The Battle of Britain

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  • A Battery Shelled A Battery Shelled

    (art) Made by: Lewis, Percy Wyndham 1919

    image: Three officers stand to the left of the composition beside a pile of ammunition boxes. Each looks in a different direction. One has his back to the viewer and looks out over the scene of the painting. There are marionette-like figures moving over...

  • Study for 'Over The Top' (IWM ART 1656) Study for 'Over The Top' (IWM ART 1656)

    (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1918

    image: a squared up preparatory drawing for the oil painting 'Over the Top' (IWM ART 1656). On the left, a red earth trench lined with duckboards stretches away from the viewer. A group of soldiers clamber from the trench, going 'over the top'. Two lie...

  • During a Battle During a Battle

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

    image: three British soldiers in yellow stand on a mound while a field gun pulled by horses moves past. A stretcher party bearing a figure in yellow walks out of the composition to the right and an infantryman of the Royal Scots Fusiliers stands guard in...

  • Gunners. Turning Out for an SOS. Battery action at night Gunners. Turning Out for an SOS. Battery action at night

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

    image: a group of gunners of the Royal Field Artillery hurriedly emerging from a dugout, still dressing as they run towards a battery firing into the distance. A Sergeant stands to the left of the composition, holding a torch in his hand shining down at...

  • Signallers Signallers

    (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

    image: a scene with six British signallers laying a wire in a trench. The two men in the centre appear to be shouting at one another, perhaps as a result of the noise of artillery fire, and the others look on, transfixed in their pose. A wounded man lies...

  • The British Army The British Army

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1914

    whole: the image occupies the main, with the title and accompanying text positioned across the top in white. Further text is placed along the bottom in white and black. All are set against a brown background. image: the main image depicts a group British...

  • Pro Patria Pro Patria

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1914

    whole: the image occupies the left half. The title is integrated and positioned across the top edge left, in black. The text is separate and placed in the right half, also in black, and set against a white background. image: a full-length depiction of a...

  • Ricordate Ricordate

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1943

    whole: the three images are positioned in the lower quarter. The title and main text is separate and placed in the centre, in black, held within a white circular inset. Further text is separate and located in the upper centre, in white, held within a red...

  • Tough Tactics Tough Tactics

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1942-10

    whole: the image occupies the whole. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in black. The text is integrated and placed in the lower quarter, also in black. image: full-length depictions of a British and German soldier engaged in...

  • Anti-aircraft Fire meeting Flying-bombs as they cross the Coast Defences, Dymchurch, July 1944 Anti-aircraft Fire meeting Flying-bombs as they cross the Coast Defences, Dymchurch, July 1944

    (art) Made by: Cole, Leslie 1944

    image: View along the defended beach at Dymchurch with puffs of anti-aircraft fire in the sky and the fleeting shape of a flying-bomb in upper right corner

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