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• THE HOME GUARD 1939-1945

  part of "THE HOME GUARD 1940 - 1944: 32ND SURREY BATTALION" (photographs) Made by: Porter J A

  The Home Guard: Photograph contrasting a 1940 Local Defence volunteer with a 1944 Home Guard. Both were members of 32 Surrey Battalion.

• Home Guards brewing Tea just before Dawn

  (art) Made by: Ford, Michael 1941

  image: Two Home Guards inside a small wooden hut, brewing tea by candlelight.

• A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: Enemy HQ Taken at the Point of the Bayonet

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: A group of home guards are seen rushing down a country lane and turning to the right through a gate next to a house. There is one soldier lagging behind further down the lane.

• A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: Storming an Enemy Post

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: A country lane with a group of home guards rushing along. They are turning a corner, through a gate next to a small low building. There is one man, further down the lane, lagging behind.

• A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: Advance on the First Objective

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: A group of Home Guards moving through parkland towards a large house. The men at the front, near the house, are lying on the ground while the others appear to be running.

• A Sunday Morning with the Home Guard: The Commandant Lets Off One Of His Crackers

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: In the foreground we see the side of a shed and four uniformed men hiding behind it. To the left of this is an open area in the centre of which is a smoking cracker on the floor. Men run away from it in all directions.

• A Day with the Home Guard : Home Guards advancing under a bridge on the river Front

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: A group of home guards sneaking around a corner at the bottom of a flight of steps, holding their rifles with caution. Their leader is kneeling, holding a smoking canister in the air.

• A Day with the Home Guard : a landing party

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: Uniformed men are seen jumping from a boat and climbing up a harbour wall. In the background some civilians lean over the top of the wall to watch.

• The War in Maida Vale : 'There Is Life in the Old Dogs Yet'

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: A group of elderly home guards stand outside a pub watching a blonde girl weraing a black suit walk by.

• identity discs, animal

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Second World War animal identity discs produced by the National Air Raid Precautions Animals Committee given by Mrs Friend who was an animal warden during the war.

• Captain Pauline Gower of the Women's Air Transport Auxiliary Women's Work in the War (Other than the Services) - Six lithographs by Ethel Gabain

  (art) Made by: Gabain, Ethel Leontine (artist) 1941

  image: An image of a female pilot poised above the cockpit of a plane. She is dressed in a flying cap, goggles, and wears a shirt and tie underneath her jacket. The plane's wing struts run diagonally across the image.

• WVS Settlement, Fairford. Ivor Tully, an evacuee from Barking

  (art) Made by: Allan, Rosemary

  image: A young boy sits on a chair, looking out of the frame towards the right. He is wearing wellingtons and shorts and appears to be in a domestic setting.

• The Control-room at South West Regional Headquarters, Bristol

  (art) Made by: Piper, John (CH) 1940

  image: a room lit by electric light. On the right hand wall is an abstract map, with areas marked with numbers and letters. On the adjacent wall are more symbols, another smaller map and a clock. In the foreground are tables with a glass and carafe.

• Building Planes

  (art) Made by: Armstrong, John 1940

  image: A view across a factory floor showing men working on the sub-structure of two aircraft. In the background, other figures working at lathes and machinery are spotlighted on the upper and lower floors of the factory.

• A Knitting Party

  (art) Made by: Dunbar, Evelyn Mary 1940

  image: A large room with a party of women sitting in chairs and knitting

• A Blockhouse Somewhere in England

  (art) Made by: Duffy, Louis 1943

  image: a blockhouse in a rural location. In the foreground there are six girders sunk into the ground, surrounded by rocks and cast concrete forms. In the background there is a row of similar concrete blocks running along the edge of a plowed field on a...

• CEMA Canteen Concert, Isle of Dogs, London, E14, 1941

  (art) Made by: Rowntree, Kenneth 1941

  image: The interior of a large room, filled with people seated around tables. In the foreground there is a table stacked with plates, behind which stands a woman wearing an apron.

• A Munitions Factory

  (art) Made by: Elwell, Frederick William (RA) 1944

  image: Interior of a munitions factory with women working on lathes and other machinery

• SERVICE OF LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER HAROLD NEWGASS, GC, RNVR, AS A BOMB DISPOSAL OFFICER DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

  part of "NEWGASS HAROLD (LIEUTENANT COMMANDER GC RNVR)" (photographs)

  A member of a team of conscientious objectors serving with a Royal Engineers bomb disposal squad, and a naval rating of Lieutenant Commander Newgass' Admiralty RMS (Rendering Mines Safe) team, digging a hole to reach a mine found buried in the grounds of...

• AERO FACTORY GIRLS: AIRCRAFT PRODUCTION IN BRITAIN, MARCH 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF LABOUR SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Two women workers sit inside the cockpit of an aircraft as they wire up the pilot's instrument panel, at a factory somewhere in Britain. According to the original caption, one woman is a GTC (Government Training Centre) trainee, and the other has been...

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF FUEL AND POWER, MINISTRY OF MINES SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Factory Entertainments and Visits: Coal miners, on a trip to an armament factory, looking through the barrels of 5.25 inch anti-aircraft guns.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  The Wartime Workforce: Seven Northamptonshire outworkers, who produced thousands of filter parts, shown working in cramped conditions in a private house. Materials, skilled guidance and tools were provided by the parent factory.

• CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS: TYNESIDE SHIPYARDS, ENGLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Beaton Cecil

  The end of the shift. Tens of workers, both male and female, having finished their work stream off a large vessel and through the shipyard.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Aircraft construction: Women workers attaching the skin of an aircraft to its frame; one operates a pneumatic air hammer which produces rivets, while another uses a dolly on the opposite side of the skin.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Aircraft construction: A group of women work on the final assembly of a Bristol Beaufighter aircraft.

• WEST INDIANS IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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

  West Indian Labour Force in Britain: The Chairman of Merseyside Labour Supply Committee greets a party of Jamaican technicians on behalf of the Minister of Labour.

• WEST INDIANS IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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

  West Indian Labour Force in Britain: A group of Jamaican technicians, who had recently arrived in Britain, leave buses outside West India House.

• WEST INDIANS IN BRITAIN DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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

  West Indian aid to Britain: The people of Jamaica supply a Crusader tank to Britain: Lieutenant Colonel Yeo (left, from the War Office) and Major General J S Crawford (Deputy Director General of Fighting Vehicle Production) at the hand-over of the tank...

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Munitions production: A skilled woman welding an 18 gauge mild steel tube around which are welded eight right-angle brackets.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Munitions production: A woman truck driver transports heavy loads around a factory shop.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Munitions production: A woman worker operating specialised milling machinery in a factory.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Aircraft construction: Women riveting the rear fuselage of a Fairey aircraft.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Aircraft construction: Women workers carrying out salvage and repair work on a Fairey Swordfish aircraft.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Beaton, Cecil

  Shipbuilding: A welder, wearing a protective mask, at work in a British shipyard.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Factory canteens: Behind the counter of a Royal Ordnance factory canteen, women prepare to serve dinners.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Factory Canteens: A Ministry of Supply factory canteen. Cafeterias of this kind provided good quality, low priced food for thousands of workers each day.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Production Drives and Posters: An exhibition at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Radway Green, near Alsager, Cheshire aiming to increase production. The gun turret from a bomber is on display, bearing the notice 'It needs the ammunition we make'.

• VERA LYNN VISITS A MUNITIONS FACTORY, UK, 1941

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Vera Lynn sings to workers during a lunchtime concert at a munitions factory, somewhere in Britain.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Factory Entertainments and Visits: Gracie Fields helping two women workers stamp a shell case at an ordnance factory. She was visiting in order to give a Ministry of Labour 'Munitions Concert' which was organised by ENSA [Entertainments National Service...

• LEISURE AND ENTERTAINMENT DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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

  Wartime Entertainers: The singer Vera Lynn, who became so popular with British servicemen that she was known as the 'Forces Sweetheart' sings to workers during their lunch break at a factory in the south of England.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Munitions production: The main assembly shop of a Midlands Ministry of Supply factory which was mass producing Covenanter tanks.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Munitions production: The top plate of the hull of a Mark IV Humber armoured car being ground by a worker in a Ministry of Supply factory. The opening in which the turret is fitted must be exact to within a thousandth of an inch.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  The Wartime Workforce: Four trainees at a Government munitions training factory using protractors during a plan drawing lesson. Ministry of Labour Training Centres had been in operation since the 1920s, but during the war it became necessary to expand...

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  The Wartime Workforce: 'Ginger' the youngest worker at a Ministry of Supply factory, working on predictor equipment for an anti-aircraft detachment.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Munitions production: Fuses being assembled in a die casting factory. This work was carried out almost exclusively by women.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  The Wartime Workforce: A woman war worker with refugee status assembles voltmeters and ammeters in a converted showroom in the Paddington area of London.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  The Wartime Workforce: Skilled workers who formed a Ministry of Supply mobile industrial 'flying squad' leaving London armed with their own tools, to assist a factory in the north east.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Welfare and Personnel Management: Welfare officers, who offered legal, personal and financial advice to factory employees.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  Welfare and Personnel Management: A doctor examins the hands of munitions workers.

• WAR INDUSTRY IN BRITAIN 1939-1945

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

  The Building Industry: The war-time building programme: women working as bricklayers' labourers.