Volunteers Collection (page 7)

Blitz in London -- large building on fire, WW2
Blitz in London -- a large building on fire following an air raid, with firefighters and AFS volunteers fighting the blaze. Date: 1940s

Members of Coventry Volunteer Fire Brigade
Four members of the Coventry Volunteer Fire Brigade, in an Illustrated London News engraving. Date: 1862

Digging A. R. P. shelters in Kensington Gardens, 1938
Air Raid Precautions (A.R.P.) volunteers digging trenches and shelters in Kensington Gardens, London, on 26th September 1938, watched by an interested crowd. A.R.P

Civilian doing his bit, WW1
Humorous illustrations showing a British civilian adorned with a whole range of flags, badges and emblems of wartime service

WWI mahogany plaque in the shape of Australia
A First World War mahogany plaque in the shape of Australia. The piece contains the following : 1. A multi-coloured badge worn at the top of the left sleeve by members of the Australian Flying Corps

Green baize armband of City of London Motor Volunteers
A green baize armband of the 4th/23rd Squadrons, City of London Motor Volunteers and a dress uniform metal belt buckle with the badge and lettering of the Motor Volunteer Corps. Framed as one

Beaten Up Raw by H. M. Bateman, new recruits by WW1
Humorous illustration showing two raw recruits, just out of the egg, looking a little dishevelled as they consider crossing the road. Date: 1914

Men and women fighting for Great Britain in WWI
Fighting for Great Britain in the First World War by land, sea and air - regulars, territorials, volunteers and colonials

An Extra-Special Romance by H. M. Bateman, WW1 cartoon
Cartoon by H. M. Bateman showing a police officer initially snobbish about the special constable who is accompanying him on his beat

Miss Hermione Kennedy digging somewhere in France
Miss Hermione Kennedy, the daughter of Lady Alexander Kennedy, widow of the late Lord Alexander Kennedy, snapshotted digging in the garden of a British soldiers buffet somewhere on the Western Front

Oxford Blues who had joined up, WW1
Spread of 76 portraits and key showing sporting Blues from Oxford University who had joined up during the First World War

Cambridge University sportsmen during WW1
A spread from The Sketch magazine featuring 76 portraits of Cambridge Blues who had joined up during the First World War. The Sketch comments that

Boer volunteers drilling, Market Square Johannesburg, South Africa

With the Specials, Tower Bridge, M Division, WW1
The Tower Bridge ( M" Division) Special Constabulary, one of the organised forces set up to offer support on the home front during the First World War such as during air raids

An unmilitary salute in silhouette, WW1
Professor Miggs, of the Volunteers, takes his first walk in uniform and gives a very unmilitary salute. An academic type takes to khaki but isn t yet familiar with military etiquette. Date: 1915

Dunlop advertisement, WW1
Dunlop Rubber Company advertisement from the First World War publicising the fact that 1500 of their employees had enlisted while the rest were working in shifts day

Society munition-workers, lady volunteers making shells, WW1
A double page spread from The Sketch magazine showing several pictures to report on the involvement of high-born and titled women in the national drive for increasing munitions manufacture during

Frances Day in London, ladies selling badges, WW1
Ladies braving inclement weather on Frances Day (7th July 1915) to sell badges to an officer on the streets of London. Date: 1915

Women as war-time firemen in their bunks
Members of the Womens Volunteer Reserve in bunks at the Holborn Union Workhouse for aged women, due to being in attendance day and night for duty. Date: 1916

Eve walks out with Uncle Fred wearing his volunteer armbands
Illustration by Annie Fish to illustrate Letters of Eve in The Tatler. The eponymous Eve is walking out with her Uncle Fred who always aggressive

Advert for the Auxiliary Territorial Service 1941
No woman will ever have peace in her heart until she helps this man ! Would you hesitate ?.... If you knew you could actively help to harass and confuse

Londons Victorian palaces put to patriotic use, WW1
Londons Victorian palaces put to patriotic use during the early stages of the First World War. Above, the Alexandra Palace in north London is used to house homeless allies

Womens Royal Air Force -- Signing On
Illustration, Eight Months with the Womens Royal Air Force. Showing women Signing On for service -- we plunge into the unknown. Date: 1919-1920

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

The General Strike - demobilisation of volunteers 1926
Colonel St. John Fox, Commandant of the Headquarters Central Division of the Metropolitan Special Constabulary Reserve, addressing the division (including regulars)

Potential army recruit looks at the proclamation
Two soldiers look on as a civilian reads the notice which shows how volunteers can enlist. These soldiers were known as Kitcheners Men and were often from the same factory or town

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 - 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 - 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

7th Viscount Ranelagh
THOMAS HERON JONES, seventh viscount RANELAGH military commander, looking very dashing in the uniform of the South Middlesex Volunteers, sword included. Date: 1812 - 1885

Colonel Charles Herries
Colonel CHARLES HERRIES British military commander, of the Light Horse Volunteers of London and Westminster. Date: ? - 1826

Thessaloniki, Greece, Greek Volunteers leave for Sedd el Bar
Thessaloniki, Greece - Greek Volunteers leave for Sedd el Bahr (Seddulbahir) a village in the district of Eceabat, Canakkale Province, located at Cape Helles on the Gallipoli peninsula in Turkey

WWI - Wearing a Derby Armlet - Comic Postcard
Bow-wow! I wonder what group shes in?! The first of the two things this postcard refers to is the Derby Armlet. In 1915, it was obvious that volunteers alone would not be enough to fill the armys

Lithograph of Andr魊acques Garnerins parachute descent
Lithograph of Andre

Spain. War of Africa (1859-1860). Boarding of the Catalan volunteers towards Africa. Engraving. SPAIN. Reus. Salvador Vilaseca Regional Museum

Spain (19th c. ). Catalan volunteers of the War
Spain (19th c.). Catalan volunteers of the War of Africa, . Litography. SPAIN. Reus. Salvador Vilaseca Regional Museum

Spain (19th c. ). Fireman of the royalist volunteers
Spain (19th c.). Fireman of the royalist volunteers of Madrid. Etching. SPAIN. Madrid. National Library

RUDE, Fran篩s (1784-1855). The Departure of the Volunteers of 1792 or The Marseillaise. 1833-1836. FRANCE. Paris. Arc de Triomphe

Joining the Volunteers
A young husband joins the Chinese Peoples Volunteers, his wife makes sure hes properly dressed to fight the Yankee invaders Date: 1951

Koreans and Chinese
Korean and Chinese Volunteers join forces amid mutual jubilation before they set off together to fight the Yanks Date: 1951

AFS volunteers undergoing hose drill, WW2
The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) was created in 1938 to supplement the regular London Fire Brigade. Some 21, 000 volunteer firefighters would be recruited

LCC-LFB AFS recruitment drive
A member of the Auxiliary Fire Service fronting an advertising campaign to seek additional volunteers for the service

Firewoman of the AFS, Jean Savory, WW2
Miss Jean Savory (1920-2000), firewoman, one of the first volunteers to join the AFS on the outbreak of WW2. She was attached to Red Cross Street fire station in the City of London

LFEE lithograph print of a firefighting scene
A manual pump is being worked by volunteers whilst firefighters from the LFEE direct their efforts and fight the fire. The LFEE was the forerunner of the Metropolitan Fire Brigade, formed in 1866

General Strike 1926

The First Union dress parade in Nashville. The 51st Regiment

Officers of lst Rhode Island Volunteers - Camp Sprague, 1861. Ambrose Everett Burnside with eight officers posed in front of building, with sign reading Col. Burnside welcome home

Urgent - volunteers needed at once! Join up at any police station, any firehouse, or Room 201 City Hall, 16 South 15th Street

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