Support Collection (page 14)

Sopwith Buffalo two-seat support and reconnaissance plane
Sopwith Buffalo two-seat close air support and reconnaissance plane. It first appeared in September 1918, too late to go into production. Seen here is serial no. H 5892. Date: circa 1918

Petlyakov Pe-2 -comparable to the DH Mosquito, 11, 427 example of this agile and robust close support type were built

Northrop A-17A -Used since February 1936 as a close-support type Some were used on anti-submarine duties around the Panama canal from December 1941 through 1944

Henschel Hs 129B -heavily armed and armoured for close support and anti-tank work

Breguet 690 first flown in March 1938, entered service as a close support bomber in late 1939 With still inexperienced crews, most were lost in Spring 1940 German Blitzkreig

Vickers VC10 C1 XV106 10 Sqn RAF Auckland 1970
Vickers VC10 C1 XV106 of 10 Squadron RAF Air Support Command at Auckland on 21 June 1970 Date: 1970

Student pairs wheelbarrow type support Date: 1905

The latest warfare, bomb thrower in action, WW1
Stopping a counter attack after carrying the first line of enemy trenches. A British bomb thrower, backed up by support, hurls a bomb or grenade towards German reinforcements. Date: 1915

WW1 - Patriotic Demonstrations in Russia in support of the Tsar and the war effort against Germany. The caption states that war has united the whole population of Russia - this was to prove far

WWI Poster, Buy More Liberty Bonds
Design by Walter Whitehead, Come On! buy more Liberty Bonds, American WW1 poster. Date: 1918

Glastonbury Thorn, Glastonbury, Somerset
The Glastonbury Thorn, a legendary tree at Glastonbury, Somerset. A flowering hawthorn, it is associated with Joseph of Arimathea and the arrival of Christianity in Britain

Blackspotted pliers support beetle, adult, on birch-bark, during a mating period (Rhagium mordax). in mixed forests near Ekaterinburg, Ural Mountains, Russia; early spring

Suffrage N. U. W. S.s Cambridge
Suffrage N.U.W.S.S Cambridge. Members of the Cambridge branch of the National Union of Womens Suffrage Societies at their weekly stall in the local marketplace

Suffragette Male Suffragist Bravo. A man carrying a large votes for women petition is praised for his support for the cause. Entitled, Male Suffragist

Married Suffragette Support. Huge lady and suffragette, perches on the lap of her diminutive and miserable looking hubby. Captioned, Monster

Suffragette Dog Home from College. A dog in a mortar board apparetly Just Home from College declares her support for the cause. Date: circa 1909

British Military Poster, WW1
Back Him Up. Buy War Bonds. Poster after artist Frank Brangwyn, 1917 (c). British soldier bayonetting a German. Date: 1917

Firefighter using telephone point in street
Firefighter using a telephone point (marked Ambulance Call) in the street

Patriotic stockings
Stockings embroidered with the Allied flags, a fashionable way of showing off ones legs and patriotism during the First World War

Capture of Cambrai, Rumilly, WW1
Capture of Cambrai, Rumilly - 6.30 am, 8th October, 1918. 41st Brigade of 2nd Division Artillery in action and 16th Battery RFA advancing in close support of infantry

Servants Night-time Visiting Ban at Congleton, Cheshire
Following claims, in 1842, that the practice of allowing young men to pay night-time visits to female servants in agricultural areas of the Wrexham Union resulted in many single mothers at

Duchess of Marlborough at Relief Fund meeting
Consuelo, Duchess of Marlborough (nee Vanderbilt, later Balsan), presiding over a meeting of supporters of thee American Womens War Relief Fun at 41, Grosvenor Square in August 1914

Advert from the National Savings Committee 1944
Salute the soldiers. How can we show our gratitude to these men? The best, the most practical tribute we can offer them is to give them our complete support, by saving more

British soldiers with trench supports, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers carrying trench supports during construction work on the Western Front in France, World War One. Date: circa 1916

New element in British Navy by G. H. Davis
The new element in the British Navy: how the four corners of the Empire are combining to support the central Home Navy. Showing how Canada, Australia

Big fighting ships auxiliaries by G. H. Davis
Navy notes of the week. A big fighting ships auxiliaries: some little-known members of the British fleet. 1912

Damage to St Pauls Cathedral, London
The dangers which assail St Pauls Cathedral: vibration damage caused by nearby heavy traffic. Sectional view showing where the cracks in the building exist at the present time. Date: 1913

Naval support for armies in Normandy by G. H. Davis
The big guns of the Royal Navy supporting the Allied armies in Normandy during the Second World War. How warships, guided by air and ground spotters

Advert for Vi-spring Mattress 1939
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Allied Intervention in Vladivostok - Russian Civil War
In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, the port of Vladivostok in far eastern Russia was of great military importance for the Far Eastern Republic, the Provisional Priamurye Government

Czech Forces in Vladivostok - Siberian expedition
In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, the port of Vladivostok in far eastern Russia was of great military importance for the Far Eastern Republic, the Provisional Priamurye Government

HMS Suffolk in harbour at Vladivostok, Russia
January 1918. British Royal Naval Cruiser HMS Suffolk in harbour at Vladivostok, Russia. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution

Vladivostok, Russia - Trans-Siberian Railway Terminus
Trans-Siberian Railway, Vladivostok, Russia. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution, the port of Vladivostok in far eastern Russia was of great military importance for the Far Eastern Republic

Vladivostok, Russia - Allied Soldiers and Red Cross train
January 1918 - Allied Soldiers shelter behind the wagons of a Russian Red Cross train, Vladivostok. In the wake of the Bolshevik Revolution

FANY drivers in fur coats, Western Front, WW1
Five women drivers of the First Aid Nursing Yeomanry (FANY) wearing fur coats on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Smashed up German trench at Morval, Somme, WW1
A smashed up German trench at Morval on the Somme, Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Empty metal tubes needed urgently 1942
Save me ! Give your empty metal tubes and help the Red Cross & St. John. Help to relieve the drain on the Nations reduced metal supplies. Hand all empty collapsible metal tubes to your retailer

Bailey bridge across a river, India
A Bailey bridge across a river in India. Date: 1918

The General Strike - incidents of the Strike 1926
The arrest of a woman (between two policemen in centre foreground) at Hammersmith Broadway in West London during the General Strike

The General Strike - civil constabulary reserve 1926
A unit of new recruits to the new civil constabulary reserve, equipped with steel helmets, truncheons and armlets, leaving headquarters at Buckingham Gate in London during the General Strike

The General Strike - clearing up Hyde Park 1926
Clearing up in Hyde Park after the end of the General Strike: packing blankets used by volunteers for return to army stores

Red Indian Hair Care
The dressing table of a Seminola Indian from the Everglades, Florida, U.S.A. The sausage-roll shaped rat serves as a support for the coiffure built upon it. Date: 1930s

Women helped during the Great Strike 1926
In Mrs Loefflers canteen at Scotland House. Lady volunteers, including Lady Louis Mountbatten, feeding Special Constables, who had come to Scotland Yard to report, while on duty

The General Strike - lorry transporting passengers
A lorry-load of Londoners in Kingsway, returning home after a days work during the General Strike. In support of a strike by coal miners over the issue of threatened wage cuts

The General Strike - distributing the countrys food
Volunteers save the situation: Undergraduate Railway Workers. Illustration by ILN special artist, Steven Spurrier depicting the successful distribution of the countrys food during the General Strike

The General Strike - Sphere emergency number
Front cover of The Sphere emergency number issued during the General Strike. Photograph shows mounted police controlling crowds at Elephant and Castle in South London

The General Strike - reading wireless bulletins 1926
Londoners reading the latest news from wireless bulletins issued at Marconi House in the Strand, London during the General Strike

The General Strike - Carrying On 1926
Montage of sketches by ILN Special Artist, Bryan De Grineau showing how volunteers, specials and motorists saved the situation during the General Strike of May 1926

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