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  • WOMEN'S WAR WORK 1914-1918 WOMEN'S WAR WORK 1914-1918

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer 1917

    A group of millhands at the flour mill owned by Joseph Rank Ltd in Birkenhead.

  • BELGIAN WORKERS AT BIRTLEY MUNITIONS FACTORY AND ELISABETHVILLE VILLAGE NEAR GATESHEAD, COUNTY DURHAM BELGIAN WORKERS AT BIRTLEY MUNITIONS FACTORY AND ELISABETHVILLE VILLAGE NEAR GATESHEAD, COUNTY DURHAM

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer 1915

    A group of Belgian workers at Armstrong Whitworth's munitions factory at Birtley, standing amongst a stock of cast shell cases.

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD AT 3RD GENERAL HOSPITAL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD AT 3RD GENERAL HOSPITAL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON

    part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    A patient at 3rd London General Hospital examines a plaster cast of his own face. This will be used to create a mask to cover his facial injuries, which can be clearly seen.

  • PHOTOGRAPHY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR PHOTOGRAPHY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

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

    A woman glass worker carrying a tube of rolled glass at Pilkington Glass Ltd of St Helen's, Lancashire.

  • VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS OF THE INDIAN MUTINY 1857 - 1858 VICTORIA CROSS WINNERS OF THE INDIAN MUTINY 1857 - 1858

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer 1918-07-21

    HM Queen Mary with General Sir Dighton MacNaghton Probyn VC, a veteran of the Indian Mutiny, at the private view of the Ministry of Information Exhibition of Naval Photographs at Princes Galleries, Piccadily, London during the First World War.

  • WOMEN AT WORK ON THE HOME FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR WOMEN AT WORK ON THE HOME FRONT DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    A young woman stands on a ladder to paste a recruiting poster onto a wall in Thetford, Norfolk. She is carrying on her father's appointment as official bill poster and town crier while he is away at the Front. The words "Men of Thetford", "Men are...

  • THE HOME FRONT IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR THE HOME FRONT IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer 1918-11-11

    The Armistice: A band playing to cheerful crowds during a parade in the main street in Winchester on Armistice Day. It had been arranged that the hostilities should cease at 11.00 am and the street clock stands at 11.40 am.

  • WOMEN AT WORK DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR WOMEN AT WORK DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer 1915

    A full-length portrait of a woman serving with the Women's Hospital Corps at Endell Street, London.

  • THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD AT 3RD GENERAL HOSPITAL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON THE DEVELOPMENT OF 'PLASTIC SURGERY' DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF FRANCIS DERWENT WOOD AT 3RD GENERAL HOSPITAL, WANDSWORTH, LONDON

    part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

    Captain Derwent Wood RA of the RAMC holds an artist's palette as he adds the finishing touches to a patient's new facial plate. He is trying to make the mask blend in as much as possible to the patient's skin and make it look as life-like as possible.

  • THE REHABILITATION OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS, LONDON THE REHABILITATION OF WOUNDED SOLDIERS, LONDON

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

    Two disabled soldiers grin cheerfully for the camera in the grounds of 4th London General Hospital. The man on the left is a double-amputee sitting in a wheelchair and the man on the right has lost his left leg. He is standing with the aid of crutches...

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