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Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies, WW1Private A C Crapper bringing up a limber of supplies to the trenches under heavy fire. After the horses had bolted, 670 Private Crapper of the 1/4th (Hallamshire) Battalion
Viscountess Gladstone working for base hospitals, WW1Viscountess Gladstone, along with the Hon. Lilian and Winifred Douglas Pennant (half -sisters of Lord Penrhyn) and Miss Poole working to provide garments
Scouts with Coronation programmesTwo Scouts with supplies of Coronation programmes and collection tins at the time of the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953
WW2 poster, Get this into your head, Mister! When material in short supply is received, it must be supplied to production floor at lightning speed. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, G R Notes are the Key NotesWW2 poster, G R [Goods Received?] Notes are the Key Notes of harmonious store keeping. Wrong information and careless handling causes discord. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
WW2 poster, Draw Attention to Low StockWW2 poster, Draw Attention to It -- Low Stocks are the forerunner of No Stocks. Design by Victor Hicks. Date: 1940s
Brigadier-General E. Eyre Carter by Percival AndersonBrigadier-General E. Eyre Carter, CB, CMG, Director of Supplies to the British Expeditionary Force. He got his CMG for the South Africa campaign where he was with Army Head Quarters
Lieut-General Sir John Steven Cowans by Percival AndersonLieutenant-General Sir John Steven Cowans, KCB, MVO (1862 - 1921), Quartermaster-General adn member of the Army Council during the Great War in a pencil portrait by Lieutenant Percival Anderson
Baking your own bread, WW1First World War advertisement from the British Commercial Gas Association, suggesting that, with the reduction in the number of bakers throughout the country
Italy ready for the Austrians: munition supplies 1917At an Italian munition factory, making 15-inch projetiles shells for the front. This photograph was taken at one of the largest munition manufacturing establishments of Italy. Date: 1917
Winter rations for British troops in the trenches 1917British commissariat methods: Army ration corps supplying hot food to the men in the trenches at the Battle of Arras on the Western Front in France; serving hot stew in bad weather often added very
Shells in thousands in a recently converted factory 1939A factory converted into an ammunition production for bomb shells, during the rearmament programme, in a secret location somewhere in the Black Country. 1939
Water tank for the British Army, WW1One of a number of tanks, each holding 100, 000 gallons of water, made by a Birmingham firm and erected in England, France and Belgium to ensure supplies during the First World War. Date: 1916
Eton boys helping with army stores, WW1Eton College boys helping to unload war stores at Didcot Junction, forgoing their usual sport in order to help out. On the left is Prince Henry, the future Duke of Gloucester
Supply silhouetted, WW1 silhouettes by H. L. OakleyThe transport lines feeding supplies up to the front line trenches on the Western Front during World War One, pictured by the famous silhouette artist, Captain Harry Lawrence Oakley. Date: 1917
Night Work in silhouette, H. L. OakleyA series of silhouette vignettes by H. L. Oakley depicting night time activity behind the British lines during World War One
Silhouette, girl photographing dogSilhouette of a girl photographing her dog with a box camera. Date: (insert)
Advert, Arthur Pelling of Chiswick, photographyAdvertisement and receipt for Arthur Pelling Ltd of Turnham Green Terrace, Chiswick, West London, photography supplier and chemist
British soldier with corrugated iron for transport, WW1A British soldier on horseback, using a piece of corrugated iron for transport of supplies across a muddy field on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Medical supplies on light railway, Western Front, WW1British soldiers transporting medical supplies on a light railway on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Stacks of provisions, Western Front, France, WW1Stacks of boxed provisions on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British troops loading up ammunition, Western Front, WW1British troops loading up limbers with ammunition on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British cooks at work, Western Front, WW1British cooks at work on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British soldiers unloading ammunition from lorry, WW1British soldiers unloading ammunition from a lorry on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British soldier carrying water, Western Front, WW1A British soldier using a yoke to carry two buckets of water on the Western Front during World War One. The man behind him is carrying two cans. Date: circa 1916
British soldiers with cans of water, Western Front, WW1Four British soldiers with cans of water near a supply point on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
British soldiers filling water cans, Western Front, WW1British soldiers filling water cans at a supply point on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Water for British troops via light railway, WW1Water supplies for British troops transported via a light railway on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Advanced water supply for British troops, WW1An advanced water supply for British troops on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Harvesting scene with soldiers, Western Front, WW1A harvesting scene with soldiers on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Australian cookhouse on Western Front, WW1An Australian cookhouse on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Gordon Highlanders in trench, Western Front, WW1Gordon Highlanders cutting up rations in a reserve trench before moving up to the front line on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Food supply ships delivering to Western Front, WW1Food supply ships delivering to the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Newly baked bread for soldiers, Western Front, WW1Newly baked bread ready for sending to soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. The bakers stand in a line, with ovens in the background. Date: circa 1916
Arrival of a meat-ship for the Western FrontMeat in canvas-covered sacks being transferred from ship to train, destined for British soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. Date: 1917
Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. DavisNavy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912
Scene inside a bread store, Western Front, WW1Scene inside a bread store, with loaves stacked on shelves ready to go up the line to British soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Unloading meat from ship to train, Western Front, WW1Unloading meat from ship to train, destined for British soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Newly baked bread for the Western Front, WW1Bakers with newly baked bread destined for soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Weighing meat destined for Western Front, WW1Weighing meat being transferred from ship to train, destined for British soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916
Ships during winter months by G. H. DavisNaval notes of the week (lightships and buoys). Above: revictualling a lightship during the winter months. Below: hold tight for your life -- attending to the Mariners Fingerposts in winter
Allied troops in Burma by G. H. DavisHow the Allied troops in Burma are kept fit: fresh meat and vegetables carried great distances in refrigerators. Showing the system of transport of fresh supplies by rail
German losses in Gulf of Tunis by G. H. DavisGerman convoy of giant transports wiped out: 31 Messerschmitt ME323s shot down in the Gulf of Tunis, Second World War. The large six-engined aircraft were carrying personnel
Transporting tanks by air, by G. H. DavisTransporting tanks by air during the Second World War: rapid supplies for battling armies. Date: 1942
Increasing supplies for lifeboats by G. H. DavisIncreasing the water and food supplies for ships lifeboats during the Second World War. New measures for saving the lives of crews of ships sunk in the Battle of the Atlantic. Date: 1941
Japanese military suppliesJapanese trucks during the war with China, taking munitions and food supplies to the front line and returning empty to re-load. Date: 1937-1945
Advert for the General Electric Company 1944Tanks can t run on toasters. Many manufacturers dedicated their factories to making military tanks, aircrafts and weapons for the War effort, and stopped making household goods. Date: 1944
Advert for Chilprufe wool underwear for children 1943Quailty... a necessity when supplies are limited. The output of Chilprufe pure wool is now confined solely to a range of essential garments for infants and young children