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"War Time: A Glimpse into the Courage and Resilience of a Nation" Amidst the chaos, Holland House library stands tall after an air raid

Background imageWar Time Collection: Poster against American capitalism

Poster against American capitalism, showing a man in a stranglehold, with a stars and stripes design on the aggressors sleeve. 1944

Background imageWar Time Collection: Major James McCudden, Royal Flying Corps, WW1

Major James McCudden, Royal Flying Corps, WW1
Major James Thomas Byford McCudden (1895-1918), officer and pilot in the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. He received more medals for gallantry than any other British airman serving in

Background imageWar Time Collection: Wartime postcard for soldiers to send home

Wartime postcard for soldiers to send home, with options to delete or retain. For example: I am quite well, I have been admitted into hospital, I am being sent down to the base

Background imageWar Time Collection: Sir Douglas Haig in his headquarter train, France

Sir Douglas Haig in his headquarter train, France
Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig (1861-1928) in his headquarter train in France during the First World War, with maps of France and Belgium behind him. Date: circa 1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: Baron Manfred von Richthofen, German air ace, WW1

Baron Manfred von Richthofen, German air ace, WW1
Baron Manfred Albrecht Freiherr von Richthofen (1892-1918), also known as the Red Baron, legendary German fighter pilot during the First World War

Background imageWar Time Collection: George V with military leaders during First World War

George V with military leaders during First World War
King George V in army uniform with British and French military leaders during the First World War. They are standing outside General Joffres chateau at Beauquesne in northern France

Background imageWar Time Collection: British tanks in Oosthoek Wood, Belgium, WW1

British tanks in Oosthoek Wood, Belgium, WW1
Two British tanks passing through Oosthoek Wood, near Elverdinghe, Belgium, on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 11 September 1917

Background imageWar Time Collection: Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster

Turn out more Scrap Metal - Turn out More Tanks poster
World War II poster encouraging civilians on the home front to donate more scrap metal which can be turned into tanks to help the war effort

Background imageWar Time Collection: Back Them Up - World War Two poster

Back Them Up - World War Two poster
World War Two poster depicting British bombers (they look like the Bristol Beaufort) carrying out a daytime bombing raid on the city of Berlin

Background imageWar Time Collection: No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire

No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire
Rear view of the entrance to the No. 1 War Hospital, Reading, Berkshire - the First World War deployment of Reading Union Workhouse. Several uniformed soldiers can be seen, one on crutches

Background imageWar Time Collection: Duston War Hospital, Northamptonshire

Duston War Hospital, Northamptonshire
The west wing of the Northampton County Lunatic Asylum in its First World War guise at Duston War Hospital. The building was designed by Robert Griffiths and opened in 1876 on Berrywood Road, Duston

Background imageWar Time Collection: Percy House Military Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex

Percy House Military Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex
A view of Percy House School which served as a Military Hospital during the First World War. The school, for pauper children, was established by the Brentford Union in 1883 on Twickenham Road

Background imageWar Time Collection: Sentimental German wartime postcard

Sentimental German wartime postcard
You, Only you alone are my true love - a sentimental wartime postcard sent from a German soldier to his girl back home in Munich

Background imageWar Time Collection: HMS Tiger, British battle cruiser, WW1

HMS Tiger, British battle cruiser, WW1
HMS Tiger, a British battle cruiser, launched 1913, served during the First World War, decommissioned 1931. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: Sopwith Camel biplanes on an airfield, WW1

Sopwith Camel biplanes on an airfield, WW1
A long line of Sopwith Camel biplanes of No. 148 Aero Squadron USAS (United States Air Service) on an airfield during the First World War, with pilots and ground crew. Date: 8 August 1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: British transport crossing Sakaltutan Pass, WW1

British transport crossing Sakaltutan Pass, WW1
British transport crossing the Sakaltutan Pass during the First World War. This Pass across the Jebel Hamrin was evacuated by the Turks and occupied by the 8th Royal Welch Fusiliers on 3

Background imageWar Time Collection: Dakota 1 (2-Cyclone) Transport Plane

Dakota 1 (2-Cyclone) Transport Plane, seen from three different angles. 1942

Background imageWar Time Collection: Entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool

Entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool
The entrance to Alder Hey Hospital, near Liverpool. Uniformed soldiers stand at the gate on the left. The hospital opened in 1915 to house chronic and bedridden patients from the West Derby Union

Background imageWar Time Collection: Southwark Military Hospital, Dulwich, South London

Southwark Military Hospital, Dulwich, South London
The entrance to Southwark Military Hospital which, during the First World War, was established in the St Saviours workhouse infirmary

Background imageWar Time Collection: Women workers, World War I

Women workers, World War I
British women aeroplane workers in the Midlands, acetylene welding frame lugs for planes during World War I

Background imageWar Time Collection: British airman dropping a bomb by hand, WW1

British airman dropping a bomb by hand, WW1
A British airman dropping a bomb by hand, in midair, during the First World War. The message on the bomb reads: Hun, Bulgar, Share This Ration. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: Pilots cockpit of a spitfire 1940

Pilots cockpit of a spitfire 1940
Cockpit, with its amazing array of dials, is the epitome of intensive mechanical warfare. 1940

Background imageWar Time Collection: Narrow street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1

Narrow street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia, WW1
A narrow street in Kut Al Amara, Mesopotamia (now Iraq), during the First World War. Date: circa 1915-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, WW1

HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, WW1
HMS Courageous, British battlecruiser, launched 1916, served during the latter part of the First World War, converted to use as an aircraft carrier during the late 1920s

Background imageWar Time Collection: Poster, Back the Great Attack with War Savings

Poster, Back the Great Attack with War Savings, showing WW2 soldiers running across a beach. 1940s

Background imageWar Time Collection: Admiral Sir John Jellicoe on board HMS Iron Duke

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe on board HMS Iron Duke
Admiral Sir John Rushworth Jellicoe, 1st Earl Jellicoe (1859-1935), British Royal Navy admiral. He commanded the Grand Fleet at the Battle of Jutland (1916) during the First World War

Background imageWar Time Collection: Two women filling Sirocco roaster with coffee beans BL24300_001

Two women filling Sirocco roaster with coffee beans BL24300_001
CADBY HALL, Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith, Greater London. Two women filling a Sirocco roaster with coffee beans at the factory of J Lyons and Company

Background imageWar Time Collection: Beaufort War Hospital, Fishponds, Bristol

Beaufort War Hospital, Fishponds, Bristol
Beaufort War Hospital at Blackberry Hill, Stapleton, Bristol - an area also known as Fishponds. The building was opened in 1861 as the Bristol Lunatic Asylum

Background imageWar Time Collection: Bomb damage, London 1941 BL5947

Bomb damage, London 1941 BL5947
City of London. A figure stands amid destroyed and burnt-out buildings. The Brewers Hall in Aldermanbury was built in 1673 after its predecessor was destroyed in the Great Fire of London

Background imageWar Time Collection: Cunard Shell Works BL_24001_09

Cunard Shell Works BL_24001_09
CUNARD SHELL WORKS, Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside. Women manufacturing shell casings, 1917. Bedford Lemere

Background imageWar Time Collection: Lodge Hill Battery N060478

Lodge Hill Battery N060478
LODGE HILL BATTERY, Chatham, Kent. Reconstruction drawing of the First World War a battery firing at German zeppelin, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Background imageWar Time Collection: HMS Vindictive aircraft carrier, WW1

HMS Vindictive aircraft carrier, WW1
HMS Vindictive, a Hawkins-class heavy cruiser (then called HMS Cavendish) converted to an experimental aircraft carrier and renamed

Background imageWar Time Collection: German Fokker D. VI fighter plane, WW1

German Fokker D. VI fighter plane, WW1
A German Fokker D.VI single-seater fighter plane with an Oberursel engine, in service towards the end of the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: AFC Handley Page biplane at Haifa, Palestine, WW1

AFC Handley Page biplane at Haifa, Palestine, WW1
A Handley Page biplane belonging to the AFC (Australian Flying Corps) at the aerodrome at Haifa, North Palestine (Ottoman Empire), during the First World War. Date: circa 1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: Sopwith F1 Camel biplane on an airfield, WW1

Sopwith F1 Camel biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British Sopwith F1 Camel fighter biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1917-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: British BE2C biplane on an airfield, WW1

British BE2C biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British BE2C armoured biplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: British RE8 biplane and pilot, WW1

British RE8 biplane and pilot, WW1
A British Royal Aircraft Factory RE8 two-seater biplane with the pilot in the cockpit, used by the Royal Flying Corps for reconnaissance and bombing during the First World War

Background imageWar Time Collection: British monitor HMS Terror, WW1

British monitor HMS Terror, WW1
HMS Terror, a British Erebus-class monitor (small warship), seen here during the First World War. Launched 1916, served during the First and Second World Wars, damaged and sunk off Damah, Libya

Background imageWar Time Collection: French balloon shot down by German aircraft, WW1

French balloon shot down by German aircraft, WW1
A French balloon shot down by a German aircraft during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: Turkish booby trap near Gaza, Palestine, WW1

Turkish booby trap near Gaza, Palestine, WW1
A Turkish booby trap, made to look inviting by the presence of food and drink, near Gaza, Palestine during the First World War. Date: September 1917

Background imageWar Time Collection: Short seaplane Type 184 in flight, WW1

Short seaplane Type 184 in flight, WW1
A British Short seaplane Type 184 in flight during the First World War. It was a two-seater reconnaissance, bombing and torpedo-carrying folder seaplane designed by Short Brothers. 1915-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: British Sopwith triplane on airfield, WW1

British Sopwith triplane on airfield, WW1
A British single-seater Sopwith triplane on an airfield during the First World War. Date: 1916-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: British BE 12 biplane on an airfield, WW1

British BE 12 biplane on an airfield, WW1
A British Royal Aircraft Factory BE 12 single-seater biplane on an airfield, used by the Royal Flying Corps during the First World War. It had a 150hp RAF 4a engine. Date: 1915-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: Poster, England Expects Every Man to do his Duty

Poster, England Expects Every Man to do his Duty and Join the Army Today. Recruitment for the First World War. circa 1914-1915

Background imageWar Time Collection: Poster of a JU 188 Junkers Bomber

Poster of a JU 188 Junkers Bomber, built for the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War. 1940s

Background imageWar Time Collection: Cameron Highlanders with Maxim gun, WW1

Cameron Highlanders with Maxim gun, WW1
Two soldiers of the Cameron Highlanders using a Maxim gun during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, Polish statesman

Marshal Jozef Pilsudski, Polish statesman
Marshal Jozef Klemens Pilsudski (1867-1935), Polish statesman in various roles from 1918 until his death. Date: circa 1914-1918

Background imageWar Time Collection: Zeppelin shed at Nordholz, aerial photograph during WW1

Zeppelin shed at Nordholz, aerial photograph during WW1
Aerial photograph of a Zeppelin shed on a turntable, after its reconstruction and extension to a length of 200 metres, at the Nordholz Zeppelin Base in northern Germany during the First World War



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"War Time: A Glimpse into the Courage and Resilience of a Nation" Amidst the chaos, Holland House library stands tall after an air raid, symbolizing the indomitable spirit of resilience. The call to arms echoes through a recruitment poster, urging brave souls to join the Royal Artillery and defend their homeland. HMS Warspite, a British battleship from WW1, sails proudly as a testament to the unwavering determination of our naval forces. Back Them Up. An RAF poster reminds us of the crucial support needed during WW2 for those who protect our skies. Every scrap counts. A poignant reminder on a poster urges citizens to save kitchen scraps to feed hens in times of scarcity. "Your Country Needs You. " Kitchener Poster serves as an iconic symbol inspiring countless individuals to serve their nation selflessly. From distant shores comes hope - a map of Australia showcases global unity in fighting against tyranny during wartime struggles. Shotley Bridge General Hospital in County Durham becomes a sanctuary for wounded heroes, where compassion triumphs over conflict's horrors. HMS Malaya, another British battleship from WW1, exemplifies bravery and sacrifice displayed by our naval forces throughout history. In de Gaulle we trust. A French poster reflects solidarity with General de Gaulle's leadership during WWII's darkest days. Recruitment poster for Corps of Military Police highlights their vital role in maintaining order amidst chaos on war-torn streets. HMS Valiant emerges as an emblematic British battleship from WW1 that embodies strength and courage at sea. In times when nations are tested by fire and bloodshed, These glimpses remind us how valorous hearts bled, From shattered libraries standing tall after air raids, To posters rallying soldiers' spirits unswayed.