Ww 2 Collection (page 23)

Gas Mask drill at school, 1939
Gas Mask drill at school. Teacher and pupils wearing gas masks, 1939

Gas Masks for children
Gas Masks and protection for children and nursing mothers during World War II in 1940-1941

Gas Masks, World War II
Group of men queuing to register, probably for the ARP, wearing gas masks during World War II

Children in gas masks
Children wearing gas masks at a kindergarten with their nurse, or teacher, during World War II

Gas Mask fitting, World War II
Woman giving a man a gas mask fitting during World War II

Family wearing gas masks
A family wearing gas masks on a quiet night in at home during World War II

ARPs World War II
ARPs in gas masks during World War II during decontamination exercise in London

Gas Masks
Students wearing gas masks while studying during World War II

Gas Masks for babies
A gas mask, or hood for babies being demonstrated at Holborn Town Hall, London. It took three years of development to perfect

Luftwaffe HQ 1939
The Reichsluft Fahrt Ministerium (Luftwaffe HQ) in Berlin, Germany in 1939 at the start of World War II

World War II 1941
Soldiers landing from a landing craft under cover of a smoke screen during World War II in 1941

a Searchlight Battery
SLC radar equipment on an anti-aircraft searchlight battery on the Home Front in England during World War II in 1945

Home Front World War II
A party of London Anti-aircraft gunners watching a dogfight on the Home Front in England during World War II

Stock Exchange cadets, World War II
New camping kit evolved by the Stock Exchange cadets an worn by one of the boys on the Home Front in England during World War II

Home Guard World War II
Home Guard recruiting parade in Ruislip with OPS WaFs cheering as they march past on the Home Front in England during World War II

ARP Calling You
ARP (Air Raid Precautions) recruiting poster in World War Two to try to encourage people to get in touch with their local council and volunteer

Recreation Hall, Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Interior of the recreation hall at the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum

Horton Mental Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Aerial view of the Horton Mental Hospital at Epsom, Surrey. The hospital opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum, Londons seventh county asylum

Administration Building, Horton War Hospital, Epsom
The administration block of the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum

Church interior, Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey
Interior of the church at the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum

Wayland Union Workhouse, Rockland All Saints, Norfolk
The Wayland Union workhouse at Rockland All Saints, Norfolk. The building, erected in 1836-7, is believed to have been designed by William Thorold or William J Donthorn

Gurkha trooper firing in Burma, 1944 Date: 1944

Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944
British, West Africans and Gurkhas, the backbone of Wingates Burma Jungle forces, wait at the ramps to file into transports or gliders for the forward movement to Broadway

Allies rescue stricken C-47 - Burma
American forces of the Air Service Command, Chindits and Burmese farmers of the local neighbourhood, who between them managed to put a C-47 back in the air

Allied scouts cross a Burmese Jungle stream. Poised for action, a scouting detachment of armed Burmese patriot fighters, accompanied by two American soldiers

Scottish tank crew in Burma - 1945
Scottish tank crew in Burma, 15th March 1945. A Sherman tank passing a pagoda on the Taungtha road

U. S. 81mm Mortar overlooking the Burma Road
U.S. 81mm Mortar overlooking the Burma Road, Lashio, Burma - January / February, 1945. Japanese supply and communications lines were pounded during the battle for the strategic ground north of this

A Japanese patrol in a Mandalay Railway Yard, Burma

British 36th Division in Burma - 1944
Two members of the British 36th Division (consisting of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the East Lancashire Regiment)

Brigadier Cotterill-Hill wades ashore - Burma
Ramree Island on the Burma coast invaded. Brigadier Cotterill-Hill, commanding the 71st Indian brigade, wades ashore - 194"

19th Indian Dagger Division - Burma
Tanks and infantry of the 19th Indian Dagger Division move up to the attack - Burma

Making a jeep railroad - Burma
Making a jeep railroad. A supply line constructed by Indian engineers to run to Mandalay in readiness for expansion further south into Burma

Crash site of a German Night Raider
A house completely flattened by a crashed German Bomber on an air raid over the capital

Clearing rubble from bombed buildings, London
Clearing rubble from bombed buildings in London during the Blitz - 1940

Fighting a fire with a stirrup pump - The Blitz
Now that the worst is out. Attacking a fire with a stirrup pump following an air raid on London - circa late 1940

Saving the processional cross - The Blitz
Saving the processional cross from a church demolished by a night raiders bomb in a London suburb on 5th September, 194"

Damaged London Hospital - The Blitz
The Porters Lodge of a London Hospital wrecked by a German raiders bomb. Nobody was seriously hurt - circa late 1940

Carrying away an unexploded bomb
Volunteer carrying away an unexploded bomb, which fell in Bromley, Kent - one of a payload of twenty two bombs

Air Raid damage off Piccadilly during the Blitz
Air Raid damage off Piccadilly, London on 19th September 1940. A lampost and parked car have been heavily damaged by falling masonry from bombed buildings

Fire at St. Katherines Docks during the Blitz
Miles of hose pipes were used to fight the big fire at St. Katherines Docks which blazed for over 12 hours on 9th August 1940. The London Food Depot was heavily damaged

Bomb damage by County Hall during the Blitz
The Southbank terrace alongside City Hall, showing fallen masonry attesting to bomb damage following a German Air Raid during the Blitz

British service personnel on D-Day
A group painting of the British armed forces involved in Operation Overlord - the D-Day invasion of France - on June 6th 1944

95th Para
British paratrouper from 95th Para - involved in the first stage of Operation Overlord, the D-day invasion of France on June 6th 1944

Dug in - D-Day - Machine Gun Team
A British machine gun team dug in on a Normandy beach during the assault phase of Operation Overlord - the allied D-Day landings in France on 6th June 1944

The Spirit of the People
Six photos showing the imperturbability of British citizens when faced with German bombings: You might as well try to shake the nerve of a mountain as of this population wrote Mr E.C

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