Rescue Collection (page 12)

LFB Annual Review 1934, Exercise wearing breathing apparatus Date: 1934

LFB Annual Review 1934, Exercise carrying casualty Date: 1934

Fire at Bush Hotel, Shepherds Bush Green, West London
Fire at the Bush Hotel, Shepherds Bush Green, West London, 12 June 1955. Showing the escape ladder in position after the rescue of Miss O Donnell. Date: 1955

Firefighters in display at Lambeth HQ, London
Firefighters in a display at Lambeth HQ, London, on 28 July 1937, following a presentation of certificates for bravery by Mr E Cruse, Chairman of the London Fire Brigade Committee

Rescue following bombing, WW2
Rescue of civilians by firefighters following bombing during the Blitz. Date: 1940s

Rescue following V2 rocket attack, Manor Park, London, WW2
Rescue of a woman following a V2 rocket attack in Manor Park. Although many rescues took place, hundreds of Londoners died in these attacks, launched in the latter stages of WW2

Blitz in London -- rescue squad, Wandsworth, WW2
Blitz in London -- a rescue squad at work in Wandsworth after oil and high explosive bomb damage on 16 November 1940. Date: 1940

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilots trans-Antarctica flight
Lincoln Ellsworth and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon, loading supplies into the " Polar Star", before the flight of the 2000 miles from Dundee Island across the Antarctic to the Bay of Whales

Found long missing Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot
American Lincoln Ellsworth and his British colleague and pilot, Herbert Hollick-Kenyon who on 23 November 1935, started from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Lincoln Ellsworth and pilot making preparations
Lincoln Ellsworth (left) and Herbert Hollick-Kenyon (right), his pilot, making preparations for their trans-Antarctic flight from Dundee Island in an aeroplane Polar Star

Sketch cover - Duke of Westminster, hero of a VC action
Front cover of The Sketch magazine featuring, Major Hugh Arthur Grosvenor, 2nd Duke of Westminster (1879 - 1953), known as Bendor (or Bend Or, after his fathers winning racehorse)

Firewomen, a rescue on an iron staircase, WW1
A firewoman demonstrating a rescue on an iron staircase using another lady as her prop. Business firms in the West End trained women in the Fire Brigade drill so they could take the place of male

Pug Peter -- dog carried through air by seagulls
Pug Peter -- Peter rescued from the Deep. A dog is carried through the air by two seagulls. Date: 1905

Pug Peter -- mouse firemen on a ladder
Pug Peter -- The Rescue of Little Bunny. Mouse firemen on a ladder with a small rabbit. Date: 1905

British soldier with rescued canaries, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier with two rescued canaries in a cage, on the Western Front in France during World War One. The birds were the only living creatures found amongst the ruins. Date: circa 1916

Accident to submarine A7 by G. H. Davis
The accident to the British submarine A7, embedded in soft sand and mud at the bottom of Whitsand Bay, Cornwall, with her nose raised at an angle

An efficient ships lifeboat by G. H. Davis
In quest of an efficient ships lifeboat: a type which might have helped the Volturno (where one lifeboat overturned, two smashed against the side of the burning vessel)

Storm and stress at sea by G. H. Davis
Storm and stress at sea: the two thrilling shipping incidents of the week. Above: how the Snowdon Range was driven hither and thither in her long voyage from Philadelphia across the Atlantic

Winter work in the Royal Navy by G. H. Davis
Winter work in the Royal Navy: taking a disabled submarine in tow. Showing a submarine in the foreground, hailing the parent ship. 1910

New rescue bell technique by G. H. Davis
Using the new rescue bell technique: HMS Kingfisher, the Royal Navys new submarine rescue ship. Date: 1954

Lifeboat, 1806
The Northumberland lifeboat, 1806. Date: 1806

Lifeboatmen, c1870
Three lifeboatmen scan the horizon for seafarers in peril. Date: c.1870

Tenby life boat, 1857
The Tenby life boat proceeding to the rescue of the crew of the Spanish ship Nuevo Torcuvato, 1857. The life boat bears the mark of the National Life Boat Institution. Date: 7th December 1857

Lifeboat, 1830s
A lifeboat of the 1830s, encountering a storm. Date: 1830s

New British fireproof lifeboat by G. H. Davis
The new British all-steel fireproof lifeboat designed for oil tankers. Its sprays form a constant shield of cold water over the boat, enabling it to negotiate a sea of blazing oil. Date: 1943

Fire in the Tower of London, rescuing the Crown Jewels
Breaking into the strong room in the Jewel Tower at the Tower of London to rescue the Crown Jewels during a fire in 1841. Date: 1841

Modern methods of sea rescue by G. H. Davis
Modern methods of sea rescue during the Second World War: day and night detection devices. Date: 1941

Preparing to launch a lifeboat, 1830s
Preparing to launch a lifeboat into a stormy sea, with the help of a horse and wagon, 1830s. Date: 1830s

Shirley Bain-Marais by Madame Yevonde
Shirley Bain-Marais (1921-?) by Madame Yevonde. She was the daughter of Colonel Colin Bain-Marais, South African Minister to France

Jeek the puppy rescued from the water
Jeek the mongrel puppy falls into the water and a man wades in to rescue him. Date: 1940

Heligoland submarine rescue by G. H. Davis
During the naval action off Heligoland in the early part of the First World War, a boats crew is rescued by a British submarine. Date: August 1914

Drama in the North Sea, German raider force down, 1939
A scene out in the North Sea showing the crew of a German flying boat, which had participated in an air attack upon ships of the British fleet waiting to be rescued by a British destroyer having been

Lifeboat man rescuing a baby
A lifeboat man swinging across the waves on a lifebelt, holding a baby in his arms

Lifeboat men in a rough sea
Lifeboat men rowing their boat in a rough sea, wearing cork lifebelts

Lifeboat man in cork lifebelt
A lifeboat man wearing a cork lifebelt

Lifeboat men in lifeboat on beach
Lifeboat men in their lifeboat on a beach, watched by local people

Rescue of the B. E. F. at Dunkerque by Matania
This illustration shows the dramatic rescue of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkerque in 1940. It took over 900 vessels from England to evacuate the British and French soldiers

Slavers Raiding a Village on the Aruwimi River, Central Afri
Engraving showing Arab slavers raiding a village beside the Aruwimi River, as seen from the Yambuya Camp occupied by Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1888

Tippoo Tibs Grand Canoes on the Congo River, 1888
Engraving showing Tippoo Tibs grand canoes travelling down the Congo River during Sir Henry Morton Stanleys Emin Pasha Relief Expedition, 1888

Favras Conspiracy
Thomas de Mahy, marquis de Favras, conspires to rescue the king and destroy the Revolution : betrayed by a confederate, he is hanged in the place de Greve, Paris. Date: 19 February 1790

Siege of Gibraltar - 4
British boats rescue enemy casualties when the attacking French and Spanish fleet is destroyed by the garrison. Date: 13 September 1782

Kaman HH-43B Huskie, 62-4535, the base rescue helicopter?
Kaman HH-43B Huskie, 62-4535, the base rescue helicopter at Upper Heyford. This helicopter is currently in the Midland Air Museum, Coventry

Westland Wessex performs a rescue at sea

Three boys on a desert island attract a passing ship using their robes and spears as signal flags. Date: 1898

1st Earl Roberts winning the Victoria Cross - Indian Mutiny
Frederick Sleigh Roberts, 1st Earl Roberts (1832-1914), awarded a Victoria Cross medal after his service in Khudagani (Khodagunge) on 2nd January 1858 during the Indian Mutiny. Date: 1858

WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in King Street, St James. Date: circa 1941

Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - Lifeboat, Bathers and Fisherwoman
Boulogne-sur-Mer, France - Lifeboat, Bathers and example of the traditional local costume worn by Fisherwomen, featuring a sun headdress. Date: circa 1910s

Lowestoft No. 2 Lifeboat Stock Exchange
Lowestoft No.2 Lifeboat Stock Exchange, presented to The Royal National Life Boat Institution in 1893 by the members of the London Stock Exchange

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