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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 airfieldA 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, WW2HMS Volunteer, British V & W class destroyer, launched 1919, served throughout the Second World War, decommissioned 1947. Date: 20th century
HMS Iron Duke, British battleship, WW1HMS 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, WW1HMS 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. cookingMembers of the W.A.A.F. cooking Date: circa 1941
Poster seeking donations for Prisoners of War
Wartime leaflet, blood transfusion serviceWartime 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 NowWartime salvage poster, Your Waste Paper is Urgently Needed Now, save it for the collector when he calls. 1940s
WVS Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry PointWVS (Womens Voluntary Service) Civil Defence poster, Incident Enquiry Point. 1940s
Poster giving the cost of various weapons and equipmentWartime 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 damageResidents 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, WW2HMS 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 ambulancePoster 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 SingaporeSingapore residents assess the damage done by a Japanese air raid the previous night. Date: January 1942
Singapore after air raidThe 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 causewayJapanese 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 MalayaA column of British troops train in the jungle of Malaya, preparing to defend the territory from invasion by Japanese forces
Manchester Regiment in MalayaThree 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 MalayaAustralian troops train in the thick jungle of Malaya, in anticipation of the Japanese invasion, which came in December 1941. Date: 1941
London girls dancing with American GIs c. 1945London girls dance with American GI soldiers during World War II in an unidentified bar. The GI at the far left of the picture is from the US Army 101st Airborne Division
Second World War nurseUnidentified woman in what looks like a makeshift nursing uniform, WWII. c.1945
The Officers Sunday Club at the Dorchester HotelThe 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
Boy on beach with Sea Mine" Look what I ve found Mummie!" A small boy discovers a mine on the beach whilst making a sandcastle. His Mother is fainting in shock at this explosive discovery. Date: 1940s
VE Day 1945 - Piccadilly CircusA young man in an odd ensemble consisting of jumper, jacket, hat and shorts, clutches a bottle of something strong-looking during joyous VE Day celebrations at Piccadilly Circus in Central London
VE Day Celebrations in London, May 1945A flag seller does a roaring trade offering Allied flags for sale during the VE Day celebrations in London on 8th May 1945
Contemplating a nutritional advice poster in London, 1940sA woman and her little girl contemplate a large poster advising the British population to eat greens for vitality in an unidentified London street c. 1945. c.1945
Field of Remembrance, St Margarets, Westminster, LondonField of Remembrance, St Margaret s, Westminster, London, where crosses were planted to remember those who died in the First and Second World Wars. Date: circa 1955
Churchill, General Gamelin and General Gort, WW2Winston Churchill, General Gamelin and General Lord Gort in France during the Second World War. Date: 1940
Boating lake in London park, 1940sPeople enjoying the delights of rowing in a boat on a lake in a London park, probably the Serpentine in Hyde Park in the 1940s. In the foreground, two girls share a boat, one in a swimsuit
United Seamans Service club, 1944A Chinese-American member of the United Seamans Service plays pool or snooker at the London club during Christmas, 1944. The USS was founded in 1942 to promote the welfare of American seafarers
Wartime Food Production sticker in car windscreen, ChurtA wartime Food Production sticker of the County War Agricultural Committee in the windscreen of a car which drives the Committee to Lloyd Georges farm at Churt, Surrey. Date: circa 1930s
Displaced Scouts and Guides in GermanyA large group of displaced Lithuanian Scouts and Guides and their leaders sitting on a monument in Germany. 1940s
British gunners at work beneath a flak-filled sky, WW2British gunners at work beneath flak-filled sky during the Second World War. They are using a Vickers 3.7 inch a (anti-aircraft) gun on a static mounting. Date: 1939-1945
Playing billiards in United Seamans Service club, 1944A Chinese-American member of the United Seamans Service plays pool or snooker at the London club during Christmas, 1944. The USS was founded in 1942 to promote the welfare of American seafarers