Signallers Collection

Signallers, Sausage Valley, during the First World War

WW2 R. A. F. Lamp Signallers
A pair of illustrations showing some WW2 Royal Air Force airmen signalling by lamp from planes in flight, to others that are in close formation. Date: 1941

Neville and Anne Chamberlain in the park
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain (1869-1940) with his wife Anne (1883-1967) taking a stroll in the park. The watching soldiers are signallers under instruction. Date: 1939

Officers and signallers have stationed themselves in a loft or attic in the upper storey of a damaged building, whose windows command a view the enermy's postion

The Memorial Chapel, Talbot House, Poperinghe, Belgium
Talbot House, a rest house for soldiers and officers, was started by Padre Philip Byard (Tubby) Clayton and was officially opened on 11 December 1915

British soldiers carrying telegraph wire, WW1
British soldiers carrying telegraph wire for communication purposes, the Battle of the Bridges, Western Front, First World War

Signalling equipment on the Western Front, WW1
The various instruments used by signallers in transmitting messages on the Western Front during the First World War. In the left hand top corner are the aerial cables conveying telephone or Morse

Capture of Chipilly Ridge 1918
Capture of Chipilly Ridge by the 58th (London) Division, Royal Field Artillery Signallers with heliograph etc. in a German trench captured on the previous day on the Western Front in France during

Signallers with the King?s African Rifles
Photograph: Signallers with the King?s African Rifles taking down a message, 1943. Captioned: Signaller taking down a messge

Rejected by the War Office, Mules put to good use by L. R. B
Humorous illustration suggesting what to do with an obstinate mule who has been rejected for usual war work. Why not utilise the mules wonderful kicking powers

Women Signallers Territorial Corps, WW1
Women demonstrating their skills at the headquarters training school of the Women Signallers Territorial Corps in 1916. From left

Silhouettes from the Somme, WW1
When following on the heels of a retreating enemy, there is increased work for all. Here we have a squadron of cavalry returning from close contact with the enemy

Australian Signals laying telephone cable, France, WW1
Australian Signals laying telephone cable near Eaucourt l Abbaye, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 1917

Australian Signals laying cable near Albert, France, WW1
Australian Signals laying cable in a muddy area near Albert, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 21 September 1917

Signallers 1916
Signallers of the Royal Garrison Artillery use a daytime lamp while sheltering in a shell hole near Fricourt Wood during the battle of the Somme

British Army Signallers 1916
Three members of the British Army Signal Service, wearing gas masks, in a trench on the Western Front, a typical forward Signal Post

French Navy Signallers
Every French naval helmsman is instructed how to send messages from one vessel to another by arm gestures

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