Requisitioned Collection

RMS Mauretania (Launched 1938)
RMS Mauretania. A successor to RMS Mauretania of 1906. Launched 28th July, 1938 she saw only the briefest period of commercial operation before being requisitioned by the British Government for use

Cunningham Holiday Camp - Isle of Man
The Cunningham Holiday Camp, Douglas, Isle of Man. In September 1914 the Camp, cleared of its usual campers and staff, was requisitioned as an internment camp for enemy aliens - split into three

On Board Britannic
People on board the Britannic, the sister ship of the Titanic, taking part in a service; the ship, requisitioned as a hospital ship in WW1 was sunk by a mine

Commandeered by Lawson Wood, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon by Lawson Wood showing two British soldiers taking away a little boys toy horse, much to his distress. The cartoon is a humorous comment on the number of horses commandeered by the Army in

The Troop Ship (HMTS) Soudan - formerly a P&O liner serving Southern Africa (this card was sent from Cape Town, so her route of passage appears to have stayed somewhat constant!). Date: 1907

Collecting and branding horses, WW1
Wanted for the Army -- collecting and branding horses for troops at the stables of W H Smith, the famous newsagents, on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914

The Way of War with Civilians, WW1
The Way of War with Civilians -- a cross-section of an English home, showing how it could be adapted for military purposes during the First World War. Date: 1914

RMS Caronia, Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada, WW1
RMS Caronia, British ocean liner, seen here at Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada, after being requisitioned as an armed merchant cruiser on the outbreak of the First World War. Date: circa 1914

Donating items for refugees WWII
Rich and poor alike bring useful articles to the Womens Voluntary Service Depot to help equip requisitioned houses for refugees

House requisition WWII
Empty houses in Chelsea are requisitioned by the Town Clerk for refugees and bear this notice on their doors during World War II

War Office at Wormwood Scrubs
A War Office filing clerk in his temporary office, a cell at the Wormwood Scrubs prison in west London. The prison was requisitioned by the War Office at the outbreak of war in 1939

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