Wire Collection (page 8)

Wall plaque - A Memento of the Great War
Wall plaque with ornate border showing plane, shells, parcels, tins, barbed wire, etc. Centre shows cartoon I likes me drop o rum. A Memento of the Great War on base. Bairnsfather Ware

The joys of Listening patrol. ELP AM CATCHED ON THIS ------------ BARBED ----WIRE. 386202 Acting Sergeant Herbert Gibson, Mm, 1St Northumbrian Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps

The defences of the village of Caestre
Scale 1/2500 of the defences of the village of Caestre - April 1918, showing 11 machine gun positions, trenches and barbed wire produced by 286681, E. North, 90th Field Coy, Royal Engineers

Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire, WW1
Plate inscribed Gott strafe this barbed wire with a cartoon by Bruce Bairnsfather, 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment (1888-1959). Bairnsfather Ware

America in the Field by Heath Robinson, WW1
War Inventions - Not Needed Now! William Heath Robinson imagines America in the field! 2. Barb-pants - to enable infantry to get out of barbed wire. Date: 1918

Thirsty German Prisoners of War
A First World War official photograph showing thirsty German prisoners in a compound enclosed by a barbed wire fence. Date: circa 1916

Military spectacles by Dollands, WW1
Specialist military spectacles with larger lenses and secure hooks, as supplied by Dollands of Oxford Street. The advertisement claims that many civilians are adopting the style due to its obvious

Beach scene with ship, South Shields
Beach scene with ship in South Shields, January 1963. Date: 1963

Ships that pass in the Night by Bruce Bairnsfather
Ships that Pass in the Night " Where do yer want this put, Sargint?" A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Our Adaptable Armies by Bairnsfather
Our Adaptable Armies Private Jones (late " Zogitoff" the comedy wire artist) appreciably reduces the quantity of HATE per yard of frontage

With the British navy off the Dardanelles, WW1
With the British navy off the Dardanelles during the First World War. Top: HMS Agamemnon and the arrival of a big transport. Middle: a British battleship under fire from enemy shrapnel

British trench with Lewis gun, Western Front, WW1
A British trench with a Lewis gun ready for action on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British lookout soldier in trench, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier on lookout duties in a trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Battlefield near La Boisselle, Western Front, WW1
A battlefield and trench near the village of La Boisselle on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British shell bursting on German trenches, WW1
A British shell bursting on German trenches on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

American soldiers with machine gun, Western Front, WW1
American soldiers with a machine gun behind barbed wire on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mr Balfour on visit to captured village, Western Front, WW1
Arthur James Balfour on a visit to a captured village on the Western Front during World War One. He served as British Foreign Secretary from 1916 to 1919. Date: circa 1916

British soldiers digging a trench, WW1
British soldiers digging a trench on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Mines and torpedoes by G. H. Davis
Navy Notes of the Week: the question of mines and torpedoes. Showing naval minesweepers at work, sweeping a wire across an underwater mine field; a modern high-speed long-range torpedo;

Shell bursting on front line trench, Western Front, WW1
A shell bursting on a front line trench on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British wiring party on Western Front, WW1
A British wiring party moving over a shell-swept area on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1916

British tank in action, Western Front, France, WW1
A British tank in action on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German soldiers digging a trench, WW1
Artists impression of German soldiers digging and fortifying a trench at night, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. The soldier in the foreground is lighting a cigarette

German soldier in a trench, WW1
Artists impression of a German soldier in a trench, with a fence of barbed wire, in a mountainous area during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

The Whip Hand, by Bairnsfather
The Whip Hand Private Mulligatawny (the Australian stock-whip wonder) frequently causes a lot of bother in the enemys trenches Bruce Bairnsfathers " stock whip" cartoon sums up

Factory with coiled wire - WW1
A factory with newly manufactured wire standing in coils on the floor. Possibly the basis for barbed wire detined for the Western Front - WW1 Date: circa 1915

Sandbags and barbed wire, India. Date: 1918

Man at the seaside
A man at the seaside, sitting on what is probably a pier. His coat and hat can be seen at his side. (The woman in the previous picture is probably the photographer.) (2 of 2)

Woman at the seaside
A woman at the seaside, sitting on what is probably a pier. A mans coat and hat can be seen at her side, no doubt belonging to the photographer (see next picture). (1 of 2)

Sir George Elliot MP, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR GEORGE ELLIOT MP, 1st Baronet (1814-1893) Conservative Party Member of Parliament, Businessman from Gateshead, North-East England

Watercolour scene with beach and observation post
A watercolour scene showing a beach with an observation post built on stilts. A woman in a swimming costume sits on a rock looking out to sea

British soldiers WWII
British 2nd Army moving on the Western Front in Belgium during World War II Date: January 1940

David Williams Wire
DAVID WILLIAMS WIRE Lord Mayor of London in 1858. CIRCA 1858

Tennis Balls in Fence
Tennis balls lodged in a wire fence during a tennis game, England. Date: 1960s

Grooming a Terrier
A lucky wire-haired terrier is groomed on a table by two women at a private dog hotel (boarding kennel). Date: early 1930s

Wire-Haired Fox Terrier
A wire-haired fox terrier. Date: early 1930s

TOY MONKEY
A toy monkey mascot, made from wire pipcleaners and wool. Date: early 1930s

Toy Elephant
A toy elephant mascot, made from wire and wool. Date: early 1930s

Toy Cat Mascot
A toy cat mascot, made from wire pipecleaners and wool. Date: early 1930s

Toy Lion & Elephant
A toy elephant and lion, mascots, made from wire and wool, confronting one another. Date: early 1930s

WEIRD BIRD
A strange toy bird, a mascot made of wire and wool. Date: early 1930s

Doll with a Whip
A mascot doll of a man with a whip, made from wire and wool. Date: early 1930s

TOY STORK
A toy stork, a mascot made of wire and wool. Date: early 1930s

Pioneers Memorial, Gundagal New South Wales, Australia
Pioneers Memorial, Gundagal, New South Wales, Australia. Date: circa 1930s

American attack on the German Front line - France - WW1 Date: circa 1917

WW2 - Comic Postcard - Sandcastle with lack of barbed wire
Winston Churchill: " This is a time for everyone to stand together and hold firm!". Lady in deckchair watching her son build a sandcastle in a garden sandpit: " There

Thessaloniki, Greece - Vietnamese French Troops - WW1
Thessaloniki, Greece - Annamites (Vietnamese French Troops) fraternising with French Soldiers - WW1. All part of the Allied International force stationed at Thessaloniki during the First World War

WW1 - Whippet Tanks crash through enemy German wire - Western Front Date: circa 1917

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