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Civilians during the war Collection: Waterloo Station, Southern Railways poster, 1948

Waterloo Station, Southern Railways poster, 1948
Poster marking a centenary of uninterrupted service during war and peace, 1848-1948. Illustration of the station, by Helen McKie. The central detail shows a troop of soldiers

Civilians during the war Collection: Dig for Victory poster - WWII

Dig for Victory poster - WWII
World War Two poster encouraging British civilians to dig for victory, featuring somebody doing just that

Civilians during the war Collection: Daily Mail War Map, WW1

Daily Mail War Map, WW1
A fold out war map issued by the Daily Mail in the early weeks of the First World War. The map offers statistics regarding the manpower strength of each of the warring nations

Civilians during the war Collection: Instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, WW2

Instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, WW2
Cover design, instruction booklet, Knitting for the RAF, World War Two, price one shilling. circa 1940

Civilians during the war Collection: British trooper meets French woman on the road to Lille, WW1

British trooper meets French woman on the road to Lille, WW1
A poignant scene captured by the Sphere magazines special artist, Fortunino Matania showing a British trooper riding through a devastated French landscape and stopping to speak to a French woman

Civilians during the war Collection: Air Raid Drills at the Windmill Theatre

Air Raid Drills at the Windmill Theatre
At the Windmill Theatre, London, the showgirls are given a crash course in fire-fighting and first aid. 1940

Civilians during the war Collection: Leningrad Symphony

Leningrad Symphony
Dimitri Shostakovich and Yevgeny Mravinsky with the Leningrad Philharmonic Orchestra. Together they would premier eight of the composers fifeteen symphonies

Civilians during the war Collection: Soldiers doing target practice on a shooting range

Soldiers doing target practice on a shooting range
A group of men doing target practice on a shooting range before the outbreak of the First World War. Their success or otherwise is written up on various blackboards

Civilians during the war 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

Civilians during the war Collection: Cunard Line poster

Cunard Line poster
Poster advertising the Royal Mail four screw steamers of the Cunard Line shipping line, Lusitania and Mauretania, the finest, fastest and largest steamers in the world

Civilians during the war Collection: American firefighters in London WWII

American firefighters in London WWII
American soldiers on duty with the London Fire Brigade practice British Fire Fighting techniques including climbing up steel turn table ladder

Civilians during the war Collection: British Army service vehicles outside H. T. P. Motors Ltd. Back Quay, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1944

British Army service vehicles outside H. T. P. Motors Ltd. Back Quay, Truro, Cornwall. Around 1944
Rebuilt service vehicles, spick and span and ready for the road, being handed over to Army drivers towards the end of the Second World War. During the war H.T.P

Civilians during the war Collection: WW1 Recruitment Poster -- Whos Absent?

WW1 Recruitment Poster -- Whos Absent?
Whos Absent? - Is It You? Chromolithograph recruitment poster, published by the Parliamentary Recruiting Committee. Printed by Andrew Reid and Company Limited, 50 Grey Street, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Civilians during the war Collection: Come Lad, Slip Across and Help, recruiting poster from World War I, pub. by The

Come Lad, Slip Across and Help, recruiting poster from World War I, pub. by The
" Come Lad, Slip Across and Help", recruiting poster from World War I, pub. by The Parliamentary Recruiting Committee, London, 1915 (colour litho)

Civilians during the war Collection: Bomb damage. The scene in a street in East Ham, East London, typical of so many

Bomb damage. The scene in a street in East Ham, East London, typical of so many after an air raid

Civilians during the war Collection: An air raid warden setting a blackout time clock indicator at an Air Raid Precautions post

An air raid warden setting a blackout time clock indicator at an Air Raid Precautions post on the outskirts of London
WORLD WAR II: AIR RAIDS. An air raid warden setting a blackout time clock indicator at an Air Raid Precautions post on the outskirts of London, England, following the outbreak of World War II, 1939

Civilians during the war Collection: WORLD WAR II: BOMB SHELTER. A woman kneeling beside a girl in a bunk bed in a bomb shelter located

WORLD WAR II: BOMB SHELTER. A woman kneeling beside a girl in a bunk bed in a bomb shelter located in a subway tunnel beneath London, England, 1940-45, during World War II

Civilians during the war Collection: Mr R. J. White, leader of an Isle of Wight ARP rescue party

Mr R. J. White, leader of an Isle of Wight ARP rescue party
Mr R.J. White, leader of an Isle of Wight ARP rescue party, has invented three pieces of apparatus to improve the manipulation of stretchers to prevent further injury to the patient

Civilians during the war Collection: Barrage Balloon

Barrage Balloon
1st August 1918: A barrage balloon tethered at Queens Club, London, in the background the tents used for housing the balloons. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Civilians during the war Collection: Lyudmila pavlichenko, famous 26 year old russian guerrilla sniper who has killed 309 germans

Lyudmila pavlichenko, famous 26 year old russian guerrilla sniper who has killed 309 germans, for which she was made a senior lieutenant and given the order of lenin, a former historian

Civilians during the war Collection: Firemen rescuing people from their house on Tabernacle St, Shoreditch

Firemen rescuing people from their house on Tabernacle St, Shoreditch. 11th January 1941

Civilians during the war Collection: Lieutenant and Mrs Vernon Castle, dancers

Lieutenant and Mrs Vernon Castle, dancers
Vernon Blythe Castle (1887-1918), and American wife, Irene (nee Foote), ballroom dancers, performers and dance teachers, pictured in 1917 when he was serving in the British Army in the Royal Flying

Civilians during the war Collection: American troops marching through Liverpool, WW1

American troops marching through Liverpool, WW1
American troops marching through the streets of Liverpool, UK, on the way to their rest camp during the First World War. Date: 11 August 1918

Civilians during the war Collection: Worton, Wiltshire - WWII - Civilian Fire Fighters

Worton, Wiltshire - WWII - Civilian Fire Fighters and their trailer fire engine! Date: circa 1941

Civilians during the war Collection: Wartime poster, Britain Expects

Wartime poster, Britain Expects that you too, this day, will do your duty. Suggesting that civilians as well as soldiers have a role to play in the war effort. 1940s

Civilians during the war Collection: Policeman and policewoman with gas masks

Policeman and policewoman with gas masks
A policeman and a policewoman wearing civilian gas masks outside Harrow Road Police Station (X Division) before the outbreak of World War Two. The respirator is contained in the canvas bag

Civilians during the war Collection: German bomb damage in Colchester

German bomb damage in Colchester
A photograph of Quartermaster-Sergeant Radjohn and his wife and baby son among the wreckage in their back-yard caused by a German bomb in February 1915

Civilians during the war Collection: Exodus of a people: the Serbian army protecting a column of peasants fleeing to Albania, World War I

Exodus of a people: the Serbian army protecting a column of peasants fleeing to Albania, World War I
6000376 Exodus of a people: the Serbian army protecting a column of peasants fleeing to Albania, World War I, 1915 (colour litho) by Bombled

Civilians during the war Collection: A church service in the bombed out remains of Norwich Cathedral

A church service in the bombed out remains of Norwich Cathedral. Norwich was bombed as part of the Baedeker Raids against historic and beautiful cities such as Bath

V1 (Robotplane) damage at Arlington Road, Southgate, N14, London, 19th June 1944

Civilians during the war Collection: Delayed Action Bomb explodes on King Edward Street while Bomb disposal Team are working

Delayed Action Bomb explodes on King Edward Street while Bomb disposal Team are working on it. Two casualties and L.F.S are called in to clear debris. 9th March 1941

Civilians during the war Collection: World War Two Air Raid Damage Liverpool Bomb damage at Liverpool

World War Two Air Raid Damage Liverpool Bomb damage at Liverpool, civilians walking under damage power lines after the blitz © dm op222f

Civilians during the war Collection: Partisan units of yugoslav national liberation army march into liberated belgrade, october 20th

Partisan units of yugoslav national liberation army march into liberated belgrade, october 20th, 1944, yugoslavia, world war 2

A young byelorussian partisan woman, world war 2, january 1944

Civilians during the war Collection: With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1

With the Army, Derby recruit measured for uniform, WW1
A Derby recruit in civilian clothes is measured up for his uniform during the First World War. Date: 1916

Civilians during the war Collection: Women as electricians WWI

Women as electricians WWI
Women in London electric station. During World War One there seemed to be no limit to the number of civilian occupations that women showed themselves cabable of replacing men

Civilians during the war Collection: Food being unloaded in the Channel Islands; Second World War

Food being unloaded in the Channel Islands; Second World War
Photograph showing the unloading of crates of food in St. Peter Port, Guernsey, 1945. After nearly five years of German occupation the civilian population of the islands had very little food

Civilians during the war Collection: Leningrad Library

Leningrad Library
Reading in the library despite constant bombing - during the siege, bombs landed about every 3 minutes. The sign reads Please keep quiet

Civilians during the war Collection: Leningrad Blood Donor

Leningrad Blood Donor
A blood donor during the siege

Civilians during the war Collection: Leningrad Cabbages

Leningrad Cabbages
Picking cabbages from the vegetable patches in front of St Isaacs Cathedral

Civilians during the war Collection: British Tommies Welcomed

British Tommies Welcomed
A British tommy is given a warm welcome by civilian French women

Civilians during the war Collection: Air Raid Precautions, cigarette card, British, 1938

Air Raid Precautions, cigarette card, British, 1938. Testing for mustard gas contamination. The end of the instrument is coated with special paint that will change colour if mustard gas is present

Civilians during the war Collection: Major General A A Montgomery, British army officer, WW1

Major General A A Montgomery, British army officer, WW1
Major General A A Montgomery, British army officer during the First World War. He was a commander of the Fourth Army (XIII Corps), and General Rawlinsons Chief of Staff, based at Querrieux Chateau

Civilians during the war Collection: Soldiers Leave for Front

Soldiers Leave for Front
Russian soldiers leave for the front. A young woman walks beside her man as she says goodbye

Civilians during the war Collection: MADONNA della Pace: 'Notre-Dame de la Paix, priez pour nous! ', 1915 (chromolithograph)

MADONNA della Pace: 'Notre-Dame de la Paix, priez pour nous! ', 1915 (chromolithograph)
6203183 MADONNA della Pace: 'Notre-Dame de la Paix, priez pour nous! ', 1915 (chromolithograph); (add.info.: MADONNA della Pace: 'Notre-Dame de la Paix, priez pour nous! ')

Civilians during the war Collection: Food distribution in Coventry, World War II (b/w photo)

Food distribution in Coventry, World War II (b/w photo)
8672646 Food distribution in Coventry, World War II (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Food distribution to civilians during the Coventry Blitz)

Civilians during the war Collection: First World War: France, Humorous map showing a bed that breaks under the assaults of

First World War: France, Humorous map showing a bed that breaks under the assaults of the Permissionary with this title
LUX4734766 First World War: France, Humorous map showing a bed that breaks under the assaults of the Permissionary with this title " as civilians provided it holds"

Civilians during the war Collection: French peasants being taken to Germany, 1914 (lantern slide)

French peasants being taken to Germany, 1914 (lantern slide)
5925390 French peasants being taken to Germany, 1914 (lantern slide) by Newton & Co. (1858-1953); National Army Museum, London; (add.info.: French peasants being taken to Germany, 1914)

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