Shelled Collection

The Bombardment of the Hartlepools - James Clark Date: 1914

HMS Jervis Bay, armed merchant cruiser, WW2
HMS Jervis Bay, an armed merchant cruiser which served during the Second World War. Launched 1922 (as a passenger ship), commissioned for war service 1939

Where Did That One Go To? by Bruce Bairnsfather
The very first cartoon published in The Bystander by Bruce Bairnsfather (later Captain) of the 1st Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment

Baptist chapel in Hartlepool hit by German east coast raid - WWI
The Baptist Chapel in Hartlepool (now situated in an area called The Headland and sometimes known as Old Hartlepool), located on the corner of Baptist Street and Regent Street

Ypres, The City of Death, Cloth Hall and St Martin's Church
Ypres - The City of Death showing the shelled Cloth Hall and St. Martin's Church. Captain Gilbert Holiday, Royal Field Artillery (1879-1937). Holiday'S Early Life Was Spent In St

Belgian Headstones Houthulst Belgian Military Cemetery
This War Cemetery is maintained by the War Graves Department of the Belgian MOD. It is on the edge of the Houthulst forest which Napoleon called he key to the Low Countries

The Kleine Berta Mortar, Boezinge
This Little Bertha mortar (named after Bertha, Gustav Krupps wife), sits on the top of an ivy-covered blockhouse in the centre of the village

Spy Farm, Rue de Bois, RE store destroyed by shell fire, WW1
Spy Farm, Rue de Bois, another RE store, destroyed by shell fire, 26th January 1915. A considerable amount of constructive woodwork was stored here

WW1 - Battle of Dogger Bank - Sinking of SMS Blucher
WW1 - Battle of Dogger Bank - A photograph showing the sinking of the German battle cruiser, SMS Blucher, after being shelled by the British in 1915

Egg Shackling
ENGLAND: EGG SHACKLING, STOKE ST GREGORY, SOMERSET. On Shrove Tuesday children take an egg to school. These are gently shaken in a sieve until the strongest shelled egg remains

Destruction at Albert, Somme, France - WWI - Ruins of the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Brebieres after several bombardments by the German Forces during the First Battle of the Somme

Aerial photograph of trenches and mine craters, WW1
Aerial photograph (British) of trenches, mine craters and shell pitted ground, somewhere on the western front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

The Blucher sinking
A photograph showing the sinking of the German battle cruiser, the Blucher after being shelled by the British (led by Sir David Beatty) during the Battle of Dogger Bank in 1915

Lowestoft bombardment - damaged houses, 1916
Houses at Lowestoft on the east coast of England wrecked by the German naval bombardment in April 1916. Most of the damage to buildings was done along the sea front or near it

Lowestoft bombardment - damaged buildings, 1916
Damaged buildings in the bombardment of Lowestoft, including a shop and a convalescent home. A German naval squadron attacked the east coast of England early on Tuesday, 25th April 1916

The Church St Eloi at Dunkirk devastated in WW1
The Church of St Eloi (Eligius, also Eloy or Loye), Dunkirk, France - devastated during WW1. circa 1916

WW1 - Journalists greeted by German shells at Reims
Journalists (chosen by the French government) are greeted by German shells at Reims! Date: 1915

Sphere cover - East Coast bombardments, Hartlepool chapel
The bombardment of the East Coast - the scene outside a Hartlepool Baptist Chapel. Scene painted by Fortunino Matania based on a sketch by fellow Sphere artist, G. H

Chesnut shelled Indian buprestis, Buprestis chrysis.. Handcolored copperplate engraving from George Shaw and Frederick Nodders The Naturalists Miscellany 1812

Nile soft-shelled turtle, Trionyx triunguis.. Handcolored copperplate stipple engraving from Jussieus Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 1816-1830. Illustration by J.G

WW1 damage at Dormans - Saint-Hippolyte Church
Two young boys pose amid the damage at Dormans, Marne, France showing the ruined Saint-Hippolyte Church following heavy fighting in the village during WW1

They ve evidently seen me by Bruce Bairnsfather
They ve evidently seen me. A British soldier, precariously peering out the top of a chimney pot, binoculars in hand, is narrowly missed by an enemy shell

Street scene in Verdun after German bombardment, WW1
Appearance of the town of Verdun after a heavy bombardment by German guns in 1916 in order to force French positions. The town was evacuated by civilians

WWI album of Lieutenant-Colonel P Syrcold
A First World War album containing 41 photographs dated between 1914 and 1916, belonging to Lieutenant-Colonel P. SYRCOLD of the 1st/4th Battalion Royal Berkshire Regiment, 48th Division

Ammonites: fossilized cephalopods

Tatler cover - German bombardment of Scarborough
Front cover of The Tatler, showing a ruined house in Wykeham Street, Scarborough, which killed Mrs Barrett and two chilldren when German ships bombarded the East Coast of England in 1914. Date: 1914

Shelled house in Northern France, WW1
The effects of shelling on a dwelling in North France with the house cut in half by bombardment but with stairs and some furniture still left intact, enabling it to be occupied by French troops

Battle for Chateau Mondement 1914
During the Battle of the Marne, the Chⴥ au de Mondement was taken and re-taken several times by French forces, before the German retreat at the end of the battle

How they are produced by Bruce Bairnsfather
An autobiographical cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather showing how he produces his famous Fragments in France, cartoons showing life for the typical British Tommy on the Western Front during World

Effect of high explosive shell, Western Front, WW1
The effect of a high explosive shell in a town on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Madras fuel tanks on fire, WWI
Oil tanks of the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, a subsidiary of the Burmah Oil Company, on fire in Madras (now Chennai), India

Smoke from shelled fuel tanks in Madras
Thick black smoke pouring from shelled fuel tanks in Madras (now Chennai), India, hit by the German light cruiser SMS Emden in World War One. Date: 22nd September 1914

Anglo-Persian Oil fuel tanks burning in Madras
Anglo-Persian Oil, a subsidiary of the Burmah Oil Company, fuel tanks (agents Shaw Wallace) burning in Madras (now Chennai), India

Ruined buildings, WWI
Buildings in an unidentified location (Northern France or Belgium), badly damaged by shelling and fighting during the First World War. Date: circa 1921

WW1 - Damage to the Synagogue at Thann, Alsace, France
WW1 - The Synagogue at Thann, Alsace, France - The synagogue and bathhouse were heavily damaged by shelling during the First World War Date: 1915

The Mosque of the Citadel at Thessaloniki - damaged by shell
The Mosque of the Citadel at Thessaloniki, Greece - damaged by a direct hit from a Bulgarian shell. Date: circa 1916

Palace of Necessidades, Lisbon and King Manuel II
Palace of Necessidades (Palacio das Necessidades) in the Largo do Rilvas, a public square in Lisbon, Portugal. On 5th October 1910, during the Republican Revolution, the palace

Ammonite 2011

Serbia - Bombardment of Belgrade Citadel
Serbia - The bombardment of the Belgrade Citadel during the conflict in the Balkans during World War One. Date: circa 1915

Whitby Yorkshire
A photograph purporting to be from the time of the devastating German naval attacks on the Yorkshire coast on 16th December 1914

Peas for Canning
Peas for canning in Britain. A scene at the canning plant, showing shelled peas emerging from the viners, where they are fed into trays before being covered with ice. Date: 1950s

Shell craters at Liege, Belgium, WW1
Three shell craters after bombardment at Liege, Belgium, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Shelled village on Balkan Front, WW1
A shelled village on the Balkan Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Sudan - The Mahdis Tomb - showing damage
Sudan - The Mahdis Tomb, Omduran - showing damage. Tomb of Muhammad Ahmad, self-declared Mahdi in 1881. In his reform of Islam he replaced the pilgrimage to Mecca with the obligation to serve in

Raid on Scarborough - 1914
Damage caused to the Grand Restaurant during the raid on Scarborough, which took place on December 16th, 1914. The raid was an attack by the German navy on the British seaport resulting in 137

A Galician town shelled by Russian gunners, sparing the churches and public buildings

Wwi Repairing Railways
British army engineers repair light railways near Hangard, damaged by shell-fire during the struggle for Amiens

No Mans Land Wwi
British infantry advancing against the Forest of Houthouist heavily shelled by artillery

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