Rescue Collection (page 6)

RMS Titanic - rescued passengers on deck of Carpathia
RMS Titanic - Underwood and Underwood real photo postcard, Group of Titanic's rescued passengers on deck of the Carpathia. Date: 1912

Cunard Line, RMS Carpathia - luncheon menu, Sunday 17 November 1912. Date: 1912

RMS Lusitania - en route to New York, August 1912
RMS Lusitania - Hutchinson Archive. Original photograph taken on board the Lusitania en route to New York on 22 August 1912

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue crew and helicopter
Three crew and a helicopter belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Penlee lifeboat, Mabel Alice, off Penzance, Cornwall
Penlee lifeboat, Mabel Alice, travelling at speed off the coast of Penzance, Cornwall. Date: circa 1980s

RNLI lifeboat crew, St Ives, Cornwall, just returned from a rescue mission. Includes Tommy Cocking, coxswain (second from left). Date: circa 1980s

Duke of Kent on a lifeboat at Newlyn harbour, Cornwall
The Duke of Kent in Newlyn harbour, Cornwall, for the naming of the new Penlee lifeboat, the Mabel Alice, on 18 July 1983. 1983

A Saint Bernard rescue dog with two priests, Switzerland
A St. Bernard Dog with two priests - Switzerland. The earliest written records of the St. Bernard breed are from monks at the hospice at the Great St

The Rescue by Fortunino Matania
The Rescue - a scene on a Swiss snow slope. One skier leans over to rescue a small pet dog who has fallen over the edge of a snowy ledge, much to the distress of a small child. Date: 1922

Once More into the Breach - a Walrus to the rescue
Humorous illustration by E.G Oakley-Beuttler depicting the air-sea rescue by a Shagbat amphibious biplane(known as a Walrus) over the North Sea during World War Two

Caudebec en Caux, France - Monument to Heroes of Latham 47
Caudebec en Caux, France - Monument to the Latham 47 Heroes, who disappeared in the prototype of the Latham 47 in 1928 with Roald Amundsen onboard during a rescue mission to the North Pole in search

RAF 22 Squadron Search and Rescue helicopters
Two helicopters belonging to the No. 22 Squadron, Royal Air Force Search and Rescue, based at Thorney Island near Chichester, West Sussex

Caricature, Henry Irving and Bram Stoker
Caricature, Henry Irving congratulates his theatre manager, Bram Stoker for recently rescuing a man from drowning in the River Thames near his Chelsea home. 1882

Grace Darlings Boat
The boat in which GRACE DARLING and her father rowed out to rescue the crew of the Forfarshire is displayed at the International Fisheries Exhibition, 1883. Date: 6 September 1838

Woman saving child by walking narrow ledge
To save her child from fire, Madame Pauquelin of rue St Maur, Paris, walks a narrow ledge from her 5th floor apartment, which she could not have done in her normal state of consciousness. Date: 1906

The lifesaving Mermaid of Bognor Regis, Mary Wheatland
Mary Wheatland (1835-1924) - a well known Bognor Regis Character, a woman who hired bathing machines from the east of the pier

The Lights O London by George R Sims
Promotional postcard for The Lights O London by George R. Sims. First produced Princesss Theatre, 10th September 1881. Centre pages of a four-page American flyer for H. R. Jacobs Company

Kavanaghs journey, Relief of Lucknow, Indian Mutiny
Scenes from Thomas Henry Kavanaghs (1821-1882) perilous journey leading to the Relief of Lucknow during the Indian Mutiny, for which he was awarded the Victoria Cross

Rescue of McClure during Arctic expedition
Rescue of Robert McClure during his unsuccessful Arctic expedition to discover the fate of the Franklin expedition of 1845

WW1 - RMS Laconia torpedoed, 25th February 1917
WW1 - RMS Laconia was a Cunard ocean liner torpedoed by SM U-50 while returning from the USA to England with passengers. The first torpedo struck the liner, but did not sink her

Sinking of the Blucher in Great War Deeds, WW1
A dramatic incident in the Battle of Dogger Bank: the German armoured cruiser Blucher sinking and HMS Arethusa, British light cruiser, standing in to save life

Highlander rescues French girl at Loos
As British troops sweep through the French town of Loos, A Highlander rescues a young French girl from danger and moves her to comparative safety

LFB firefighters receiving knots and lines training in the HQ drill yard, 9 December 1958. Date: 1958

Blitz in London -- Invicta Road, Westcombe Park, WW2
Blitz in London -- firefighters join Heavy Rescue teams and ARP squads who are searching for casualties and bodies after a heavy explosive bomb devastated buildings in Invicta Road, Westcombe Park

Blitz in London -- off Whitechapel Road, WW2
Blitz in London -- men at work inside a damaged building off Whitechapel Road, East London, where six people were killed, 4 September 1940. Date: 1940s

Bomb damage, Marlow Road, East Ham, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Marlow Road, East Ham, London, 28 November 1944, with firefighters and rescue workers. Date: 1944

Self-righting lifeboat by Sir George Cayley
Drawing and design of a self-righting lifeboat by Sir George Cayley. Date: c.1836

LCC-LFB rescue drills at Brigade HQ
Two escape ladders and two hook ladders at work on the Headquarters main drill tower and firefighters performing rescues by carrying down and lowering by line using live casualties

Scene of whale rescue attempt, River Thames, in which a Northern Bottlenose Whale was lost

London Fire Brigade control room at headquarters. Officers work at computer stations to coordinate fire and rescue operations

NFS messenger boy at Pimlico bombing, WW2
The aftermath of a V1 flying bomb attack in Winchester Street, Pimlico, with a messenger boy in the foreground. NFS firefighters join other rescue workers at the scene

Combined Civil Defence exercise, WW2
Civil defence rescue workers carrying a casualty from the exercise site. A policewoman and a nurse are with the rescue team

Titanic letter
Letter from Ismay, Imrie & Co. to Marine Department, Whitehall, suggesting passengers saved from RMS Titanic by rescue ship, 15 April 1912 Date: 15th April 1912

Titanic - sunrise on April 15th after the ship had sank
On the verge of the ice floe. A tranquil, yet eery impression of the area of the Atlantic ocean where the White Star passenger liner, RMS Titanic sank the morning after

Lifeboat coxswain Henry Britton, Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex
Henry Britton, coxswain of the lifeboat at Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex, from 1884 to 1914. Seen here wearing his cork lifejacket, with the lifeboat behind him. circa 1900

Medal, Royal Life Saving Society
Medal of the Royal Life Saving Society (established 1891) awarded to K. W. Watson, featuring a rescue taking place with two figures in the water

Relief of Lucknow / Jessie
Two women hear the approaching army, coming to rescue them. Date: 1857

Grand Pier at Weston-Super-Mare burns down in 1930
The Grand Pier at Weston-Super-Mare burns down on 13th January 1930. The pavilion was completely destroyed with surrounding amusement booths and part of the pier itself

Barry the St Bernard Dog - a faithful servant of the Hospice of the Great St Bernard

Wolf attack in Camporeggiano, Umbria, Italy
Peasants of Camporeggiano in Umbria, Italy, are attacked by a huge wolf -- a mother snatches her child from its jaws !

Bulldog rescued from sinking ship, First World War
When the King Edward is sunk by a mine during the First World War, the crew rescue Norah the bulldog, together with the monkeys and cats they had as pets

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