Ww 2 Collection (page 10)

Barrage Balloon in Regents Park, London 1939

Polish infantryman
A Polish infantryman in full war kit complete with shovel. The Illustrated London News calls him a type of soldier who can endure privation, make long marches without difficulty

Cycling with gas masks in WWII
Two French women cycle to work in Paris with gas masks slung over their shoulders in canisters. Date: 1939

Brussels liberated WWII
The people of Brussels gave British and Belgian troops a tremendous welcome during World War II when the city was liberated Date: September 1944

Refugee notice WWII
One of the notices in a refugee centre during World War II exhorting Belgian refugee women in an advanced state of pregnancy to register their names here. 1939-1945

Queen Elizabeth in 1939
Queen Elizabeth, later the Queen Mother, leaving the British Red Cross Society on 5th September 1939, carrying a gas mask in a canvas bag over her shoulder. Date: 5th September 1939

Wartime wedding in uniform
A wartime wedding, with both the bride and the groom in their respective uniforms. Date: circa 1940

World War Two Bomb Damage
A couple survey the damage caused by a bomb dropped on the UK during World War Two. Date: circa 1942

They can t ration love
Bonzo with his entourage of females issued during war-time rationing. Date: circa 1940

VE Day Party - London
A Victory Souvenir - a large group of women, children and older men (most of the men of fighting age would still have been at the front) - all in their very best clothing and adorned with party hats

World War Two Rationing - Christmas Dinner in pill form - rather meagre Fare. Date: circa 1941

Japanese troops in Singapore 1942
Following the surrender of Singapore by the British in 1942 during World War Two, Japanese soldiers march through the streets, in front of the General Post Office building. Date: 1942

Three Boys playing with Soldier Marionnettes - World War Two era. Date: circa 1940

Wartime poster advertising Savings Certificates, said to be safe as the British Empire (marked red on the map). Showing returns on investments over 5 years and 10 years. 1940s

Wartime poster advertising Post Office Savings Bank, encouraging people to Save for Defence during the Second World War. 1940s

British Vickers Vildebeest biplane on an airfield
A British Vickers Vildebeest biplane on an airfield. It first flew in 1928, and was still in use at the beginning of the Second World War. Date: circa late 1920s

HMS Volunteer, British destroyer, WW2
HMS Volunteer, British V & W class destroyer, launched 1919, served throughout the Second World War, decommissioned 1947. Date: 20th century

HMS Iron Duke, British battleship, WW1
HMS Iron Duke, British battleship, launched 1912, served as the flagship of the Grand Fleet during the First World War, used as a base ship at Scapa Flow during the Second World War

HMS Vanoc, British destroyer at sea, WW1
HMS Vanoc, British V-class destroyer, launched 1917, served during the Second World War as a long-range escort ship. Date: 20th century

Wartime poster, Quicker Turnround helps to Quicker Victory. Speed up loading and unloading. Showing a footballer scoring a goal, to the consternation of the goalkeeper. 1940s

Members of the W. A. A. F. cooking
Members of the W.A.A.F. cooking Date: circa 1941

Poster seeking donations for Prisoners of War

Wartime leaflet, blood transfusion service
Wartime leaflet about the blood transfusion service, showing how blood, and blood transfusion equipment, are dropped by parachute behind enemy lines to save the lives of wounded soldiers. 1940s

Recruitment poster, Train to Win, featuring a woman in nurses uniform. Apply to the Employment Exchange, government training schemes with paid allowances. Aimed specifically at women. 1940s

Wartime salvage poster asking for rags, paper, bones and metal. Waste is wanted for war weapons. This week and every week salvage is essential. 1940s

Poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now
Wartime salvage poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now, save it for the collector when he calls. 1940s

WVS Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry Point
WVS (Womens Voluntary Service) Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry Point. 1940s

Poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment
Wartime poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipment, from aircraft, tanks, ships, guns and shells to barrage balloons and searchlights. 1940s

Poster advertising War Savings Certificates. One workman tells another that its worth while. 1940s

Poster warning about safety on the airfield. Watch that prop. Careless walk costs lives. Showing a pilot losing his head by walking into a spinning propeller. 1940s

London bomb damage
Residents from the bomb damaged street, peer through a huge whole in their house, viewing the utter destruction caused by Goerings men, and salvaging clothes and blankets from the ruins

HMS Ajax, British light cruiser, WW2
HMS Ajax, a Leander class light cruiser, launched 1934, served during the Second World War, decommissioned 1948. Seen here at Scapa Flow, Scotland. Date: circa 1930s

Bomb damage in London - Fore Street Date: circa 1943

French poster warning against Communism. They want to destroy the army... remember Budapest, Berlin, Prague, Dantzig... 1940s

Dutch poster about blackout precautions during the Second World War. circa 1942

Lysander Mercury and Perseus planes, with detachable bomb racks, used for army cooperation during the Second World War. Seen from four different angles. 1941

Poster, Red Cross ambulance
Poster depicting a Red Cross ambulance. Published by the German Reich, but written in Dutch, it encourages the countrymen of Holland to support the Dutch ambulance service in the east. 1940s

Dutch wartime poster, Moscow recommends. Showing a large, angry man (Russia) banging his fist on a red map of Europe, with a soldier (Germany) standing behind him

German wartime poster, how to deal with a fire bomb -- tackle it with water or sand. 1940s

Dutch wartime poster, Youth Front, showing an Aryan type blond boy, with an elderly man in the background. 1940s

Japanese raid on Singapore
Singapore residents assess the damage done by a Japanese air raid the previous night. Date: January 1942

Singapore after air raid
The pall of smoke over Singapore after a Japanese air raid. The Battle for Singapore lasted sixteen days until surrender to the Japanese on 15 February 1942. Date: February 1942

British refugees from Penang, Malaya, on their way to Singapore, are provided with refreshments by local residents at Ipoh Station, in Perak

Japanese army cross Singapore causeway
Japanese forces cross the causeway from Malaya to Singapore. Malaya had been taken from the retreating British and Commonwealth forces at the end of January 1942

British troops train in Malaya
A column of British troops train in the jungle of Malaya, preparing to defend the territory from invasion by Japanese forces

Manchester Regiment in Malaya
Three members of the 1st Battalion Manchester Regiment, stationed in the Far East, part of the British and Commonwealth defence force of Malaya and Singapore

Australian troops train in Malaya
Australian troops train in the thick jungle of Malaya, in anticipation of the Japanese invasion, which came in December 1941. Date: 1941

The Officers Sunday Club at the Dorchester Hotel
The Officers Sunday Club taking advantage of the warm spring weather in May 1940 to partake of refreshments on the balcony of the Dorchester Hotel, overlooking Park Lane, London. Date: 1940

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