Bombed Collection (page 17)

The National Fire service, (NFS) and Civil Defence (CD) break for tea to gather their thoughts and strength, before resuming their search for signs of hope amongst the ruins of a block of flats

Cardiff air raids, damage at Partridge Road. Circa 1941

Firemen hosing the smouldering ruins of a factory, whilst still searching for people and bodies who may be laying under flats. They work by the light of their flares, well into the night

One person was killed when a bomb dropped by a lone raider over a Welsh town on Tuesday night exploded in a residential area. Pictured are the houses affected. Wales. Circa 1941

Damage done to a street in the suburbs of Cardiff. Circa 1941

Damaged property in a South Wales town caused by a bomb. Circa 1941

British advance in Normandy. Bulldozers clearing debris after entering Faubourg de Vaucelles from Caen. France, July 1944

Mrs Applegate (left) and Mrs King with children, walking past a bombed building. September 1941

Goddard Avenue after bombing in March 1941. Despite the considerable damage houses and the shop were restored to their pre-war condition

The ruins of Coventry Cathedral, also known as St Michaels Cathedral, West Midlands. The Cathedral was bombed almost to destruction during the Coventry Blitz on 14 November 1940. Circa 1940

This image shows the bomb damage to buildings in Smithford Street, Coventry. This image was taken shortly after the air raid of November 14th 1940

Wild flowers growing in the aisle of Coventry cathedral ruins. On the right is a buddleia tree, about 8 feet high. 20th July 1945

A scene of Coventry city centre, soon after the Blitz of November 14th 1940. You can see the WVS Mobile Canteen on the bottom left of the image. 1940

St Michaels Chapel, Hay Lane, Coventry. This historic church was converted to a static water tank after the Blitz of November 14th 1940

Gosford Street, Coventry. This image shows bomb damage after the air raids of 1940 and 1941. c.1940

A scene from the suburb of Cheylesmore, Coventry, showing bomb damage to buildings. This image is believed to have been taken after the Blitz of November 14th 1940. 1940

High Street, Coventry. This image is believed to have been taken shortly after the Blitz of November 14th 1940. You can see the firefighters at the right of the image trying to put out the still

Broadgate, Coventry, shortly after the Blitz of November 14th 1940. To the right of the image you can see the market clock

A scene from Friars Road, Coventry city centre. This image was taken soon after the Blitz of November 14th 1940. Even though there was extensive damage to this street

Bomb damage to Coventry rail station. The station was completly rebuilt in 1960. This image is taken after November 1940 or April 1941 c.1940

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth inspecting the ruins of Coventry Cathedral, accompianed by the Bishop of Coventry, Mervyn George Haigh, the Provost and the Mayor. 25th February 1942

Smithford Street, Coventry, after the devastation of the blitz on 14th November 1940

A five-storey dwellings heavily damaged by a bomb by a zeppelin attack. Date: 1916

Princess Way, part of the then new shopping centre, Swansea, Wales. The heart of the city centre was severely bombed in 1941, in what is now termed the Three Nights Blitz. Date: circa 1950

The first German air-raid by three Zeppelins, dropped bombs in Yarmouth, Kings Lynn and near the royal estate at Sandringham in Norfolk, wreaking buildings and killing civilians

View of the ruins of the interior of the Church of Nuestra Senora del Carmen in Saragossa bombed by the invading French army during the Napoleonic war, 1808-14

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North Africa : Italian bombers attack a British air base in Egypt Date: 1940

Neuilly Bombarded. General View of the rue de Chezy, 1871. Creator: Alphonse J
Neuilly Bombarded. General View of the rue de Chezy, 1871

Finance Ministry, Burned. Exterior View, 1871. Creator: Alphonse J. Liebert
Finance Ministry, Burned. Exterior View, 1871

Place de la Bastille, Burned, 1871. Creator: Alphonse J. Liebert
Place de la Bastille, Burned, 1871

Tuileries Palace, Burned. General View, 1871. Creator: Alphonse J. Liebert
Tuileries Palace, Burned. General View, 1871

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England, Merseyside, Bootle, Terraced house in Seaforth badly shaken by bombing in 1941 but still inhabited in 1974

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Lebanon, Beruit, Holiday Inn hotel in downtown Beirut. The building was a popular spot as a snipers nest during the 1976 war

The Church of the Pilgrim Fathers, Southwark, London, dedicated to the Pilgrims who travelled to America in the Mayflower in 1620 - destroyed in a German Luftwaffe raid on London. Date: 1941

Roubaix Station, blown up by the Germans during their retreat in October, 1918, (c1920). Railway station in northern France, destroyed by defeated German soldiers at the end of the First World War

The Damage Done to Cambrai Cathedral, (1919). Creator: Unknown
The Damage Done to Cambrai Cathedral, (1919). Scene from the First World War, 1914-1919: rubble and bomb damage inside Notre-Dame de Grace de Cambrai in northern France

Bomb damage on a Maltese street, World War II, 1942 (1944). Creator: Unknown
Bomb damage on a Maltese street, World War II, 1942 (1944). The Cruellest Month. From " The Air Battle of Malta". [His Majestys Stationery Office, London, 1944]

Bombed site, Hampstead, 1951. Creator: Shirley Markham
Bombed site, Hampstead, 1951. Empty lot in London after World War Two bombing. Shirley Markham (1931-1999) studied Graphic Design and Illustration at Central School of Art in London from 1950-1952

Bombed-out buildings, Nieuwpoort, Flanders, Belgium, c1914-c1918. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I (1914-1918)

Verdun, northern France, c1916-c1918. The historic city of Verdun was badly bombed by the Germans in 1916. Photograph from a series of glass plate stereoview images depicting scenes from World War I

The Barbican area of the City of London, World War II, 1942. Artists: Arthur Cross
The Barbican area of the City of London, World War II, 1942. View showing the devastation following the demolition of unsafe buildings damaged by German bombing

View looking south down Walbrook after an air raid, City of London, World War II, 1941. The photograph shows the street impassable with rubble

View from St Pauls Cathedral towards Southwark Bridge, London, World War II, 1942. The photograph shows the extent of Luftwaffe bomb damage following the demolition of unsafe buildings

Bombed ruins near St Paul s, London. Artist: James Robert Wallace Orr
Bombed ruins near St Paul s, London. Scene depicting bomb damage suffered in World War II. The dome of St Pauls is visible in the background

Interior view of Middle Temple Hall, City of London, after an air raid, c1941. Artist
Interior view of Middle Temple Hall, City of London, after an air raid, c1941. The floor is strewn with rubble and the sky is visible through a large hole in the ceiling

View of Newgate Street, City of London, showing air raid damage, c1944, probably taken from St Pauls Cathedral

Air raid damage at Church of St Mildred, Bread Street, City of London, c1941. Artist
Interior view of Church of St Mildred, Bread Street, City of London, c1941, after an air raid, with figures clearing the debris

Holborn Viaduct, City of London, showing air raid damage, c1944

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