Sep16 Collection (page 9)

The Gordon Services Club, 1940
Margerie Doutie writing up the menu for the Gordon Services Club, based at the former Gordon Hospital in London. The Club, established in June 1940 by the Canadian Red Cross

The Maple Leaf Club, Brabazon House
Two soldiers share a joke with Mrs Murray, matron of the Maple Leaf Club, established during the War to provide food, medical treatment and accommodation for Canadian soldiers stationed in Britain

Harcourt Johnstone with Posters Promoting Export
Harcourt Johnstone, Secretary to the Department of Overseas Trade and vice-Chairman of the Export Council, alongside posters featuring Labour Minister Ernest Bevin

Frank Pick, 1940
Frank Pick, wartime Director-General of the Ministry of Information, formerly vice-chairman of London Transport. 1940

Burberry Womens Lounge Suit
Corduroy lounge suit, made by Burberry in the Haymarket. 1940

Lord Carnarvon, 1940
Lord Carnarvon, a well-known racehorse owner, was made adjutant of a cavalry training regiment during the Second World War. 1940

Lunchtime on Tower Hill
The front cover of The Bystander magazine features two lorry drivers in Tower Hill, London enjoying a Brigade of the Guards band performance on their lunch-break. 1940

George Allison on River Patrol
George Allison, manager of Arsenal Football Club, carrying out a river patrol for the Home Guard. Note that he wears the armband of the LDV (Local Defence Volunteers)

Richard Levin Working on Camouflage
Richard Levin, Director of the British Industrial Design Group, demonstrates with models his idea to protect cars from air raids by having them camouflaged half for the country and half for the town

A Country House School for Evacuated Architects
Mount House in Hadley Common, Barnet, home to the Architectural Association School during the Second World War. 1940

Bricklaying at the Architectural Association School
Mount House in Hadley Common, Barnet, home to the Architectural Association School during the Second World War

Hugh Dalton, 1940
Hugh Dalton (later Lord Dalton), then Minister for Economic Warfare. 1940

Canteen in Blandford
The inside of a canteen in Blandford, Dorset, where women volunteers are dishing out food and tea to the troops. 1940

Florence Horsbrugh, 1940
Florence Horsbrugh (right) in her capacity as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health. 1940

The Home Guard Protecting the Thames
Two members of the Home Guard chat to Colonel Burnell on a pleasure boat, now converted into a Thames patrol boat. Note that the men are wearing LDV armbands

Y. M. C. A. Canteen in Wiltshire
Soldiers in Codford St. Mary, Wiltshire, gathered outside a canteen, formerly a Womens Institute meeting-place and a barnyard. 1940

Charles Peake, Sir Walter Monckton and Lord Hood
Charles Peake (left-centre), head of the Foreign Office News Department, and Sir Walter Monckton (right-centre) with Lord Hood (far right). 1940

Walter Monckton at the Civil Service
Walter Monckton, future Viscount Monckton, was brought in to the propaganda department of the Civil Service during the War

Ann Todd gives in her appliances for the war effort
Actress Ann Todd photographed handing in her spare household appliances to the local W.V.S. office in Berkshire. In 1940, Lord Beaverbrook, Minister for Aircraft Production

Ploughing Wimbledon Car Park
The committee at the All-England Tennis Club decided to dig for victory, converting their grass car park into farmland. Club Secretary Norah Cleather can be seen checking on the progress. 1940

Soldier Given Tea from a Mobile Canteen
Sapper A. Kent is given tea from a mobile canteen by two members of the Womens Transport Service in Eastbourne. 1940

Stanley Bruce Alongside Two Australian Soldiers
Australian High Commissioner Stanley Bruce (left) stands beside two of his compatriots outside the Strand Theatre, London

Army School of Music
The Army School of Music in concert. 1940

Mobile Canteen being unloaded
Mobile canteen being unloaded at Cooden Beach, East Sussex

Households Encouraged to Give Aluminium for the War Effort
Woman from the Womens Voluntary Services hangs up pans and kettles from the W.V.S. centre to encourage people to hand in aluminium items to aid the war effort

Wartime Advertisement for Shepherds Restaurant, Grosvenor
" Where war worries are left with the gas masks in the cloakroom." 1940

Loading a Mobile Canteen
Women loading an urn onto a mobile canteen in Brighton. Bananas and cakes can also be seen. 1940

Old Bill and Co. July 1940
Old Bill prepares a shield wall of defences to protect the English coast from German invasion: " Thats enough about ow Arold did it at Astings. I m doing it now!" 1940

The Cavalry Corps of the L. D. V
Member of the Local Defence Volunteers watching on horseback for an enemy attack in Charlwood, Surrey. The L.D.V. (later renamed the Home Guard)

Charlwoods Oldest Parashot
Seventy-eight-year-old John Chandler on the lookout for German paratroopers in Charlwood, Surrey. He was a member of the Local Defence Volunteers (later renamed the Home Guard )

Watching the skies for the enemy
Ernest Ellis, of the Local Defence Volunteers (later known as the Home Guard), on the lookout for enemy aircraft in Charlwood, Surrey. The L.D.V

Womens fashion, 1940
Woman poses in square-necked summer frock, designed by Walpole, New Bond Street. 1940

Charlwood, 1940
Two elderly members of the Local Defence Volunteers (later known as the Home Guard) in Charlwood, Surrey, stand armed with shotguns in front of the village war memorial. The L.D.V

Old Bill and Co
As Old Bill looks ready to fend off a German invasion, an officious old woman asks, " Shouldn t a great, grown, hulking man like you be doing something towards the defence of his country

Wartime drills at the London Stock Exchange, 1940
With the threat of German invasion looming, workers at the London Stock Exchange receive basic military training on the trading floor

Advertisement for Burberry, 1940
This wartime advertisement boasts of the " dignity and endurability" of Burberrys R.A.F. uniforms. 1940

Gallic cock crow for the Paris exhibtion by Gilbert James
A woman dressed in a Pierrot or clown outfit is helped in her performance by a cockerel balancing on an egg. 1899

Elizabeth Cowell at the BBC
Given its access to sensitive information, the BBC had to be on the lookout for potential spies during the Second World War

The Torch of Night
A woman flies through the air carrying a torch to light her way in the darkness. 1899

Will-o -the-Wisp
A woman in a diaphanous dress flies through the air holding a light to illuminate her way in the darkness. 1899

Mademoiselle Juniori, singer
French songstress, Mademoiselle Juniori, posed for her photograph in a dress studded with various jewels. 1900

Kaiser Wilhelm II, his wife & Princes Oskar & August Wilhelm
Kaiser Wilhelm II, his wife Empress Augusta and two of his six sons, Prince Oskar on the left (1888-1958) and Prince August Wilhelm (1887-1949). 1900

Kitty Loftus (1867-1927) English actress and singer. 1899

Silhouette of girls dancing
Charming silhouette illustration of girls dancing in a row. 1899

Mr W. T. Maud, war correspondent for The Graphic
W. T. Maud, war correspondent and artist for The Graphic, pictured at the time of the Second Boer War. 1899

Mr Henry H. S. Pearse of the Daily News
Mr Henry H. S. Pearse, war correspondent for the Daily News during the Second Boer War. Date: 1899

Menu card for send off supper for Cape Squadron, Boer War
A menu card designed by Mr Leighton Ward for a menu for a send-off supper to the Cape Squadron of the Royal Horse Guards given at Hyde Park Barracks on 27 November 1899 before their departure for

Mr Bennet Burleigh of the Daily Telegraph
Bennet Burleigh(c.1840-1914), war correspondent for The Daily Telegraph. Date: 1899

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