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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...

  • Countryless Countryless

    (posters) Made by: Tchernoff, Sampson [After] (artist) 1916

    whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, with the title and text below in black. Additional text is placed along the bottom in red. image: a photographic image of an exhausted Serbian soldier sitting head in hands, on a doorstep facing out...

  • The Old Skating Rink. Aldwych : October 1915, a clearing house for Belgian refugees The Old Skating Rink. Aldwych : October 1915, a clearing house for Belgian refugees

    (art) Made by: Paterson, Emily M 1915-01-01

    image: view of large open structures; to the left a roofed building with pillars and windows, to the right a larger open area with a latticework of roof structures, possibly glazed, through which can be seen more distant buildings and trees. Various...

  • THE HOME FRONT 1914 - 1918 THE HOME FRONT 1914 - 1918

    part of "CENTRAL PRISONER OF WAR COMMITTEE COLLECTION" (photographs)

    Prisoners of War and Refugees: A group of German prisoners, some wearing uniforms, others an assortment of dress, standing about in the camp at Dorchester. Some of the prisoners were taken during the Battle of the Somme.

  • THE HOME FRONT 1914 - 1918 THE HOME FRONT 1914 - 1918

    part of "CENTRAL PRISONER OF WAR COMMITTEE COLLECTION" (photographs)

    Prisoners of War and Refugees: The sleeping hall at Handforth camp, crowded with men on camp beds.

  • THE HOME FRONT 1914 - 1918 THE HOME FRONT 1914 - 1918

    part of "CENTRAL PRISONER OF WAR COMMITTEE COLLECTION" (photographs)

    Prisoners of War and Refugees: Smiling prisoners with their pets, mostly rabbits, in camp at Dorchester.

  • BELGIAN CIVILIAN WORKERS IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR BELGIAN CIVILIAN WORKERS IN BRITAIN DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

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

    Two young Belgian girls greet their father outside their home on his return from work, as their mother looks on from the doorway. He is a munitions worker and the family lives in Elisabethville, a fenced-off area of Birtley, near Gateshead, in County...

  • 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

    Children of Belgian refugee workers in the school playground at Elisabethville village near Birtley.

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

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

    A Belgian worker at Armstrong Whitworth's factory at Birtley moving 8 inch artillery shells in a munitions storeroom.

  • INDUSTRY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: BELGIAN WORKERS, ELISABETHVILLE INDUSTRY DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR: BELGIAN WORKERS, ELISABETHVILLE

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

    A worker, from the Belgian refugee community who lived at Elisabethville, operates a forging press to shape an 8-inch shell at the National Projectile Factory at Birtley, County Durham, in 1918.

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