daily rations for enemy prisoners of war in England, WW1A table displaying the rations given to enemy prisoners of war interned in England during the First World War. The picture was taken at a POW camp in Leigh, Lancashire and shows 1 1/2 lb of bred
Rationing of Food, February 1918, WW1Page from The Sphere reporting on the introduction of food rationing of meat and butter in London and Home Counties on 25 February 1918
British troops in church billets in Flanders, WW1Just back from the trenches, British troops settle down in church billets during a service after a stretch of work in the first line on the Western Front
Oxo advertisement with trench scene, WW1Advertisement for Oxo, for men at the Front and in training, with an excellent accompanying picture illustrating the grim conditions borne by soldiers in the trenches
Food shortages, WW1London society finds that the only topic of conversation in 1918 is food, rationing and what there is available to eat. An illustration by Annie Fish to accompany the Letters of Eve gossip column in
Ready cut out pyjamasAn illustration of eight pieces of a set of pyjamas, made of ceylonette. Enabling the reader to use and make into a set of pyjamas, including a girdle and coming with a set of instructions
Carrying rations up the communication trench. On reverse of postcard - Carrying rations up the communication trench to the men in the firing line. The men alway(s) carry loaded rifles and ammunition
A week of food required for the German Army, WW1A scale drawing giving an impression of the volume of food needed to feed the German Army for one week during the First World War compared to the spires of Cologne Cathedral. Date: 1914
Royal Artillery soldiers eating dinner, WW1Four soldiers of the Royal Artillery enjoy some lunch during the First World War. Date: c.1916
War Time Pudding with Oxo, 1918Advertisement for Oxo from the First World War, suggesting that the versatile stock cube could help out your meat ration. A new Oxo dish prepared by an unidentified celebrated chef
Baking your own bread, WW1First World War advertisement from the British Commercial Gas Association, suggesting that, with the reduction in the number of bakers throughout the country
Biscuits & Beef, British soldiers rations, WW1A humorous cartoon by a serving soldier, Sapper E. G. Eschini showing a British soldier gnawing at the tough and unpalatable biscuits and beef, typical rations during the First World War. Date: 1917
The Food Problem, WW1 cartoon by FishProfessor of Economics (to Hostess): Pardon! - my bread, I believe. Polite society begin to squablle over portions as food shortages take hold in the latter part of the First World War. Date: 1917
Winter rations for British troops in the trenches 1917British commissariat methods: Army ration corps supplying hot food to the men in the trenches at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France; serving hot stew in bad weather often added very
Advert for Kooksjoie range cooker 1918Kooksjoie range cooker, from the London Warming and Ventilating Co. Ltd, a behemoth of a thing, whose manufacturers promise it consumes just half a ton of coal per month
Weekly food ration for one person 1946Weekly rationed food post Second World War in Britain. Bread and vegetables where unrationed, tins where obtained by points. Date: 1946
Hot dinner for men in the trenches, WW1A ration party of the Kings Liverpool Regiment preparing to take to the trenches a hot dinner cooked in a travelling kitchen. Date: 1915
Gordon Highlanders in trench, Western Front, WW1Gordon Highlanders cutting up rations in a reserve trench before moving up to the front line on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Petrol rations and oil tankers by G. H. DavisPetrol rations and oil tankers: an analysis for car owners during the Second World War. A diagrammatic explanation setting out the relative basic petrol allowances for private cars for August
Food rationing comparison by G. H. DavisFood rationing in Great Britain during the two World Wars: a comparison of the periods 1917-1920 and 1940-1946. The chief topic of conversation today -- food
Knitting pattern 1943Warm wool lies... Vest and pants for the long winter evenings. A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a womans vest and pants
Advert for Chilprufe wool underwear for children 1943Quailty... a necessity when supplies are limited. The output of Chilprufe pure wool is now confined solely to a range of essential garments for infants and young children
Knitting pattern 1945A 1940s knitting pattern providing instructions on how to make a step in slip. With the onset of World War Two and the introduction of rationing
