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Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Spitfire Fighter Aircraft Hot Starting Engines

Spitfire Fighter Aircraft Hot Starting Engines
Spitfire TE311 of the Royal Air Force Memorial Flight (RAFMF) piloted by Wg Cdr " Godders" Godfrey performs a " hot start" during the RAFMF Public Display Authority (PDA)

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: James Braid, Scottish golfer, c1905

James Braid, Scottish golfer, c1905. One of the great triumvirate who dominated professional golf in the 20 years before the First World War

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: WW2 poster -- gas attack

WW2 poster -- gas attack, with instructions on how to put on your gas mask, what to do if the gas rattles sound, and what to do if you get gassed. Date: 1940s

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Our ?Little Contemptibles?, 1914

Our ?Little Contemptibles?, 1914.Oil on canvas by William Barns Wollen (1857-1936), 1918 (c); exhibited at the Royal Academy 1918 (No 260).Composed of regular soldiers and reservists

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Dakota ZA947 returns to the runway at RAF Coningsby following her display as part of the BBMF

Dakota ZA947 returns to the runway at RAF Coningsby following her display as part of the BBMF. The Royal Air Force Battle of Britain Memorial Flight (RAF-BBMF)

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Britains frogmen divers by G. H. Davis

Britains frogmen divers by G. H. Davis
Introducing Britains frog-men: diving wreckers who blasted open a path to the Normandy beaches. These underwater commandos worked off the D-Day beaches

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: NFS 60ft hand-operated turntable ladder, WW2

NFS 60ft hand-operated turntable ladder, WW2
An Austin K4-Merryweather 60 foot hand-operated turntable ladder (TL). A total of 50 such appliances were built and mounted on Austin K4 chassis for the Home Office between 1942 and 1943

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Sub-station with taxis and crews, WW2

Sub-station with taxis and crews, WW2
A typical London Fire Brigade sub-station watch and their equipment. Taxis were used as makeshift fire engines which towed trailer pumps

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Caterpillar track steam engine by R. Hornsby & Sons

Caterpillar track steam engine by R. Hornsby & Sons
The first and original Caterpillar or walking engine made by R. Hornsby & Sons of Grantham. R. Hornsby & Sons grew into a major manufacturer of agricultural machinery, at their Spittle Gate Works

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Tank commemorating D-Day rehearsals, Slapton Sands, Slapton Ley, South Hams

Tank commemorating D-Day rehearsals, Slapton Sands, Slapton Ley, South Hams, Devon, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Tanks being loaded onto Rectank flat wagons, c. 1940

Tanks being loaded onto Rectank flat wagons, c. 1940
Three tanks are being loaded onto Rectank flat wagons which were designed and built specifically for the movement of military vehicles by rail

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Two women police officers in gas masks, London, WW2

Two women police officers in gas masks, London, WW2
Two women police officers in gas masks in London during the Second World War. One of them is Florence Bragg (joined November 1936). Date: 1940s

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: German Tiger tank by G. H. Davis

German Tiger tank by G. H. Davis
The fangs of the Tiger revealed: another German super-weapon whose invincibility has been disproved. Details of the German Mark VI tank, a 56-ton monster whose 88mm gun fires a three foot long shell

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2

NFS-London Region 50ft wheeled escape ladder, WW2
An Ajax style wheeled escape ladder, wound out in its carriage, from Fire Force Area 34 Acton fire station (E1Z) located at 24 Gunnersbury Lane, Acton, West London

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Members of the volunteer Overseas Contingent of the National Fire Service have issued

Members of the volunteer Overseas Contingent of the National Fire Service have issued with special kit in readiness for service

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: WW1 - German anti-British propaganda postcard

WW1 - German anti-British propaganda postcard - Caught and Trapped - a duplicitous British Army Officer is captured by the forces of the Central Powers trying to smuggle a machine gun to his men

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Scammell pump in Orange Street, London W1, WW2

Scammell pump in Orange Street, London W1, WW2
Scammell 65-gallon pump in operation, supplying water to four hosepipes, at a fire in Orange Street, London W1, 21 September 1942

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Sputnik 1 launch

Sputnik 1 launch. Sputnik 1, the worlds first artificial satellite, being launched by an R-7 Semyorka rocket from Tyuratam military range (now Baikonur Cosmodrome), Kazakhstan, on 4 October 1957

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: WW2 production poster

WW2 production poster
World War Two poster issued by the British Admiralty, demonstrating full steam ahead on production, presumably of wartime equipment and munitions. A naval commander with ensign flying gives the order

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: WW2 defence, illustration by William Heath Robinson

WW2 defence, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Defence during WW2 -- Stout members of the sixth column dislodge an enemy machine gun post on the dome of St Paul s, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Lady Sarah Wilson, WW1

Lady Sarah Wilson, WW1
Lady Sarah Wilson (1865 - 1929), formerly Lady Sarah Spencer-Churchill, youngest child of John Spencer-Churchill, 7th Duke of Marlborough

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: British soldier bears to the firing line WWI

British soldier bears to the firing line WWI
Double page showing a British private soldier, commonly know as a Tommy, showing a diagram of tools and equipment that he would have carried when marching to the trenches in World War One. 1915

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: NFS-London Region 100ft turntable with pump, WW2

NFS-London Region 100ft turntable with pump, WW2
A Merryweather turntable ladder fitted with an integral fire pump that feeds the monitor at the head of the ladder and therefore does not require a separate pumping appliance to feed it

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2

Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, WW2
Blitz in London -- damage to tanks, Thames Haven, near Thurrock, Essex, 7 September 1940. Firefighters trying to push a fire appliance (open topped pump)

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks

Bethune-Cookman College, Daytona Beach, Florida, 1943. Creator: Gordon Parks
Daytona Beach, Florida. Bethune-Cookman College. Girl welder in the NYA (National Youth Administration) school

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: The Snow Soldiers, a ski patrol engages combat with a group of enemy scouts (colour litho)

The Snow Soldiers, a ski patrol engages combat with a group of enemy scouts (colour litho)
2777534 The Snow Soldiers, a ski patrol engages combat with a group of enemy scouts (colour litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Snow Soldiers)

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: The War of Prodigies (Colour Litho)

The War of Prodigies (Colour Litho)
2808551 The War of Prodigies (Colour Litho) by Beltrame, Achille (1871-1945); Private Collection; (add.info.: The War of Prodigies. An alpine corvee at three thousand meters)

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Men of the 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment going up to the line near Frezenberg

Men of the 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment going up to the line near Frezenberg
1581605 Men of the 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment going up to the line near Frezenberg during the Third Battle of Ypres, 5th October 1917 (b/w photo) by Brooks

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Display of Remedial exercises given by the Royal Air Force before a large crowd at

Display of Remedial exercises given by the Royal Air Force before a large crowd at Seymour Hall, London during the Second World War

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Illustration of a Daily Mirror Photographer having a steady hand

Illustration of a Daily Mirror Photographer having a steady hand and not needing a tripod for his camera. Pictured on the left is staff photographer George Greenwell resting the camera on his arm

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Royal Navy Sea King Helicopters in Afghanistan

Royal Navy Sea King Helicopters in Afghanistan
Two Royal Navy Sea Kings at Forward Operating Base Sangin in Afghanistan. The Sea King Mk4 known throughout the Naval world as the Junglie are the green giants of the Fleet Air Arm

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: British six-pounder gun by G. H. Davis

British six-pounder gun by G. H. Davis
The British six-pounder gun: explanatory drawings. It was an efficient field and anti-tank gun of high velocity, used for example against Rommels German army in the desert, Second World War

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Fire alam post, Cooks Road, Vauxhall, WW2

Fire alam post, Cooks Road, Vauxhall, WW2
Fire alarm post (FA41) protected by sandbags outside the AFS station in Cooks Road, Vauxhall, with an LFB fire engine on the left, around the start of the Second World War

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Tommy Guardsman in full war-paint 1914

Tommy Guardsman in full war-paint 1914
A Guardsman ready to take his place in the firing - line. The field service kit of the British infantryman in detail, with diagram. Date: 1914

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Equipment left at Dunkirk WWII

Equipment left at Dunkirk WWII
Equipment left at Dunkirk including this destroyed British flak gun during World War II

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: First World War surveillance kite

First World War surveillance kite. US soldier being lifted up by a surveillance kite during the First World War (1914-1918)

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binoculars

WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binoculars
Quick! Your binoculars. Supply poster, lithograph. Put your binoculars on Active Service Now! Date: 1940

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Aerial photography by G. H. Davis

Aerial photography by G. H. Davis
Aerial photography by the Photographic Reconnaissance Unit of the RAF: details of cameras and methods in use during the Second World War. Date: 1944

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: French mobilisation poster, WW1

French mobilisation poster, WW1
French mobilisation poster for the First World War, calling all enlisted soldiers and sailors, and requisitioning animals, vehicles and related equipment. Date: 2 August 1914

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: LCC-LFB Holloway fire station with motorised pump

LCC-LFB Holloway fire station with motorised pump
Holloway fire station with a motorised pump. The adoption of motorised fire engines was becoming widespread by the start of the First World War

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: cri1977 co pbk 016

cri1977 co pbk 016

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: ACES HIGH 006

ACES HIGH 006

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: RAF VC-10 Aircraft Fly Over Buckingham Palace

RAF VC-10 Aircraft Fly Over Buckingham Palace
Two Royal Air Force VC-10 tanker/transport from RAF Brize Norton are pictured flying over Buckingham Palace. The Royal Air Force helped to celebrate Her Majesty The Queens Birthday with a flypast

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Discharging grain, 1918 (pastel)

Discharging grain, 1918 (pastel)
7342159 Discharging grain, 1918 (pastel) by Everett, John (1876-1949); 35.4x50.8 cm; National Maritime Museum, London, UK; (add.info.: Creator)

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Cargo ships 'Middleham Castle' and 'Bolton Castle' discharging grain, 1918 (gouache, pastel, paper)

Cargo ships 'Middleham Castle' and 'Bolton Castle' discharging grain, 1918 (gouache, pastel, paper)
7342157 Cargo ships 'Middleham Castle' and 'Bolton Castle' discharging grain, 1918 (gouache, pastel, paper) by Everett, John (1876-1949); 41.8x57 cm; National Maritime Museum, London

Background imageMilitary equipment 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! ')

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Blitz, 1940-41: Telephonists continuing to work (b/w photo)

Blitz, 1940-41: Telephonists continuing to work (b/w photo)
8634814 Blitz, 1940-41: Telephonists continuing to work (b/w photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Telephonists continuing to work)

Background imageMilitary equipment Collection: Album 'Ricordi di Guerra - Italo-Turca 1912-13, Italo-Austriaca 1915-16-17-19

Album "Ricordi di Guerra - Italo-Turca 1912-13, Italo-Austriaca 1915-16-17-19
3562650 Album "Ricordi di Guerra - Italo-Turca 1912-13, Italo-Austriaca 1915-16-17-19, Ines Emma Ferrara": Swiss army soldiers by Unknown photographer



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