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• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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

  A group portrait of several members of the Major family with some of the furniture they brought with them from Belgium, at their home in Brixham, Devon. Monsieur Major, seen here smoking a pipe, served in the Belgian army during the First World War. He...

• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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

  A pupil (left) at the Belgian State Fishing School in Brixham, Devon, is questioned on what he has learnt by a panel of experts. This school is run by the Belgian Government.

• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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

  Three Belgian craftsman at work in a forge in Brixham, Devon. The workshop is run by the Belgian Navy. According to the original caption, all the equipment used in this workshop was carried to England from Ostend aboard the SS LONDON-ISTANBUL in 1940.

• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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

  Pupils at the Belgian State Fishing School in Brixham, Devon, receive a lesson in knot-tying from a expert from Ostend (second from right). The school is run by the Belgian Government.

• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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

  Belgian fisherman Mr De Groote at work in the rigging of his boat. Mr De Groote is from Heyst and smokes as he works.

• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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

  Belgian fishermen repair their nets on their boat in Brixham harbour. The man on the left is from Ostend, whilst the man on the right, Mr De Groote, is from Heyst.

• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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

  Belgian Red Cross nurses Yvonne Van Enonce and Edith van de Bande collect medicine from the drugs cupboard. They look after the colony of Belgian fisherman in Brixham.

• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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

  A general view of some of the older girls as they sit quietly at their desks in their classroom during a lesson at the Belgian school in Brixham, Devon. At the back, one of the girls raises her hand in answer to her teacher's question.

• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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

  The schoolmistress points to the blackboard during a Flemish lesson at the Belgian school in Brixham, Devon. The children appear to be reading aloud from the board. According to the original caption, half the day is taught in English, and the other...

• BELGIAN FISHERMEN IN BRIXHAM, DEVON, ENGLAND, UK, JULY 1944

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

  Belgian fishermen enjoy a beer in the bar of the Anglo-Belgian Club in Brixham, Devon.