458 Squadron RAAF Wellington aircrew Dec 1941 AWM P00631.003
AWM caption : A flight crew from 458 Squadron RAAF, in front of Wellington aircraft `R for Robert'. Left to right: Sergeant (Sgt) Stewart Ricketts (Air Gunner) (probably 402040 Carlyle Raymond Stuart Ricketts)... More
458 Squadron RAAF Wellington aircrew RAF Holme-on-Spalding Moor WWII A...
AWM caption : Yorkshire, England. C. 1942-02. Group portrait of combined crews of Wellington aircraft of No. 458 Squadron RAAF at an RAF station, Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Left to right: 404044 Sergeant (Sgt) J... More
458 Squadron RAAF Wellington K for Kitty aircrew WWII AWM SUK10142
AWM caption : Group portrait of the crew of Wellington aircraft "K for Kitty" of No. 458 Squadron RAAF at an RAF station, Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Left to right: 1283720 Sergeant (Sgt) K. A. Cousins, RAF, wirel... More
458 Squadron RAAF Wellington N for Nuts aircrew WWII AWM SUK10141
Yorkshire, England. C. 1942-02. Group portrait of the crew of Wellington aircraft "N for Nuts" of No. 458 Squadron RAAF at an RAF station, Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Left to right: 1359874 Sergeant (Sgt) C. C. Ch... More
458 Squadron RAAF Wellington X for X-Ray aircrew WWII AWM SUK10143
AWM caption : Yorkshire, England. C. 1942-02. Group portrait of the crew of Wellington aircraft "X for X-Ray" of No. 458 Squadron RAAF at an RAF station, Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Left to right: Pilot Officer (... More
Crew of Wellington T for Tommy 458 Squadron RAAF WWII AWM SUK10138
Yorkshire, England. C. 1942-02. Group portrait of some of the members of Wellington aircraft "T for Tommy" of No. 458 Squadron RAAF based at an RAF station, Holme-on-Spalding Moor. Left to right: 404425 Sergean... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10251
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Group Captain P C "Pick" Pickard with his pet sheepdog "Ming", pictured while resting from operations as Station Commander at Lissett, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10293
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The crew of a Handley Page Halifax of No 51 Squadron RAF hand in their parachutes at Snaith, Yorkshire on their return from a bombing raid on the Ruhr, Germany.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10331
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Station Commander at Pocklington, Yorkshire, signals Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series I (Special), DT742 'DY-O', of No. 102 Squadron RAF, piloted by Sergeant ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10451
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. WAAF safety equipment assistants, working in the parachute section at Snaith, Yorkshire, inspecting Mark I Life Jackets ('Mae Wests'). Behind them are parachutes hang... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH10776
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Handley Page Halifax Mark II Series1A, JD206 'DY-T' of No. 102 Squadron RAF, about to be towed from its dispersal by a David Brown tractor at Pocklington, Yorkshire. ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH11622
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series 1A, HR952 'MH-X', of No. 51 Squadron RAF receiving a mixed load of 500-lb MC bombs and incendiaries in its dispersal at Snaith, Y... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12598
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Squadron Leader Peter Hill, briefs crews of No. 51 Squadron RAF on the forthcoming raid to Nuremberg, Germany in the Operations Room at Snaith, Yorkshire. The Station... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH12601
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Station Commander at Snaith, Yorkshire, Group Captain N H Fresson, is joined by other officers on the balcony of the control tower as they await the return of Hand... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13407
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Trolleys loaded with 500-lb GP and MC bombs, and their attendant armourers, are towed by tractors from the Bomb Store at Snaith, Yorkshire, towards aircraft dispersals... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH15248
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Half-length portrait of Air Vice Marshal J R Whitley, Air Officer Commanding No. 43 Base. He became AOC of No. 4 Group on 12 February 1945, and the last commander of ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH17362
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Armourers check over a mixed bomb load of three 1,000-lb MC bombs and small bomb containers (SBCs) filled with 30-lb incendiary bombs, loaded into the bomb-bay and win... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH18743
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The Officer of the Watch in the Watch Office at Snaith, Yorkshire, guiding Handley Page Halifaxes of No. 51 Squadron RAF back to base after a night raid on Nuremberg. ... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6607
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. An electrical fitter making adjustments to "George", the automatic pilot on a Handley Page Halifax at Pocklington, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6614
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. The nose of Handley Page Halifax B Mark II, W7710 'LQ-R' "Ruhr Valley Express", of No. 405 Squadron RCAF, at Pocklington, Yorkshire. An extra truck was added to the n... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6640
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Armourers loading the ammunition servo-feed to the rear turret in a Handley Page Halifax at Pocklington, Yorkshire.
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH6695
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. A Chance Light, a powerful runway floodlight on a trailer, in operation at Pocklington, Yorkshire. Behind the Chance Light is the Airfield Identification Beacon, also... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH9321
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Half length portrait of Wing Commander G W Holden, Officer Commanding No. 102 Squadron RAF, taken at Pocklington, Yorkshire.
Sea Scout Zero (SSZ) airship at Howden Q27507
Photography British non-rigid airship of the S. S. ZERO class being handled by R. A. F. ratings at Howden Airship Station.
Severely Damaged Halifax Gets Back To Base CE82
Severely Damaged Halifax Gets Back To Base Comment : NP Squadron code on fuselage appears to identify this as belonging to No. 158 Squadron RAF.
Special Operations Executive (soe) and Special Forces Agents during th...
Special Operations Executive (soe) and Special Forces Agents during the Second World War Group Captain Percy Charles "Pick" Pickard, RAF. Portrait cropped from Royal Air Force official photograph CH 10251, tak... More
Tranby Croft postcard circa 1920
Tranby Croft in Anlaby, East Riding of Yorkshire, England from a postcard about 1920
StateLibQld 1 132997 Active (ship)
Active (ship) Caption: The 'Active', built 1898, was bought by the Ferrum Steamship Co. Ltd., (G. T. Gillie and Company) in 1918. She is pictured here in the Yorkshire Ouse, bound for Goole.
Cottingwith ferry YORYM-S21
View of the river at East Cottingwith. Towards the right is what looks like a tributary coming in; it could be the Pocklington Canal. To the left is a boat, with what looks like a small dinghy alongside; presum... More
Cottingwith lock YORYM-S17
View of Cottingworth lock which is empty with the top gates closed but leaking. The sluice-gear is on top of the gates, which have very thin balance beams. The lock walls are made of brick and topped with large... More
East Cottingwith village church YORYM-S20
East Cottingwith church with a small tower. Behind the Church are two barns and in the foreground is a pub sign. The road in front of the church, is cobbled and rutted.
East Cottingwith village YORYM-S18
View of East Cottingwith showing brick-built, pantiled cottages and houses with a wide street. Many of the houses have wooden fences in front of them and most have white-painted "Yorkshire lights" sliding windows.
East Cottingwith YORYM-S229
Picryl description: Public domain photo of a church building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.
Lifting bridge at Cottingwith YORYM-S34
Small wooden lifting bridge, in two cantilevered halves and set on wooden piles.
Snowden Slights' cottage at Cottingwith YORYM-S11
Brick cottage with a pantiled roof. Near a gate leading to the house, stand two men and two women, presumably members of the Slights family (although Snowden Slights does not appear to be among them). The women... More
Snowden Slights' cottage at Cottingwith YORYM-S228
Snowden Slights' cottage at Cottingwith ( ) Photographer Sydney Harold Smith (or collaborators on his behalf) Title Snowden Slights' cottage at Cottingwith Depicted place East Cottingwith Date betwe... More
The Canal, Cottingwith YORYM-S30
View of the Pocklington Canal at East Cottingwith. Against the bank is a barge, with a small dinghy alongside.
The Canal, Cottingwith YORYM-S31
Pocklington Canal at East Cottingwith showing an old wooden barge which is possibly derelict.
Village scenes around Beverley 1910 (archive ref DDX1525-1-15 No 1) (2...
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Bombing up 51 Squadron Halifax at RAF Snaith WWII IWM CH 11622
Handley Page Halifax B Mark II Series 1A, HR952 'MH-X', of No. 51 Squadron RAF receiving a mixed load of 500-lb MC bombs and incendiaries in its dispersal at RAF Snaith, Yorkshire, for a night raid on Germany.
Public Domain Images - Brucehamilton
Portrait of Sir Bruce Hamilton. Official War Office Photograph. Pre-1955 so in the public domain.
Chance light at RAF Pocklington WWII IWM CH 6695
IWM caption : A Chance Light, a powerful runway floodlight on a trailer, in operation at Pocklington, Yorkshire. Behind the Chance Light is the Airfield Identification Beacon, also on a trailer.
Halifax automatic pilot maintenance WWII IWM CH 6607
An electrical fitter making adjustments to "George", the automatic pilot on a Handley Page Halifax at RAF Pocklington, Yorkshire.
HMA R 23 Airship With Camel
HMA R.23 airship with underslung Sopwith Camel. Public domain image of an airship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Loading gun ammunition in Halifax WWII IWM CH 6640
Armourers loading the ammunition servo-feed to the rear turret in a Handley Page Halifax at Pocklington, Yorkshire.
R 23 With Sopwith Camel WWI during World War I
IWM description : "THE ROYAL NAVAL AIR SERVICE (RNAS) 1914-1918. Rigid Airship R.23 at Howden with Sopwith Camel N6814 suspended beneath her. This was a way of getting a fighter up to the same altitudes as a Ze... More
RCAF Halifax bomb load WWII IWM CH 17362
Armourers check over a mixed bomb load of three 1,000-lb MC bombs and small bomb containers (SBCs) filled with 30-lb incendiary bombs, loaded into the bomb-bay and wing cells of a Handley Page Halifax Mark II ... More
Sopwith Camel Flying Off Airship R 23
AWM Caption : "DROPPING OFF (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG293) FRONT VIEW OF SOPWITH CAMEL DROPPING OFF AIRSHIP R.23." See also : Image:R23WithSopwithCamelWWI.jpg Image:SopwithCamelWithAirshipR23.jpeg
Sopwith Camel With Airship R 23
AWM Caption : "DROPPING OFF (BRITISH AIR MINISTRY PHOTO PPG293) FRONT VIEW OF SOPWITH CAMEL DROPPING OFF AIRSHIP R.23" See also : Image:SopwithCamelFlyingOffAirshipR23.jpeg Image:R23WithSopwithCamelWWI.jpg
Whitworth tail gunner in turret WWII IWM C 913
The Nash and Thompson Type FN4 rear turret of an Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark V of No.102 Squadron RAF at RAF Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
Rise Hall - A black and white drawing of a large building
Rise Hall, Rise, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.Drawing of Rise Hall from around the time of it's construction 1815-1820
Hull c.1735
Engraving by Haynes (?) of Fossgate (?) York From "History of Hull" - "East Prospect of the Royal Town of Kingston upon Hull" - after contents before chapter 1 - description of plate: (quoted verbatim from sou... More
Skirlaugh Chapel Bevan - A black and white photo of a church
Illustration of Skirlaugh Chapel, from Architectural, historical, and picturesque Illustrations of the Chapel of St. Augustine, Skirlaugh, Yorkshire (1855), edited by George Ayliffe Poole.
Cowick Hall c 1900 - A black and white photo of a large house
South side of Cowick Hall, c. 1900, East Cowick, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
St Catherine Barmby Moor 001 postcard
Photo postcard of St Catherine, Barmby Moor, near Pocklington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.A medieval church heavily restored in 1852 by Chantrell. Carving by Robert Mawer.
East Yorkshire farm workers making hay circa. 1905 (archive ref PH-2-3...
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East Yorkshire wagon at Lockington circa.1910 (archive ref DDX1862-2) ...
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Mothers and babies at Baptist Chapel, Lord Roberts Road, Beverley 1908...
These tiny tots and their proud mums pose outside the entrance to the Baptist Chapel on Lord Roberts Road around 1911, presumably as part of a ‘Mother & Baby’ competition. The Chapel itself later became home ... More
New Walk, Beverley c.1900 (archive ref DDX-1544-1-3 (47)) (25315347011...
This remarkable colour image from around 1900 shows New Walk before the motor car, and you can see what a difference it must have made as people walk down the middle of the road in the background. The colour ... More
Hull Bridge pre 1913 (archive ref PO-1-14-184) (30349149406)
Hull Bridge (the ‘pre-1913 bridge’) circa.1900 This week’s picture from the past is a view of the River Hull at Hull Bridge around 1900. The new bridge was originally built in 1804, but by 1913 it was demoli... More
Opening of Lord Roberts Road, Beverley (archive ref DDX805-1) (2528943...
Various dignitaries gather for the civic ceremony to open Lord Roberts Road. The Baptist Chapel is under construction in the background but has yet to take shape. The road was named after Lord Frederick Robe... More
Pony and Traps, Walkington c.1900 (archive ref PO-1-142-6) (3051900001...
Pony and Traps, Walkington circa 1900 It looks like a cold and misty day in the fields of Walkington, even so, the local people seem to be smiling for the camera whilst enjoying a leisurely time, chatting,... More
The House of Correction, Beverley 1863 (archive ref DDX734-4) (2915586...
This photograph shows a group of prisoners and officials outside the House of Correction at Beverley, East Yorkshire. The Governor at the time was Alfred Shepherd, who may be the individual pictured in the ce... More
Wetwang village pond 1910 (archive ref PO-1-153-2) (26339441626)
If this were a modern image, you’d be forgiven for thinking the village pond had flooded Wetwang’s main street. But this is Wetwang, East Yorkshire, in 1920, when the pond was much larger. In the background... More
Threshing at Lockington circa.1910 DDX1862-1 (30561287506)
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Walkington Board School children near Dog and Duck c.1910 (archive ref...
Walkington Board School children circa.1910. This photograph is an endearing image of school children who have gathered outside the Dog and Duck pub in Walkington. They are proudly displaying Union Jack flags,... More
Folk lore of East Yorkshire (1890) (14758074926)
Identifier: folkloreofeastyo00nich (find matches) Title: Folk lore of East Yorkshire Year: 1890 (1890s) Authors: Nicholson, John Subjects: Folklore -- England Yorkshire Yorkshire (England) -- Social life an... More
Folk lore of East Yorkshire (1890) (14780733652)
Identifier: folkloreofeastyo00nich (find matches) Title: Folk lore of East Yorkshire Year: 1890 (1890s) Authors: Nicholson, John Subjects: Folklore -- England Yorkshire Yorkshire (England) -- Social life an... More
The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain...
Identifier: stoneimplementsw00evaniala (find matches) Title: The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain Year: 1872 (1870s) Authors: Evans, John, Sir, 1823-1908 Subjects: Stone ag... More
The Antiquarian repertory - a miscellaneous assemblage of topography, ...
Identifier: antiquarianreper04ingros (find matches) Title: The Antiquarian repertory : a miscellaneous assemblage of topography, history, biography, customs, and manners ; intended to illustrate and preserve ... More
The Benedictines of Caldey Island (formerly of Painsthorpe, York) - co...
Identifier: benedictinesofca00shep (find matches) Title: The Benedictines of Caldey Island (formerly of Painsthorpe, York) : containing the history, purpose, method, and summary of the rule of the Benedictine... More
The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church (1906) (14586...
Identifier: originhistoryofp19061kend (find matches) Title: The origin and history of the Primitive Methodist Church Year: 1906 (1900s) Authors: Kendall, H. B. (Holliday Bickerstaffe), 1844-1919 Subjects: P... More
Paull Holme Tower
Paull Holme Tower p.493 in source