War Time Collection (page 8)

Two Shades of Pink by David Wright, showing a model hold up an evening gown. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Backward Glance by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Black and Blue by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Black - Out Blues by David Wright
Black- Out Blues by David Wright, showing a model lounging on her bed. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

A Sweet Little Trick by David Wright, a woman seated, naked apart from stocking. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Combined Operations by David Wright, showing a model surrounded by pictures of soldiers. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

O. K. by Me by David Wright
O.K. by Me by David Wright, showing a glamorous lady in a midnight blue dress reclining on a bed as she looks at her reflection in a hand mirror

Tropical Popsy by David Wright

Looking a Gift Horse in the Mouth by David Wright, showing a woman in a glamorous dressing gown holding a stocking in her hands; a reference to the lack of silk of nylon stocking during war

A Breath of Fresh Air by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s

Footballs as gifts for men at the front
A boy in a suit admires a tower of uninflated footballs, some with labels attached, destined to be sent as wartime Christmas gifts to soldiers at the front in world war one

British plane crash with dead pilot, WW1
A crashed British plane with the dead pilot lying on the ground during the First World War. German soldiers gather round to examine the wreckage. Date: 1914-1918

Advert for Chilprufe wool underwear for children 1941
The children must have Chilprufe. Our difficulty is to make the small ration of wool we are allowed go round. We have, therefore decided as a wartime policy to suspend production of womens

Compact pageboy bob hairstyle 1940s
During the 1940s, elaborate hair was in. Due to the rationing during World War II, most women chose lovely hairstyles over new dresses

RAF Poster, Help Britain Finish The Job! WW2
RAF Poster, Help Britain Finish The Job! Showing two British Hawker Hurricane fighters flying over a British aircraft carrier at sea during the Second World War

Lewis Gun Section, Palestine, WW1
A Lewis Gun Section (British troops) preparing for action in Palestine during the First World War. Date: circa 1917-1918

Mrs. John Bowes Lyon
Fenella Bowes Lyon(1917-1980), second daughter of Lord and Lady Clinton, pictured shortly after her marriage to John Bowes Lyon

Show girl to ARP warden, 1939
Miss Judy McCrea, a show girl at the Windmill Theatre, London fulfilling her other role as an air raid warden in Paddington in October 1939. Date: 1939

Merlin Enabnit and pin up girls
Pin-up artist Merlin Enabnit posing with some of his real-life models to promote his series of pin-ups featuring in The Sketch magazine in 1940

WW1 silhouettes, The Tide of Victory

Edward Colin Ryder Richardson, aged eleven, included in the New Years Honours List among Service and Civilian heroes as commendation for bravery

Russian battleship Slava, WW1
The Russian pre-dreadnought Borodino-class battleship Slava, launched 1903, served in the Baltic Sea during the First World War, sunk October 1917. Seen here flying the Russian Navy Jack flag

Cockpit of British SE5A biplane on airfield, WW1
View of the cockpit and controls of a British SE5A biplane, one of the main aeroplanes in use by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. Seen here on an airfield with other aircraft

Flares in the night sky over a battlefield, WW1
Flares in the night sky over a battlefield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

RMS Mauretania, used as hospital ship during WW1
The RMS Mauretania, a Cunard ocean liner which was used as a hospital ship during the First World War. Launched in 1906, retired from service 1934. Date: 1914-1918

British Armstrong Whitworth FK8 biplane in flight, WW1
A British Armstrong Whitworth FK8 two-seater general purpose biplane in flight during the First World War. It had a 160hp Beardmore engine. Date: 1916-1918

Armenian girl, defence of Baku, Armenia, WW1
An Armenian girl serving with the troops on the front line in the defence of Baku, Armenia, towards the end of the First World War. Date: August 1918

Russian deserters forced back, WW1
Two demoralised Russian soldiers, on the point of deserting, are forced back by a loyal soldier on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1917

German Fokker D VII fighter planes, WW1
A takeoff line of German Fokker D VII single-seat pursuit fighter planes on an airfield towards the end of the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Troops and animals getting ready to move out, WW1
Troops and animals getting ready to move out of their base, towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1918

German prisoners of war at Abbeville, France, WW1
German prisoners of war at a clearing depot in Abbeville, northern France, after the Battle of the St Quentin Canal (29 September to 10 October 1918) during the First World War. Date: October 1918

Australian occupation of Nauru, South Pacific, WW1
The Australian occupation of Nauru (also known as Pleasant Island), a small island in the South Pacific, during the First World War

Soldier with two refugee children, Tournai, Flanders, WW1
A British solder holding two refugee children, a girl and a boy, at Tournai, Flanders, during the First World War. 26 October 1918

German Siemens Schuckert D. VI fighter plane, WW1
A German Siemens Schuckert D.VI single-seat fighter monoplane with a 180 hp Siemens-Halske engine, fitted with a belly tank that can be jettisoned

German Fokker E IV fighter plane, WW1
A German Fokker E IV single-seater fighter monoplane with a 160 hp engine, used during the First World War. This is a special three-gun model built for Max Immelmann. Date: 1915-1918

Mule teams in field near Arras, France, WW1
Mule teams crossing a muddy field near Arras, northern France, during the First World War. Date: 19 January 1918

Two Serbian soldiers near Mikra, near Salonika, WW1
Two typical Serbian soldiers with their newly issued equipment, near Mikra, Kalamaria, near Salonika (Salonica, Thessaloniki), Greece, during the First World War. Date: April 1916

Projectiles and cartridges of German Paris Gun, WW1
Projectiles and cartridges of the German Paris Gun (also known as the Emperor William Gun), a long-range seige gun designed and manufactured by Krupp, used towards the end of the First World War

German Gotha G. V heavy bomber, WW1
A German Gotha G.V heavy bomber, introduced in 1917 and used during the latter part of the First World War, mostly for night bombing. Bombs can be seen attached to the undercarriage. 1917-1918

German Fokker E I fighter plane, WW1
A German Fokker E I fighter plane with an 80 hp Oberursel engine, used during the First World War from 1915 onwards. Date: 1915

Russian machine gunners on eastern front, WW1
Russian machine gunners in action with a Maxim gun on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1917

Two American soldiers bayonet training, France, WW1
Two American soldiers taking part in bayonet training in France during the First World War. Date: 1917

Indian Lancers, Chauvels ride through Damascus, WW1
Indian Lancers in General Chauvels ride through Damascus towards the end of the First World War. Date: October 1918

Emir Faisal with Ageyl Bodyguard, Middle East, WW1
Emir Faisal with the Ageyl Bodyguard in the Middle East during the First World War. Date: circa 1917

Vickers Vimy FB 27A bomber plane with Fiat engines, WW1
The Vickers Vimy FB 27A heavy bomber aircraft with two Fiat engines, used by the RAF during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Times newspaper headlines, Britain at War, WW1
The Times newspaper headlines for 5 August 1914, Britain at War, announcing the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 5 August 1914

Short seaplane Type 184 hovering above the sea, WW1
A British Short seaplane Type 184 hovering above the sea during the First World War. It was a two-seater plane, used for reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo carrying. Date: 1915-1918

Foreshore at Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1
View of the foreshore at Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), with people, boats and animals, during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

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