War Time Collection (page 18)

Poster: You can help to build me a ship
Poster: a British sailor says You can help to build me a ship. You can learn quickly and you will be working to win. Ask at any Employment Exchange for advice and full details

Metropolitan Police officer with sandbags in wartime
A Metropolitan Police officer with sandbags in the background, during the Second World War. Date: circa 1940s

Silhouette of an ATS woman
Silhouette of a young ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) woman, head and shoulders, in profile, with hair and uniform details sketched in

Silhouettes of horses and men in wartime. From the top: staff officers on horseback, horses helping to pull heavy guns up a slope, men and horses in a cavalry charge, and on the march

Poster: I need your Rags. A man in uniform explains that rags are needed for salvage, to make engine wipers, blankets, uniforms, overcoats, etc as part of the War Effort. circa 1940s

Silhouette of a wartime love scene
The temporary occupation by Mars has developed into permanent annexation by Cupid -- silhouette of a wartime love scene, showing Cupid sitting on top of a sentry box

Wartime bomb damage, paintshop in Hendon, north London
Wartime damage to a paintshop in Hendon, north London, hit by an incendiary bomb, with damaged vehicles in the foreground. Date: September 1940

Silhouette of a soldier in a tin helmet with his rifle on his back

Silhouette of two soldiers

Silhouette of RAF OCTU officer

Poster requesting Rags for salvage
Poster: request for Rags for salvage. Rags are needed to make engine wipers, blankets, uniforms, overcoats, gun wadding, charts, roofing felt, maps, etc

Poster design for a wartime The Dansant
A Fair Prospect -- poster or leaflet design for a wartime The Dansant at the Prospect Hotel, starting at 4pm. A man in uniform stands facing a woman, ready to dance together. circa 1940s

Poster: Waste Paper goes into Action. Paper makes shell containers, cartridge wads, rifle grenade washers, mortar bomb carriers, etc. Put out paper for salvage. circa 1940s

Silhouette of a soldier in a pith helmet
Full-length silhouette of a soldier in a pith helmet, with binoculars in his hands and a sword at his side

Poster: Save More Fuel This Winter
Poster encouraging people to Save More Fuel This Winter as part of the War Effort. circa 1940s

Comic wartime scenes on the Western Front, showing a happy soldier going on leave, an unhappy soldier returning, and an officer of the 8th Yorks returning from the German trenches having stolen a

Silhouette of a seated soldier in a tin helmet, with his rifle held in front of him

Silhouette of a sledding scene on a snowy hillside. One couple slide down the slope, watched by another couple wondering whether to copy them. Both men are in army uniform

Poster: Buses give way to tanks. Pleasure travellers must give way to war workers! Avoid rush hours. 1940s

Vehicles damaged by wartime bombing, Lambeth, London
A graveyard in Lambeth, south east London, containing vehicles damaged by wartime bombing. There are a few cars, as well as a prison van (right) and the chassis of a 20-seater coach (centre)

Wartime bomb damage, Lambeth, south east London
A bomb site in Lambeth, south east London, with a Humber Saloon car used for top-priority Cabinet business partially hidden by debris at the centre

Wartime cartoon, A Cheery Farewell, showing a hostess saying goodbye to a soldier leaving for Woodcote. " Goodbye, Sir, and when you do go to the Front

Wartime bomb damage, Met Police vehicles, London
Bomb damaged vehicles belonging to the Metropolitan Police, waiting to be repaired or scrapped. Date: September 1940

Poster: Simple jobs that girls can do to help win the war. 1940s

Poster advertising the Territorial Army. Lets be prepared to defend the peace we re working to win. Volunteer with me for the Territorial Army, 9 divisions strong, with modern equipment

Silhouette of a Polish officer

The wives of the military
" The wives of the military" -- two ladies of contrasting stature (and possibly contrasting social stature!) stand talking about their husbands, both away at war. Silhouette by H L Oakley

Father christmas about to go down the chimney
Another result of zeppelin raids! searchlight nuisance 1916

Serbian troops constructing defences, WW1
Serbian troops constructing defences at Prisreud during the First World War. Date: 1914

Armenian refugees at Baku, Armenia, WW1
Armenian refugees at Baku, Armenia, towards the end of the First World War. Date: August 1918

German prisoners marching, Balkan Front, WW1
German prisoners under British escort, being marched to a railhead on the Balkan Front, at the time of the Battle of Machukovo during the First World War. Date: September 1916

King Albert I of Belgium, retreat to Antwerp, WW1
King Albert I of Belgium in uniform, taking part in the retreat to Antwerp soon after the start of the First World War. Date: 1914

Romanian troops on front line, WW1
Romanian troops fighting on the front line during the First World War. Date: September 1916

Australian medical centre, Becourt Chateau, France, WW1
An Australian medical centre in Becourt Chateau, northern France, during the First World War. Showing Australian soldiers having their wounds dressed. Date: July 1916

Australian troops at dinner, Fleurbaix, France, WW1
1st Australian Division troops at dinner in the open air at Fleurbaix, northern France, during the First World War. Date: May 1916

New Zealand howitzer battery moving shells, WW1
Men of a New Zealand howitzer battery moving a supply of shells during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Ship struck by torpedo, Salonika, WW1
A ship struck by a torpedo at Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki, Greece) during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German troops in trench near Sereth, Romanian Front, WW1
German troops manning a trench near the Sereth (Siret) River on the Romanian Front during the First World War. Date: July 1917

Wounded soldier on muddy road, Macedonian Front, WW1
A wounded soldier is helped along a muddy road by two colleagues on the Macedonian Front during the First World War. Date: circa 1916-1917

Serbian troops retreating through Albania, WW1
Serbian troops retreating through Albania during the First World War, one soldier carrying a child. Twenty thousand children died during the retreat through the Montenegrin and Albanian mountains

German pilots on alert, with Fokker triplanes, WW1
German pilots on alert, about to board their Fokker triplanes during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Scene in a Russian village during WW1
A quiet scene in a Russian village during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British soldier riding on light railway, WW1
A British soldier riding on a light railway during the First World War. The contraption he is riding is made from parts of an old motor car, and bears the name Scotch Express on the front. Date: 1917

German crew with biplane, Galicia, WW1
German crew with a two-seater biplane at an Austrian temporary airfield in Galicia, Eastern Europe, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

German 38cm naval gun L / 45 Max, Western Front, WW1
A German 38cm quick-loading rail-mounted naval gun L/45 Max (nicknamed Langer Max, or Long Max), designed and manufactured by Krupp, in action on the Western Front during the First World War

Turkish infantry marching, WW1
Turkish infantry on the march during the First World War. Date: 1917

Street scene in Oude-God, Belgium, WW1
Street scene in Oude-God, near Antwerp, northern Belgium, during the First World War. Showing five British omnibuses containing British sailors and Belgian soldiers. Date: October 1914

German planes over Paris, propaganda postcard, WW1
A propaganda postcard showing German planes flying over Paris during the First World War, with the Eiffel Tower, and an inset portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II. Date: 1914-1918

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