Wwii Collection (page 13)

Aerial view of Dunkirk during the evacuation, WW2
Aerial view of Dunkirk and harbour during the evacuation, with surrounding countryside. Date: 1940

Bray Dunes, near Dunkirk, during the evacuation, WW2
Members of the British Expeditionary Force at Bray Dunes, to the east of Dunkirk, northern France, during the evacuation, with men making their way into the water ready to embark onto vessels

Map of France and Belgium, evacuation from Dunkirk, WW2
Map of the northern French and Belgian coast, showing the evacuation from Dunkirk and other points, and the evacuation triangle through which the Allied army retreated

Sunset off Dunkirk during the evacuation, WW2
Sunset off Dunkirk, on the northern French coast, during the evacuation, with Junkers dive-bombers attacking shipping, and a paddle steamer hit and beached

British soldiers marching to be taken to France, Sept 1939
A contingent of British soldiers marching before they are taken abroad for deployment in France. The Sphere reports that the first British troops had arrived in France but had not yet gone into

Young boy alone on a playground swing 1939
Photograph showing a young boy on a swing in Geraldine May Harmsworth Park. The park is empty following the evacuation of thousands of children in the first few weeks following the outbreak of war

Cinematographer adjusts his camera, September 1939
A cinematographer is shown adjusting his camera as cinemas play an increasingly important role in keeping the country informed of war news in September 1939. Date: 1939

Bomb crater in Warsaw street, September 1939
Large bomb crater in a Warsaw street next to a house that appears structurally intact, despite losing its windows in the blast which came as a result of German siege

Poster, Turn Over a New Leaf, eat vegetables daily to enjoy good health. circa 1945

Norah Blaney working on a dust-cart in WWII
Actress, singer and variety star, Norah Blaney (Mrs Basil Hughes), driving on a dust-cart and collecting refuse for Basildon Council as part of the war effort during the Second World War. Date: 1940

Outbreak of WWII men of Royal Artillery eating 1939
Men of a battalion of the Royal Artillery have a meal beside of the guns, during training. Date: 1939

HMS Ness, British river class frigate, WW2
HMS Ness (K219), British river class frigate. Date: circa 1943

Memorial 147 US Engineer Combat Battalion
This is in the grounds of the Chateau d Englesqueville on the D514 behind Omaha Beach. In 1944 the grounds were filled with tents

Two posters, Spot at Sight, Enemy Uniforms, WW2. German parachutist, soldier, airman and sailor. 1940s

Poster, Telling a friend may mean telling the enemy, WW2. 1940s

Poster, German Armoured Vehicles, WW2, Deutsche Panzerfahrzeuge, a range of different types of tanks and armoured vehicles. (1 of 2) 1940s

Bomb damage, Coventry Cathedral, WW2
Bomb damage, Coventry Cathedral, November 1940, Second World War. 1940

Normandy landings WW2: Utah Beach
Part of the 4th Infantry Division moves inland from Utah Beach, 1944. 6th June 1944

WW2 Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst - Womens War Emergency Council
Estelle Sylvia Pankhurst (1882-1960) - (standing) presiding over the Womens War Emergency Council which she started immediately after the outbreak of WW2

Title page design, For Victory Paint Book, WW2
Title page design, For Victory Paint Book, with Allied flags and a V sign, used as a propaganda symbol for Victory during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Bovril drinking film scene, In Which We Serve, WW2
Bovril drinking film scene, In Which We Serve (directed by Noel Coward and David Lean, 1942), showing soldiers rescued from Dunkirk on the bridge of a destroyer with mugs of hot Bovril rather heavily

Bovril and Pemmican products, WW2
Bovril and Pemmican products, together with oatmeal, meat and tea, supplied in ration packs during the Second World War. Date: 1940s

Bovril factory at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, WW2
Aerial view of the new Bovril factory at Ampthill, Bedfordshire, built outside London to avoid bombing raids during the Second World War. The factory was operational by the end of 1940

Votrix Vermouth advert with bar scene, 1943
Advertisement for Votrix Vermouth from the Second World War showing a bar filled almost exclusively with uniformed customers

Poster, Dig for Victory, WW2
Poster, Dig for Victory, step on it! 1940s

Poster, The need is growing, Dig for Victory still, WW2
Poster, The need is growing, Dig for Victory still. 1940s

Diana Mitford with her sons
Diana, Lady Mosley (17 June 1910 11 August 2003), born Diana Freeman-Mitford and usually known as Diana Mitford, was one of Britains noted Mitford sisters

WW2 - French General Maurice Gustave Gamelin
French General Maurice Gustave Gamelin (1872-1958) - remembered for his unsuccessful role as Commander-in-Chief of the French military in 1940 during the Battle of France in World War Two

Dutch wartime poster -- Be Brave, Be Stormers. Showing a young cadet in uniform, carrying a flag. Date: 1940s

One Battle, One Will, One Goal
German World War Two propaganda poster - One Battle, One Will, One Goal...Victory at any price - showing workers and soldiers working towards victory

WW2 - Ju88 attacked by Spitfires - ditched off Pagham, Essex
1940

WW2 - Polish Mechanised Cavalry Brigade - soldier of the anti-tank Corps, 1940. Organised in France during World War II as part of the Polish Army in France

Poster, Churchills praise for RAF Pilots
Poster, Never was so much owed by so many to so few - Prime Minister Winston Churchill from a speech made on 20 August 1940

Rifle, Bolt Action, Lee Enfield, . 303 In No 5 Mk I
Lee Enfield. 303 in No 5 Mk I bolt action rifle, 1944 (c); known as the Jungle Carbine; fitted with flash eliminator, sling swivels and a rubber cushion on the buttplate

The Sinking of the the Scharnhorst at the Battle of North
Illustration showing the German Battlecruiser Scharnhorst listing to starboard as she sank at the end of the Battle of North Cape, approximately 7.30pm on 26th December 1943

SNCAN Nord 1002 Pingouin II G-ATBG at Elstree, with another Pingouin II G-ASTG. The Nord 1000 family was post WWII production of the Messerschmitt Bf 108

Croydon Airport - Junkers Ju52-3m D-AHAL
Junkers Ju52/3m D-AHAL Otto Bernert (msn 5034), of Deutsche LuftHansa (DLH) on approach to land at Croydon Airport. First registered in October 1934

WW2 - A drag show by British PoWs held at Stalag XXI-D, a German World War II PoW Camp based in Poznan (Posnan), Poland - the scene seems to be about a beauty contest in USA as the "

WW2 - Hall Barn, near Beaconsfield, which was re-purposed during wartime to the production of hospital supplies under its chatelaine the Honourable Mrs E F Lawson

Country Houses in Wartime - Shardeloes, Amersham, Bucks in use a Maternity Home for Evacuee Mothers. The Orangery, dating back to 1790 - Mrs Clark in foreground. Date: 1940

Interior view of the Norris Green British Restaurant, Liverpool during the Second World War. British Restaurants were communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal

Exterior view of the Norris Green British Restaurant in Liverpool during the Second World War. British Restaurants were communal restaurants during the Second World War providing a cooked meal

Mural decorations in the Stoke-on-Trent British Restaurant during the Second World War, on the theme of 1851 and All That and carried out by Arthur Berry

WW2 - Home Front - King George VI meets a young boy munition worker (15 year-old Leonard Fiske) during his inspection of a famous munitions factory - the lad continued to feed revolver bullets into

WW2 - Home Front - children from the Buckingham Gate Central School, evacuated to Handcross, West Sussex, lay out herbs in Drying shed (a converted boiler house) at Nyman s, Handcross

What a War! - Suits me, I dunno as I ll ever go back to Railings! - humorous comment
What a War! - " Suits me, I dunno as I ll ever go back to Railings!" - humorous comment on the wartime appropriation of railings for use as raw material in the war effort. Date: circa 1941

WW2 - Comic Postcard, Home Front - Intruder Raid - A little girl (with ginger pigtails) is alarmed at the sight of a small brown mouse and has leaped up onto the piano stool. Date: 1944

WWII - the man who eats grass, Mr J. R. B. Branson
Mr J. R. B. Branson, who advocated a diet of grass to counter food shortages during the Second World War. The Bystander magazine ran a double page spread on him

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