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• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Civil Defence rescue workers dig amongst the rubble following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. Several steel helmets and spades can be seen in the foreground, as the workers use their bare hands to move...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A member of the American Ambulance Great Britain collects up a few of the salvageable personal belongings from the rubble of a home following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. Behind her, other Civil...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  An elderly man inspects the front paw of his dog, injured following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. According to the original caption, the dog would always run into the Morrison shelter when the siren...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A young woman hugs her pet cockatoo following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. Rubble and debris can be clearly seen, piled up behind her.

• MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  The luminous flowers counter at a Woolworths store.

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A member of the American Ambulance Great Britain changes the headlamp on a Bedford ambulance at the depot, somewhere in London. The letters 'EMS' can just be seen on the vehicle: these stand for 'Emergency Medical Service'. Behind her a stretcher can...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Civil Defence rescue workers stand on piles of rubble as they try to dig survivors out of collapsed buildings following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Norwood, London, SE19. In the background, half-destroyed houses can also be...

• PARISH PRIEST: THE WORK OF THE VICAR OF ST MARK'S CHURCH, VICTORIA DOCKS, SILVERTOWN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Reverend Joseph Stephens conducts a wedding service at St Mark's Church, Silvertown. The original caption states that the groom is George Scott, on leave from the forces, and the bride is Winifred Hartley.

• PARISH PRIEST: THE WORK OF THE VICAR OF ST MARK'S CHURCH, VICTORIA DOCKS, SILVERTOWN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Reverend Joseph Stephens oversees the signing of the register after a wedding at St Mark's Church, Silvertown. It appears to have been a 'triple wedding' with three brides and three grooms!

• PARISH PRIEST: THE WORK OF THE VICAR OF ST MARK'S CHURCH, VICTORIA DOCKS, SILVERTOWN, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A newly-married couple pose for the camera as they leave St Mark's Church, Silvertown after their wedding. Their wedding photographer can be seen in this photograph, as can several of their guests watching the proceedings.

• WEST INDIAN VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAF IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AND INSPECTION, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  New recruits to the Royal Air Force, recently arrived from the West Indies, take part in a march past at an RAF station somewhere in the north of England. Taking the salute (although not visible) is Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt. These men are in...

• WEST INDIAN VOLUNTEERS JOIN RAF IN BRITAIN: TRAINING AND INSPECTION, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Colonel Oliver Stanley, Air Marshal Sir Arthur Barratt and others look on as two new Royal Air Force recruits demonstrate the use of a Browning .30-inch machine gun as part of their training at an RAF station, somewhere in the north of England. They...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Women of the American Ambulance Great Britain talk to an elderly man next to the pile of rubble which was once his home, following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. This man had been for a walk as his...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Civil Defence rescue workers search amid piles of rubble as they try to dig survivors out of collapsed buildings following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Norwood, London, SE19. One is using a dog to help in the search. In the...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  An elderly man sits on the pile of rubble which was once his home, following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. This man had been for a walk as his wife prepared the Sunday lunch, and returned to find...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Civil Defence rescue workers stand on piles of rubble as they try to dig survivors out of collapsed buildings following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Norwood, London, SE19. Stretcher bearers stand in readiness, should a...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Civil Defence workers help ambulance staff to load stretchers into a London County Council ambulance following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. Behind them, the damage sustained by the houses on these...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A casualty is carried by Civil Defence stretcher-bearers past an ambulance of the American Ambulance Great Britain following a devastating V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. In the background, other Civil Defence...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Civil Defence rescue workers search for survivors in a cavity under a huge pile of rubble and timbers following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of Upper Norwood. In the background, a group of Pioneer Corps men can be seen, awaiting...

• FLYING BOMB: V1 BOMB DAMAGE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Men of Civil Defence heavy and light rescue teams and men of the National Fire Service (NFS) listen for survivors as they search a cavity in a large pile of rubble, timbers and debris following a V1 attack in the Highland Road and Lunham Road area of...