Filter results

Category

Media

Creators

Subject period

Places

Events

Associated person/organisation

Materials

Themes

Keywords

• Fire Blitz on Bath, 1942

  (art) Made by: Haines, Wilfred Stanley 1942

  image: a night-scene over Bath, showing treetops, spires, rooftops and chimneys silhouetted against orange flames and surrounded by darkness.

• A Fire Guard Team, Exeter, 1943

  (art) Made by: Clause, William Lionel 1943

  image: Three ARP wardens standing among the ruins of Exeter with the cathedral in the background, one carrying a bucket and the other two a stirrup-pump

• MORRISON SHELTER STANDS UP TO DIRECT HIT IN YORK BLITZ, YORK, YORKSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information photographer

  Mr McGregor stands amidst the debris of his house, following a Baedeker Raid on York. The Morrison shelter which saved his life, and the life of his wife and lodger is visible under rubble to the right of the photograph.

• THE AFTERMATH OF A BAEDEKER RAID, CANTERBURY, KENT, ENGLAND, UK, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information photographer

  The windows of a Marks and Spencer store in Canterbury are boarded up following a devastating Baedeker raid on the Whitefriars area of Canterbury. In the foreground, piles of debris are all that is left of several buildings along the street. According...

• THE AFTERMATH OF A BAEDEKER RAID, CANTERBURY, KENT, ENGLAND, UK, 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF HOME SECURITY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information photographer

  A general view of damage to St Augustine's Abbey and the surrounding area, following the devastating Baedeker raid on Canterbury. Shops in the foreground have lost half their roofs, and timber and debris is all that is left of several other buildings...

• Blitz in Bath, April 1942. Camden Crescent

  (art) Made by: Marshall, Francis E B 1942

  image: a mobile YMCA canteen van is parked at the side of a tree-lined road in Bath, a group of civilian, military and ARP personnel gathered beside it. A man in uniform and two women lie and sit on the grass in the right foreground, lending the scene an...

• High Street, Canterbury: From the Cattle Market

  (art) Made by: Waterfield, Aubrey

  image: A mound of rubble lies in the foreground with, and a church tower just beyond. Clouds of smoke billow up into the air from the wreckage on the ground. The cathedral stands in the background, with the rooftops of the city just below.