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  • 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 1917-09

    A close up view of damage to the pavement outside the Eaglet Public House on Seven Sisters Road, caused by a 50 kilo bomb during a raid on the night of 29 - 30 September 1917. Men can be seen at work clearing debris. In the background, a large group of...

  • 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

    A general view of the damage caused to buildings on Pancras Road, King's Cross, during the second daylight raid on London by German Gotha GV aircraft on 7 July 1917. A team of soldiers and civilians can be seen on an upper floor of the building, which...

  • 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 1917-09

    A group of people stand outside the Bedford Hotel on Southampton Row to watch at men at work beside a large crater. The damage was caused by a 50 kilogram bomb during a Gotha raid on the night of 24 - 25 September 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 1915-10-14

    Two police officers stand amidst rubble beside a crater caused by bombs dropped from German airship L15 on Chambers Street, Bermondsey.

  • SPORT & LEISURE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR SPORT & LEISURE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "CLARKE BELLE (MRS)" (photographs) 1916

    Crowds of onlookers in a stand at the Coventry City football ground, Highfield Road, Coventry, watching a sports gala in the summer of 1916 or 1917. Workers of White and Poppe Ltd, the engine manufacturers, can be seen in the stand on the left.

  • BRITISH RESPONSE TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR AUGUST 1914: RECRUITING AND SCENES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1914 BRITISH RESPONSE TO THE OUTBREAK OF WAR AUGUST 1914: RECRUITING AND SCENES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1914

    part of "DAILY MIRROR COLLECTION" (photographs) 1914-08

    Recruits at the Whitehall Recruiting Office, London. Britain's declaration of war on Germany on 4 August 1914 was greeted for the most part with popular enthusiasm, and resulted in a rush of men to enlist.

  • WOMEN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR WOMEN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Lewis G P 1918

    A female worker of the Mayfair Window Cleaning Company.

  • 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.

  • WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR WOMEN IN AGRICULTURE DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "IMPERIAL WAR MUSEUM PHOTOGRAPH ARCHIVE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Nicholls Horace

    A portrait of a young woman wearing a headscarf as she holds a large bundle of flax near Yeovil. The flax, which is being taken to the “scutchers” for separation and refining, is resting on her shoulder and obscures half of her body and face.

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