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  • The War Refugees' Camp, Earl's Court 1918 The War Refugees' Camp, Earl's Court 1918

    (art) Made by: Rushbury, Henry (Sir) (RA) 1918

    image: In the foreground a group of refugees stand and sit underneath an archway. The group is predominantly made up of women, as well as four young children and two men, one of whom has a white beard and is lighting a pipe. In the background through the...

  • The 'L' Press. Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun: Armstrong-Whitworth Works, Openshaw, 1918 The 'L' Press. Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun: Armstrong-Whitworth Works, Openshaw, 1918

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

    image: The interior view of a munitions factory showing the manufacture of 18' guns with munition workers. A figure in suit and bowler hat stands in the foreground. There is a warm orange light spread over the scene emitted from the forge in the right of...

  • AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Messrs Nules and Kaye, 54 Cheapside, London EC 1915-09-09

    Looking at the damage caused to the backs of properties in Wood Street in the City of London following the Zeppelin raid on the night of 8 - 9 September 1915.

  • AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Messrs Nules and Kaye, 54 Cheapside, London 1915-10-14

    Civilians and police officers stand on the streets below the damaged South Western Bank in the City of London following the Zeppelin raid on the night of 13 -14 October 1915.

  • STRATEGIC AIR POWER 1914-1939 STRATEGIC AIR POWER 1914-1939

    part of "MINISTRY OF WORKS OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

    Air raid precautions on the roof of Buckingham Palace, London during the First World War. The screens were to deflect incendiary devices.

  • AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

    part of "HOME OFFICE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Home Office photographer 1917-07

    Firemen hose down the smouldering remains of Cox's Court off Little Britain in the City of London after a Gotha air raid on 7 July 1917.

  • AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

    part of "HOME OFFICE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Home Office photographer 1917-06

    The damaged facade of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, following a devastating air raid by 20 Gotha GVs on 13 June 1917. This was the first of two daylight Gotha GV raids on London. Piles of timber and brick rubble can be seen in the foreground, and the...

  • aeroplane part aeroplane part

    (vehicles, aircraft and ships) Made by: Phoenix Dynamo Manufacturing Co Ltd (Bradford)

    First World War period British-made aircraft component. The unnamed metal aircraft part was made by women workers of the Phoenix Manufacturing Company Limited of Bradford, West Yorkshire.

  • A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918 A Shell Forge at a National Projectile Factory, Hackney Marshes, London, 1918

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

    image: The interior view of a shell forge showing the glowing hot shell cases emerging from the furnaces on the left of the composition. Munitions workers man the furnaces on the left; in the foreground is the back of a worker leaning over a glowing hot...

  • National Service Women Clerks Wanted at Once National Service Women Clerks Wanted at Once

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

    whole: the main image occupies the centre third, held within a dark blue border. The title is separate and positioned in the upper third, in dark blue, and held within a dark blue border. A second smaller image is positioned top edge centre. The text is...

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