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Public Domain Images - Clackmannanshire West 1895

Public Domain Images - Clackmannanshire West 1895

A portion of the OS sheet 39 - Stirling, 1 inch to 1 mile (1:63,360) Surveyed 1859 - 1863, published 1869, revised 1895, published 1897 This portion of the map covers Alloa, Alva, Clackmannan, Coalsnaughton, M... More

OS Millbank Tate etc 2 - Public domain map

OS Millbank Tate etc 2 - Public domain map

Extract of Ordnance Survey Maps for London published 1916

Padiham OS map 1890 - Public domain vintage map

Padiham OS map 1890 - Public domain vintage map

Extract of Ordnance Survey Map for Padiham England dated 1890

Portsoy Banffshire Sheet III 1904 Six inch 2nd and later ed, 1892-1860
'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursala Which Sailed 'blind' For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An A15674

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the Br...

"blind Submarine" Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursala Which Sailed "blind" For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An Enemy Destroyer, Is ... More

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursala Which Sailed 'blind' For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An A15676

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the Br...

"blind Submarine" Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursula Which Sailed "blind" For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An Enemy Destroyer, Is ... More

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursala Which Sailed 'blind' For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An A15677

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the Br...

"blind Submarine" Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursula Which Sailed "blind" For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An Enemy Destroyer, Is ... More

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursala Which Sailed 'blind' For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An A15679

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the Br...

"blind Submarine" Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursala Which Sailed "blind" For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An Enemy Destroyer, Is ... More

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursala Which Sailed 'blind' For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An A15680

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the Br...

"blind Submarine" Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursula Which Sailed "blind" For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An Enemy Destroyer, Is ... More

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursula Which Sailed 'blind' For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An A15681

'blind Submarine' Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the Br...

"blind Submarine" Returns Home. 3 and 4 April 1943, Portsmouth, the British Submarine Ursula Which Sailed "blind" For Six Days and Nights With Her Periscope Smashed After Being Rammed by An Enemy Destroyer, Is ... More

'c' (howitzer) Battery of Cxvii (howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in the Salonika Campaign 1915-1918 HU93771

'c' (howitzer) Battery of Cxvii (howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artill...

'English: c' (howitzer) Battery of Cxvii (howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in the Salonika Campaign 1915-1918 A group of officers and men from 'C' Battery, CXVII (Howitzer) Brigade, gathered for bathin... More

'c' (howitzer) Battery of Cxvii (howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in the Salonika Campaign 1915-1918 HU93824

'c' (howitzer) Battery of Cxvii (howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artill...

'English: c' (howitzer) Battery of Cxvii (howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in the Salonika Campaign 1915-1918 Transport lines of 'C' (Howitzer) Battery, CXVII (Howitzer) Brigade, whilst in camp on mano... More

'c' (howitzer) Battery of Cxvii (howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in the Salonika Campaign 1915-1918 HU93826

'c' (howitzer) Battery of Cxvii (howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artill...

'English: c' (howitzer) Battery of Cxvii (howitzer) Brigade, Royal Field Artillery, in the Salonika Campaign 1915-1918 Bivouacs near the transport lines of 'C' (Howitzer) Battery, CXVII (Howitzer) Brigade, whil... More

'demob' Farewell at Royal Naval Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset, 18 June 1945 A29287

'demob' Farewell at Royal Naval Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset, 18 ...

"demob" Farewell at Royal Naval Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset, 18 June 1945 Captain A A Murray, RN, addressing Chief Petty Officers, Petty Officers and ratings recalled from pension 1939-1940, before they l... More

'Demob' Farewell at Royal Naval Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset, 18 June 1945 A29288

'Demob' Farewell at Royal Naval Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset, 18 ...

"demob" Farewell at Royal Naval Air Station, Henstridge, Somerset, 18 June 1945 Captain A A Murray, RN, addressing married Wrens of Royal Naval Air Station Henstridge. Left to right: Petty Officer Cook Ivy G Kn... More

'Father Christmas' presents Winston Churchill Jr., the Prime Minister's grandson, with a gift at a Christmas party at Admiralty House in London, 17 December 1942. A13308

'Father Christmas' presents Winston Churchill Jr., the Prime Minister'...

'English: Father Christmas' presents Winston Churchill Jr., the Prime Minister's grandson, with a gift at a Christmas party at Admiralty House in London, 17 December 1942. 'Father Christmas' in a costume and ma... More

'our Day' Scene in London. American Sailors Buying Flags From Red Cross Nurses Outside the Eagle Hut, London Q56274

'our Day' Scene in London. American Sailors Buying Flags From Red Cros...

'English: our Day' Scene in London. American Sailors Buying Flags From Red Cross Nurses Outside the Eagle Hut, London Our Day scene in London. American sailors buying flags from Red Cross nurses outside the Eag... More

'rigids' at Pulham, 1918. R23 Type British Airships at Pulham St Mary, Norfolk Art.IWMART1256

'rigids' at Pulham, 1918. R23 Type British Airships at Pulham St Mary,...

'English: rigids' at Pulham, 1918. R23 Type British Airships at Pulham St Mary, Norfolk image: A view of the interior of an airship hangar showing the rear fins of two rigid airships. There is a tank and a numb... More

'The Sweepers'- Ships and Men of the 1st and 6th Minesweeping Flotillas, Londonderry, 6-7 August 1943 A18563

'The Sweepers'- Ships and Men of the 1st and 6th Minesweeping Flotilla...

"the Sweepers"- Ships and Men of the 1st and 6th Minesweeping Flotillas, Londonderry, 6 - 7 August 1943 Preparing the rum for "Up spirits"; Coxswain Sidney Gordon Vingoe, of HMS GLEANER, is one of the old hands... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20914

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 A scene in a Make Do and Mend class at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil. Amongst the group are Mrs Norman, who works in a ... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20915

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 A view of the busy canteen at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil. According to the original caption, prices here are very re... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20918

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 Elsie Richards (left) and Margaret Yeoman (right) wash their clothes in the laundry provided at the YWCA war workers' club in Y... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20921

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 Laundry and bathing facilities are provided at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil. Whilst their laundry is drying, girls can... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20923

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 Two female war workers enjoy a game of table tennis at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil, whilst several male members of the... More

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 D20928

'YWCA War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, Engl...

Ywca War Workers' Club- Rest and Relaxation in Yeovil, Somerset, England, UK, 1944 A group of men and women arrive at the YWCA war workers' club in Yeovil.

(urdu Text) (india) Art.IWMPST15885 - Public domain map

(urdu Text) (india) Art.IWMPST15885 - Public domain map

[urdu Text] [india] whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters. The title and text are partially integrated and placed in the upper quarter, in red and in black, held within a white inset and re... More

1-7th King's Liverpools in a La Bassee sector trench, March 1918 (Q 10737)

1-7th King's Liverpools in a La Bassee sector trench, March 1918 (Q 10...

THE BRITISH ARMY ON THE WESTERN FRONT, 1914-1918 A general scene showing men of 1/7th Battalion, King's Liverpool Regiment (part of the 165th Brigade, 55th Division) in the line in the La Bassee Sector. One ma... More

10-- Varsity- Canadian Army Studies at British Summer School, London, England, UK, 1942 D9704

10-- Varsity- Canadian Army Studies at British Summer School, London, ...

10/- Varsity- Canadian Army Studies at British Summer School, London, England, UK, 1942 Lance Bombardier Sydney May (of New Denver, British Columbia) and a colleague chat to Miss Doreen Peel (wearing sunglasses... More

124 Cartridges for 15 Shillings and Sixpence Art.IWMPST7904

124 Cartridges for 15 Shillings and Sixpence Art.IWMPST7904

124 Cartridges for 15 Shillings and Sixpence whole: the title is placed across the top, with the subtitle across the bottom, both in blue. Further text is in blue. All held within a red and blue frame and set a... More

15th Naval Fighter Wing pilots IWM A28006

15th Naval Fighter Wing pilots IWM A28006

Chance-Vought Corsair Naval fighter pilots being briefed for the operation against Palembang. Included in this group are: Lieut Cdr (A) A M Tritton, DSC and Bar, RNVR, Wing Leader, Colchester; Lieut (A) L H E R... More

1833 Barbour and crew 1833 NAS IWM A29448

1833 Barbour and crew 1833 NAS IWM A29448

Description from original source Sub Lieut (A) Matt Barbour, RNZNVR, Wellington, NZ and Maintenance Crew. Left to right: AME Dennis Wakefield, East Ham, London; AMA G A Ogden, Widnes, Lancs. Pilot Sub-Lt M Bar... More

1912 Deperdussin at British Military Aircraft Trials

1912 Deperdussin at British Military Aircraft Trials

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War A Deperdussin monoplane being started at the 1912 Military Aircraft Trials on Salisbury Plain. A caption identifying this as entrant no.21 is faintly visible at th... More

1937 press release on Aden Colony

1937 press release on Aden Colony

British press release dealing with the newly-created Colony of Aden (1937). This particular insert appeared in the Otago Daily Times (Ney Zealand).

2-inch mortar team of the 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, keep up covering fire during the advance on Pinbaw, December 1944

2-inch mortar team of the 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, kee...

The British Army in Burma 1944 A 2-inch mortar team of the 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, keep up covering fire during the advance on Pinbaw, December 1944.

240 (Shropshire) Battery, 51st (Midland) Medium Regiment

240 (Shropshire) Battery, 51st (Midland) Medium Regiment

A 5.5 inch Medium Gun of 240 Battery, 51st Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery during training at Ellesmere, Cheshire, August 1943.

2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment Attack Mohnyin JFU119

2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment Attack Mohnyin JFU119

[2nd Battalion East Lancashire Regiment Attack Mohnyin] [allocated] The British 36th Division advances from India into northern Burma and various activities to aid the advance are carried out.

6-inch howitzers towed by AEC Matador artillery tractors of 79th (The Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, pass over a bridge near Huntly in Banffshire, Scotland, 28 May 1941. H10077

6-inch howitzers towed by AEC Matador artillery tractors of 79th (The ...

6-inch howitzers towed by AEC Matador artillery tractors of 79th (The Scottish Horse) Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, pass over a bridge near Huntly in Banffshire, Scotland, 28 May 1941. 6-inch howitzers towe... More

A 4-inch gun of 177 Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, being fired at Fort Crosby near Liverpool, 1 August 1940. H2692

A 4-inch gun of 177 Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, being fired at For...

A 4-inch gun of 177 Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, being fired at Fort Crosby near Liverpool, 1 August 1940. A 4 inch gun of 177 Heavy Battery, Royal Artillery, being fired at Fort Crosby near Liverpool, Engla... More

A 5.5 Inch Gun Crew on the Italian Front, 10 January 1944 TR1500

A 5.5 Inch Gun Crew on the Italian Front, 10 January 1944 TR1500

A 5.5 Inch Gun Crew on the Italian Front, 10 January 1944 Signaller Cummings, of Swansea, South Wales, sends a message from the Observation Post near Sessa Aurunca, Garigliano River Valley, Italy.

A BELGIAN BUYS A SUIT- TAILORING IN WARTIME LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 PD259

A BELGIAN BUYS A SUIT- TAILORING IN WARTIME LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 ...

A BELGIAN BUYS A SUIT: TAILORING IN WARTIME LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 The master tailor (right) at this tailoring firm (probably Anderson's on Savile Row) helps a new Belgian customer to select cloth for his suit.

A BELGIAN BUYS A SUIT- TAILORING IN WARTIME LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 PD264

A BELGIAN BUYS A SUIT- TAILORING IN WARTIME LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 ...

A BELGIAN BUYS A SUIT: TAILORING IN WARTIME LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944 In the packing room at a London tailoring firm (probably Anderson's on Savile Row), a tailor seals a newly-boxed suit with string and sealing wax.

A bomb damaged house is brought down with high explosives to reproduce the destruction of a building by bombing during tests on the Morrison indoor shelter in 1941. D2291

A bomb damaged house is brought down with high explosives to reproduce...

A bomb damaged house is brought down with high explosives to reproduce the destruction of a building by bombing during tests on the Morrison indoor shelter in 1941. A two storey house is brought down with high ... More

A bomb-damaged house in Gosport after a German air raid on 12 August 1940. MH148

A bomb-damaged house in Gosport after a German air raid on 12 August 1...

A bomb-damaged house in Gosport after a German air raid on 12 August 1940. A house in Gosport, believed to be in Grove Avenue, with bomb damage after a raid of 12st August 1940.

A British airman is amongst a group of civilians crowded around the window of a shop in Holborn, London, to look at a map illustrating how the RAF is striking back at Germany during 1940. D1254

A British airman is amongst a group of civilians crowded around the wi...

A British airman is amongst a group of civilians crowded around the window of a shop in Holborn, London, to look at a map illustrating how the RAF is striking back at Germany during 1940. A British airman is am... More

A busy scene at Lyons Corner House Brasserie, Coventry Street, London, 1942. D6570

A busy scene at Lyons Corner House Brasserie, Coventry Street, London,...

A busy scene at Lyons Corner House Brasserie, Coventry Street, London, 1942. A busy scene at Lyons Brasserie Coventry Street Corner House. Two ladies are shown to their seats by a waiter in the almost complete... More

A Canadian photographic reconnaissance pilot examining a mosaic of Hamburg docks at Benson, Oxfordshire, August 1943. CH10865

A Canadian photographic reconnaissance pilot examining a mosaic of Ham...

A Canadian photographic reconnaissance pilot examining a mosaic of Hamburg docks at Benson, Oxfordshire, August 1943. A Canadian photographic-reconnaissance pilot examining a mosaic of Hamburg docks at Benson, ... More

A canal boat loaded with fruit pulp travels along the leafy Regent's Canal, on its way to the Grand Union Canal in 1944. D21763

A canal boat loaded with fruit pulp travels along the leafy Regent's C...

A canal boat loaded with fruit pulp travels along the leafy Regent's Canal, on its way to the Grand Union Canal in 1944. A canal boat loaded with fruit pulp travels along the leafy Regent's Canal, on its way fr... More

A canteen lounge of the Women War Workers' Club at Darlington House in Wolverhampton, 1943. D17474

A canteen lounge of the Women War Workers' Club at Darlington House in...

A canteen lounge of the Women War Workers' Club at Darlington House in Wolverhampton, 1943. A busy scene in the canteen lounge of the women war workers' club at Darlington House. The canteen provides hot and c... More

A Chemist Carries On- the work of Allen and Hanburys in the Production of Cod Liver Oil, 1942 D6764

A Chemist Carries On- the work of Allen and Hanburys in the Production...

A Chemist Carries On- the work of Allen and Hanburys in the Production of Cod Liver Oil, 1942 A van from 'Allenbury's Foods' delivers a large box of cod liver oil compound to a chemist's shop, somewhere in Brit... More

A Chinese merchant sailor, who served as chief cook, carves meat in the kitchen of the Chinese sailors' convalescent home in Liverpool, 1943. D13978

A Chinese merchant sailor, who served as chief cook, carves meat in th...

A Chinese merchant sailor, who served as chief cook, carves meat in the kitchen of the Chinese sailors' convalescent home in Liverpool, 1943. Ching Foo Po smiles as he carves meat in the kitchen of the Chinese ... More

A Christmas party held at Admiralty House, London, 17 December 1942. A13311

A Christmas party held at Admiralty House, London, 17 December 1942. A...

A Christmas party held at Admiralty House, London, 17 December 1942. 'Father Christmas' in a costume and mask presents a young girl with a gift. This boy and other children are attending a Christmas party held ... More

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 D6728

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, S...

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 Father Frederick Dixon surveys the damage as he looks towards what was once the altar of St George's Roman Catholic Cathedral... More

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 D6732

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, S...

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 Father Dixon stands on the site of what was once the school attached to St George's Roman Catholic Cathedral, on the corner o... More

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 D7216

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, S...

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 A priest, probably Father Dixon, stands in the roofless shell of St George's Roman Catholic Cathedral, on the corner of St Ge... More

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Worship Continues Following Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 D7229

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Worship Continues Following Bomb Damage...

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Worship Continues Following Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 A service underway in the Archbishop Amigo Hall, Southwark, which is being used in place of St Ge... More

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Worship Continues Following Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 D7232

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Worship Continues Following Bomb Damage...

A Church Rises From the Ashes- Worship Continues Following Bomb Damage To St George's Cathedral, Southwark, 1942 Worshippers sing hymns accompanied by a piano during a service being held at Archbishop Amigo Hal... More

A Churchill Mk VII tank leads a group of Shermans as part of the Royal Tank Regiment's contingent during the London Victory Parade, 8 June 1946. H42780

A Churchill Mk VII tank leads a group of Shermans as part of the Royal...

A Churchill Mk VII tank leads a group of Shermans as part of the Royal Tank Regiment's contingent during the London Victory Parade, 8 June 1946. A Churchill Mk.VII tank followed by a Sherman tank. Part of the R... More

A cloud of smoke rises in the distance after a V1 Flying Bomb lands in the Norwood area of London during 1944. D21230

A cloud of smoke rises in the distance after a V1 Flying Bomb lands in...

A cloud of smoke rises in the distance after a V1 Flying Bomb lands in the Norwood area of London during 1944. A cloud of smoke rises in the distance after a V1 attack in the Norwood area of London. Life appea... More

A concrete caisson or 'Phoenix', part of the Mulberry artificial harbour for D-Day, under construction, 1944. H40320

A concrete caisson or 'Phoenix', part of the Mulberry artificial harbo...

A concrete caisson or 'Phoenix', part of the Mulberry artificial harbour for D-Day, under construction, 1944. Construction in Britain: A later stage in the construction of a Phoenix breakwater unit at Tilbury docks.

A concrete caisson or 'Phoenix', part of the Mulberry artificial harbour for D-Day, under construction, 27 January 1944. H35379

A concrete caisson or 'Phoenix', part of the Mulberry artificial harbo...

A concrete caisson or 'Phoenix', part of the Mulberry artificial harbour for D-Day, under construction, 27 January 1944. Construction in Britain: An early stage in the construction of a large concrete caisson, ... More

A Cromwell Mk V tank of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, leads a column of armour and soft-skin vehicles inland from Gold Beach, Normandy, 7 June 1944. B5251

A Cromwell Mk V tank of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 22nd Armoured B...

A Cromwell Mk V tank of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, leads a column of armour and soft-skin vehicles inland from Gold Beach, Normandy, 7 June 1944. A Cromwell Mk ... More

A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, preparing a meal in front of their vehicle, Normandy, 17 June 1944. B5681

A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Di...

A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, preparing a meal in front of their vehicle, Normandy, 17 June 1944. A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armou... More

A customer tries on a new hat in the millinery department of Bourne and Hollingsworth on London's Oxford Street in 1942. D6596

A customer tries on a new hat in the millinery department of Bourne an...

A customer tries on a new hat in the millinery department of Bourne and Hollingsworth on London's Oxford Street in 1942. A female customer tries on a new hat in the millinery department of Bourne and Hollingswo... More

A damaged row of houses in Gosport, Hampshire after an air raid on 12 August 1940. MH149

A damaged row of houses in Gosport, Hampshire after an air raid on 12 ...

A damaged row of houses in Gosport, Hampshire after an air raid on 12 August 1940. A damaged row of houses in Gosport, Hampshire after a raid of 12 August 1940. One house is destroyed others nearby have suffere... More

A Day in the Life of a Shop Steward- Factory work in Britain, 1942 D10112

A Day in the Life of a Shop Steward- Factory work in Britain, 1942 D10...

A Day in the Life of a Shop Steward- Factory work in Britain, 1942 Shop Steward Richard Sainsbury (aged 30) is called over by Megan Beynon (aged 23) to discuss a problem she is having with a tool she is using.

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2353

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Olive Day wakes up at 7am at her home in Drayton Gardens, South Kensington. On the bedside cabinet, her gas mask, torch and ... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2355

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Olive Day opens the curtains of her bedroom in the basement of her South Kensington home. Unfortunately, as the glass has re... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2356

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Olive Day opens her window to let some air, and light, into her South Kensington home. The window panes have been replaced b... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2357

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Olive Day collects the milk and newspapers from the top of the steps leading down to the basement of her South Kensington hom... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2358

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Olive Day enjoys tea, toast and the morning papers at the breakfast table in the centre of her South Kensington sitting room.... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2359

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Olive Day shakes her duster out of one of the back windows of her South Kensington home. Every visible window of her house, ... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2360

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Olive Day spends half an hour or so on the housework before she leaves for work. Here we see her polishing the bannisters. ... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2361

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Olive Day rolls away a rug that was on the staircase of her South Kensington home. All carpets have been removed and asbesto... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2362

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 This photograph shows how large sheets of asbestos have been laid on the landing at the top of Mrs Day's home to try to prevent f... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2363

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day points to a hole in the ceiling where a fire bomb recently came through into her South Kensington home. Scorch marks can... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2364

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day stands alongside a hole in the floor which was made by a fire bomb before the fire was brought under control. This area ... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2365

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 The top floor of Mrs Day's South Kensington home is no longer in use. Here we see an empty room with a bowl on the floor to catc... More

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A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day clears the grate in the sitting room of her South Kensington home. She is careful to sort the cinders from the ash, so t... More

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A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day makes her bed in the basement of her South Kensington home before leaving for work. The top floor of her house is no lon... More

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A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day makes up a bunk in the air raid shelter in the cellar of her South Kensington home. The bunks are kept ready in case any... More

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A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day separates cardboard and tin from her household rubbish, ready for salvage, outside the basement of her home in South Kens... More

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A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 After lunch, Mrs Day sets out to do her weekly shop on the King's Road in Chelsea. She walks past several women with prams and a... More

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A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day stops to look in the window of a shop to see what is available to her this week. The photograph is taken from inside the... More

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A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 A shopkeeper stamps Mrs Day's ration book during her shopping trip on the Kings Road in Chelsea. In the foreground can be seen t... More

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A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day, helped by the female conductor, jumps on the bus that will take her to work. In the background, it is clear that quite ... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2378

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day is helped by a female conductor onto the bus that will take her to work. This photograph was probably taken on Fulham Road.

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2379

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day and colleagues work at one of many filing cabinets in the office. According to the original Ministry of Information capt... More

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A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day puts her dinner into the oven after a busy day. The Ministry of Food encouraged people to cook their entire meal in the ... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2383

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day puts her dinner into the oven after a busy day. The Ministry of Food encouraged people to cook their entire meal in the ... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2384

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day sets the table in preparation for the evening meal in the sitting room of her South Kensington home. She is expecting he... More

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 D2385

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 While her evening meal is cooking, Mrs Day settles down on her bed with the evening paper and a spot of sewing. She is working o... More

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A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...

A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day runs to greet her husband Lieutenant Kenneth Day at the door of her South Kensington home as he arrives home on leave.

A family relaxes at home in Taunton, Somerset, on a Sunday afternoon during 1942. D12274

A family relaxes at home in Taunton, Somerset, on a Sunday afternoon d...

A family relaxes at home in Taunton, Somerset, on a Sunday afternoon during 1942. Home Front: A family relaxes at home on a Sunday afternoon in Taunton, Somerset. A man and two women occupy themselves with typi... More

A female Fire Guard using a stirrup pump on the roof of a building in London, 1941. D5007

A female Fire Guard using a stirrup pump on the roof of a building in ...

A female Fire Guard using a stirrup pump on the roof of a building in London, 1941. A striking portrait of a female member of the Fire Guard using a stirrup pump. She is clearly on a roof (perhaps of Senate Ho... More

A female munitions worker is lifted into the barrel of a 15-inch naval gun manufactured at the Ordnance Works, Coventry, during the First World War, in order to clean the rifling. Q30134

A female munitions worker is lifted into the barrel of a 15-inch naval...

A female munitions worker is lifted into the barrel of a 15-inch naval gun manufactured at the Ordnance Works, Coventry, during the First World War, in order to clean the rifling. A female munitions worker is l... More

A female shop assistant in Selfridge's displays a white raincoat for use in the blackout, 1940. D75

A female shop assistant in Selfridge's displays a white raincoat for u...

A female shop assistant in Selfridge's displays a white raincoat for use in the blackout, 1940. A female shop assistant displays a white raincoat for use in the blackout. The colour of the fabric of the coat w... More

A female worker feeds an ash furnace in the chemical works of Brunner Mond and Co Ltd, Northwich near Manchester during September 1918. Q28200

A female worker feeds an ash furnace in the chemical works of Brunner ...

A female worker feeds an ash furnace in the chemical works of Brunner Mond and Co Ltd, Northwich near Manchester during September 1918. A female worker feeds an ash furnace in the chemical works of Brunner Mond... More

A fireman of the National Fire Service slides down the fireman's pole at Fulham Fire Station during a large-scale Civil Defence training exercise in 1942. D7887

A fireman of the National Fire Service slides down the fireman's pole ...

A fireman of the National Fire Service slides down the fireman's pole at Fulham Fire Station during a large-scale Civil Defence training exercise in 1942. A fireman of the National Fire Service slides down the ... More

A Focke Wulf Fw 190 and Junkers Ju 88S of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF at Collyweston, Northamptonshire, 22 February 1945. CH15610

A Focke Wulf Fw 190 and Junkers Ju 88S of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Fl...

A Focke Wulf Fw 190 and Junkers Ju 88S of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft) Flight RAF at Collyweston, Northamptonshire, 22 February 1945. Aircraft of No. 1426 (Enemy Aircraft Circus) Flight at Collyweston, Northampton... More

A fruit and vegetable wholesaler displays a list of his goods on a blackboard at Covent Garden Market, London during 1940. D574

A fruit and vegetable wholesaler displays a list of his goods on a bla...

A fruit and vegetable wholesaler displays a list of his goods on a blackboard at Covent Garden Market, London during 1940. Broker R Kamstra displays a list of his wares on a blackboard at Covent Garden Market, ... More

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