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• THE LIBERATION OF RHODES, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hawkins Trevor J (Sergeant)

  Civilians on the island of Rhodes queue to get their ration books from the British military authorities. During the German occupation the local inhabitants had suffered the effects of malnutrition due to insufficient food. After the liberation of the...

• THE BATTLE FOR CRETE, 20 - 31 MAY 1941

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Davies, L B (Lt)

  Evacuation: Women and children, civilian refugees from the fighting come ashore at an Egyptian port after their evacuation from Crete. A total of 16,500 were rescued including 2000 Greeks.

• THE LIBERATION OF RHODES, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hawkins Trevor J (Sergeant)

  Two elderly Greek women sip their soup as they leave a Red Cross kitchen. They also carry bags so that they can call at a food distribution centre to collect their rations. During the German occupation the local inhabitants had suffered the effects of...

• AERO FACTORY GIRLS: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, MARCH 1942

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

  Two women workers sit inside the cockpit of an aircraft as they wire up the pilot's instrument panel, at a factory somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption, one woman is a GTC (Government Training Centre) trainee, and the other has been...

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Production official photographer

  The Wartime Workforce: Seven Northamptonshire outworkers, who produced thousands of filter parts, shown working in cramped conditions in a private house. Materials, skilled guidance and tools were provided by the parent factory.

• WAR PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "BRITAIN'S WAR PRODUCTION 1941: SCENES IN THE ROYAL ORDNANCE FACTORY LEEDS" (photographs)

  Close-up of a woman operator at work at the Royal Ordnance Factory in Leeds.

• CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS: TYNESIDE SHIPYARDS, ENGLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Beaton Cecil

  The end of the shift. Tens of workers, both male and female, having finished their work stream off a large vessel and through the shipyard.

• THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

  part of "BRITISH FORCES IN BURMA, MALAYA AND KONG KONG, 1941 - 1942" (photographs) Made by: Palmer Fred (Hon Lt)

  The Japanese Campaign and Victory 8 December 1941 - 15 February 1942: Women and children evacuated from Penang, Malaya share out tea at a railway station during the journey to Singapore.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF LABOUR SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Aircraft construction: Women workers attaching the skin of an aircraft to its frame; one operates a pneumatic air hammer which produces rivets, while another uses a dolly on the opposite side of the skin.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF LABOUR SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Aircraft construction: A group of women work on the final assembly of a Bristol Beaufighter aircraft.