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• War Weapons Week in a Country Town

  (art) Made by: Ford, Michael 1941

  image: A street scene in a small town. A brass band, Girl Guides, Police and Home Guard participate in War Weapons Week outside a community hall and are watched by a crowd of civilians. Union flags are on display and a speech is being made from a...

• 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.

• Snap into it - Men 18-19 1/2 - Home Defence

  (posters) Made by: Scott, Frederick George Alfred (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, set against a blue background. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in red cursive script. The subtitle is separate and placed in the lower quarter, in white, set against a green...

• 'Let 'em All Come' - Home Defence Battalions

  (posters) Made by: Scott, Frederick George Alfred (artist) 1939

  whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, set against a green background. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in white outlined red cursive script. The subtitle and text are separate and placed in the lower quarter, in...

• Let 'em All Come - Home Defence Battalions

  (posters) Made by: Scott, Frederick George Alfred (artist) 1940

  whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, set against a green background. The title is integrated and positioned in the upper quarter, in white outlined red cursive script. The subtitle and text are separate and placed in the lower quarter, in...

• A Battery Shelled

  (art) Made by: Lewis, Percy Wyndham 1919

  image: Three officers stand to the left of the composition beside a pile of ammunition boxes. Each looks in a different direction. One has his back to the viewer and looks out over the scene of the painting. There are marionette-like figures moving over...

• The Ypres Salient at Night

  (art) Made by: Nash, Paul (artist) 1918

  image: A night scene showing three soldiers on the fire step of a trench surprised by a brilliant star shell lighting up the view over the battlefield. On the left there is a flooded shell-hole, beyond which stand three other soldiers, overlooked by a...

• Gassed

  (art) Made by: Sargent, John Singer (RA) 1919

  image: A side on view of a line of soldiers being led along a duckboard by a medical orderly. Their eyes are bandaged as a result of exposure to gas and each man holds on to the shoulder of the man in front. One of the line has his leg raised in an...

• 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.

• 'Stand To' Before Dawn

  (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1918

  image: British infantrymen stand-to in a duckboarded trench. They lean against the parapet looking over the breastworks into No Man's Land, with their rifles beside them. There are two large puffs of smoke from artillery fire hanging in the dawn sky to...

• Study for 'Over The Top' (IWM ART 1656)

  (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1918

  image: a squared up preparatory drawing for the oil painting 'Over the Top' (IWM ART 1656). On the left, a red earth trench lined with duckboards stretches away from the viewer. A group of soldiers clamber from the trench, going 'over the top'. Two lie...

• Study for Oppy Wood, 1917 (IWM ART 2243)

  (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA) 1917

  image: a squared up preparatory drawing for John Nash's painting 'Oppy Wood'. The lower half of the composition has a view inside a trench with duckboard paths leading to a dug-out to the right. Two British infantrymen stand on the firestep to the left,...

• Some Civilian Casualties at the Main Dressing-station of the 36th Field Ambulance, Flines-les-Raches, October 1918

  (art) Made by: Mackey, Haydn Reynolds (MM) 1918

  image: The interior of a large room with soldiers and civilians seated on a bench. Many of the soldiers have bandaged limbs. They are all waiting to be attended to by the medical orderly, who is dressing the foot of an elderly civilian holding a young...

• Study for 'Stand To' before Dawn. (No 1160)

  (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA)

  image: a squared up study of five British infantrymen at 'Stand To' in a front line trench at dawn. Four of the men stand on the firestep, carefully looking over the parapet towards No Man's Land. One of the men, in the centre, stands lower down in a...

• Brigade Headquarters: Signallers and Linesmen

  (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

  image: a group of stylised figures installing communication lines outside a Brigade Headquarters housed in a dugout. Light shines down on the scene from the left illuminating one side of the figures.

• Rosieres Valley, 1918

  (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

  image: the figures of four stylised signallers laying a wire across a heavily battle-scarred landscape. Clouds of dark smoke billow from the ground not far away. There is a village on the horizon in the distance, and another in the valley beyond the...

• During a Battle

  (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

  image: three British soldiers in yellow stand on a mound while a field gun pulled by horses moves past. A stretcher party bearing a figure in yellow walks out of the composition to the right and an infantryman of the Royal Scots Fusiliers stands guard in...

• Gunners. Turning Out for an SOS. Battery action at night

  (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

  image: a group of gunners of the Royal Field Artillery hurriedly emerging from a dugout, still dressing as they run towards a battery firing into the distance. A Sergeant stands to the left of the composition, holding a torch in his hand shining down at...

• Signallers

  (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1918

  image: a scene with six British signallers laying a wire in a trench. The two men in the centre appear to be shouting at one another, perhaps as a result of the noise of artillery fire, and the others look on, transfixed in their pose. A wounded man lies...

• The Menin Road

  (art) Made by: Roberts, William (RA) 1917

  image: a view down the Menin Road in the Ypres sector of the Western Front. Two small columns of British troops march along the road, the foremost comprised of men of the Royal Field Artillery. Two ambulance trucks drive ahead of them. Alongside the road...

• Les Poilus de la Neuvième [Soldiers of the Ninth]

  (posters) Made by: Maitre Jean (artist) 1916

  whole: the image occupies the left quarter. The title is positioned in the centre, in red outlined blue. The text is partially integrated and positioned upper centre, upper right, lower centre and lower right, in blue and red. All set against a white...

• Women's War Services - An Exhibition

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-02

  whole: the title and text occupy the whole, in black and in red, set against a white background and held within a black border. image: text only. text: Copy as printed. For information only [ink stamp] WOMEN'S WAR SERVICES WOMEN'S ARMY AUXILIARY CORPS...

• Royal Flying Corps

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1917-12

  whole: the title is positioned across the top edge, in red, with the text below occupying the remainder, in black and in red. All set against a white background. image: text only. text: ROYAL FLYING CORPS. A MEETING WILL BE HELD AT [blank] LIEUT. ALSTON...

• Royal Flying Corps

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: three photographic images are positioned centre right, centre left and lower centre, each held within narrow black borders. A further image is positioned upper centre. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in blue outlined...

• Sergeant R G Arding

  (art) Made by: Kennington, Eric Henri (RA) 1941

  image: a half-length portrait of an airman just back from a raid on enemy shipping. He stands in profile looking out to the right of the composition. He is wearing a white flying suit, with a shirt and tie underneath, and holds a leather helmet in his...

• 'Rigids' At Pulham, 1918. R23 Type British Airships at Pulham St Mary, Norfolk

  (art) Made by: Lavery, John (Sir) (RA) (RSA) 1918

  image: A view of the interior of an airship hangar showing the rear fins of two rigid airships. There is a tank and a number of figures walking across the hangar floor. A long ladder reaches from the ground to the rear point of the airship on the left.

• Self Portrait in Uniform

  (art) Made by: Carline, Richard C 1918

  image: A head and shoulders self-portrait of the artist wearing uniform.

• 19.00 Hours - Time Now

  (posters) Made by: Ashton (artist) 1943-11

  whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is separate and positioned in the upper left, in black. The text is integrated and placed in the lower right in black, in the lower left in white, and partially integrated and located across the bottom...

• Paid Off!

  (posters) Made by: Burton, Charles (artist) 1918

  whole: the title is placed top left, with the image to the right. The subtitle and text are below in a black square. image: a three-quarter view of a British sailor counting his earnings. text: Paid Off! CHARLES BURTON Buy something worth having WAR...

• Ladies Emergency Committee of the Navy League

  (posters) Made by: Leddie, P (artist) 1918

  whole: the image occupies the whole, with the title integrated and positioned across the top edge, in blue. The text is integrated and positioned lower left and across the bottom, in blue. All set against a white background. image: a German nurse pours a...

• Britain's Sea Power is Yours!

  (posters) Made by: Thomas, Walter (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority, with the Admiralty seal placed in the lower left. The title is separate and positioned along the bottom edge, in white, set against a grey background. The text is integrated and placed in the lower right, in white...

• Women of the Forces

  (posters) Made by: Jones (artist)

  whole: the three images are positioned in the upper half, with a smaller image positioned at the top edge centre. The title is partially integrated and placed in the upper quarter, in red and in black. The text is partially integrated and located in the...

• Behind Ruweisat Ridge

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1942

  image: a desert scene with a Bren Gun Carrier, upon which a British soldier is sitting, placed behind a wall of sandbags. Various bits of equipment are scattered about and other men are engaged in various fatigue duties. In the background two men are...

• The Queue at the Fish-shop

  (art) Made by: Dunbar, Evelyn Mary 1944

  image: A long line of women queue outside the shop of H. Hill and Son, fishmongers, poulterers. The slabs are being washed down in anticipation of a fresh delivery.

• A l'Emporte-Pièce [Incisively]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1919

  whole: the image occupies the upper two-thirds, held within a narrow black border. The title and text are separate and positioned in the lower third, in black. All set against a brown background. image: a mounted Swiss artillery soldier looks back at the...

• Ordre de Mobilisation Générale [Order for General Mobilisation]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1914

  whole: the image is positioned upper centre, with the title separate and below across the upper centre, in black. The text is separate and positioned across the top edge and in the lower half, in black. All set against a white background. image: two...

• Hello! American and British Soldiers

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority of the left half, with the title separate and positioned upper left in red outlined black, and across the upper quarter, in brown. The text is separate and positioned mainly over the right half, in green, in brown,...

• L'Attaque du Moulin [The Attack on the Mill]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: a monchromatic image is positioned in the upper left quarter, with the text, in black, set over the remainder against a hand-tinted red background. All main text including the centrally positioned title are held within white insets. image: a full-...

• Grand Festival Militaire Belge [Grand Belgian Military Festival]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1916

  whole: a long landscape format, with the text, in dark blue, set over a light yellow background hand-tinted with orange horizontal bands. image: text only. text: TROCADÉRO DIMANCHE 31 DÉCEMBRE 1916, à 2 heures GRAND FESTIVAL MILITAIRE BELGE Organisée au...

• Le Festival César Franck [The César Franck Festival]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1916-06-04

  whole: the title is positioned across the centre, with the text occupying the remainder, both in black. All set against an orange background. image: text only. text: Œuvre Nationale de Protection en Faveur des Femmes et des Enfants Victimes de la Guerre...

• Visions de Guerre

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1916-06-15

  whole: the image is positioned centre left and lower left, held within a narrow blue border. The title is separate and positioned across the top edge, in orange outlined blue. The text is separate and positioned in the upper third, in blue and in orange...

• Journée Patriotique [Patriotic Day]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1916-07-16

  whole: the title is positioned in the upper quarter, with the text occupying the remainder, both in blue. The text is divided into sections by a number of vertical and horizontal blue lines. All set against a white background. image: text only. text:...

• Grand Concert Populaire [Grand Popular Concert]

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1916-10-01

  whole: the title is positioned in the upper third, with the text occupying the remainder, both in black. All set against a pink background. image: text only. text: JARDIN DU LUXEMBOURG Dimanche 1er Octobre 1916 A 14 HEURES 30 GRAND CONCERT POPULAIRE...

• War Weapons Week April 8th to 13th

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-03

  whole: the main title is placed across the top in yellow, with the text and image below. All held within a black border. image: a British tank moves from the the background right to the foreground left, over barbed-wire and with its guns firing. In the...

• The Tank Tour

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-06

  whole: the main title is placed across the top in blue and held within a scroll design which also provides a blank area for additional text. The text and image are positioned below, all held within a black border. image: a British tank moves from the the...

• War Weapons Week April 8th to 13th

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-03

  whole: the main title is placed across the top in yellow, with the text and image below. All held within a black border. image: two British soldiers operate a Vickers heavy machine-gun from a sand-bagged position in the foreground right. The first...

• 'Tell Them to Make It a War Savings Christmas!'

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image occupies the majority. The title is partially integrated and positioned in the upper centre, in red and in black, held within a yellow inset. The text is integrated and placed in the lower centre, in black cursive script, held within a...

• The Sky's the Limit for War Savings

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1943

  whole: the image is positioned in the centre, set against a white background. The title is separate and placed across the top edge, in red cursive script, and in the lower quarter, in red and in red cursive script. All set against a yellow background....

• The Sky's the Limit for War Savings

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the left third, set against a white background. The title is partially integrated and placed in the right two-thirds, in red and blue. All set against a yellow background. image: a depiction of the head of a smiling RAF...

• You Can Hit Back with Your Savings Too!

  (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

  whole: the image is positioned in the lower four-fifths. The title is separate and placed in the upper fifth, in black. The text is partially integrated and located in the lower fifth, in red, held within a blue inset. All set against a white background...