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  • The British Sovereign will Win The British Sovereign will Win

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1915-07

    whole: the image occupies the top third, with the title and text below banner form. image: a shilling, sovereign side up, showing the head of George V. text: THE BRITISH SOVEREIGN WILL WIN INVEST IN THE WAR LOAN TO-DAY ASK FOR DETAILS AT NEAREST POST...

  • One Pound for 15 Shillings and Sixpence One Pound for 15 Shillings and Sixpence

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1916

    whole: the title is placed across the top, with the subtitle across the bottom, both in blue. Further text is in blue. All held within a blue frame and set against a white background. image: text only. text: £1 FOR 15s 6d TO THE MEN AND WOMEN OF...

  • 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...

  • The 'L' Press. Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun: Armstrong-Whitworth Works, Openshaw, 1918 The 'L' Press. Forging the Jacket of an 18-inch Gun: Armstrong-Whitworth Works, Openshaw, 1918

    (art) Made by: Airy, Anna 1918

    image: The interior view of a munitions factory showing the manufacture of 18' guns with munition workers. A figure in suit and bowler hat stands in the foreground. There is a warm orange light spread over the scene emitted from the forge in the right of...

  • Royal Flying 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...

  • THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR THE UNKNOWN WARRIOR

    part of "WAR MEMORIALS CLASSIFIED PRINT COLLECTION" (photographs)

    Tomb of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey.

  • AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Messrs Nules and Kaye, 54 Cheapside, London EC 1915-09-09

    Looking at the damage caused to the backs of properties in Wood Street in the City of London following the Zeppelin raid on the night of 8 - 9 September 1915.

  • AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE IN LONDON DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR

    part of "CORPORATION OF THE CITY OF LONDON COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Messrs Nules and Kaye, 54 Cheapside, London 1915-10-14

    Civilians and police officers stand on the streets below the damaged South Western Bank in the City of London following the Zeppelin raid on the night of 13 -14 October 1915.

  • STRATEGIC AIR POWER 1914-1939 STRATEGIC AIR POWER 1914-1939

    part of "MINISTRY OF WORKS OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs)

    Air raid precautions on the roof of Buckingham Palace, London during the First World War. The screens were to deflect incendiary devices.

  • AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

    part of "HOME OFFICE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Home Office photographer 1917-07

    Firemen hose down the smouldering remains of Cox's Court off Little Britain in the City of London after a Gotha air raid on 7 July 1917.

  • AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

    part of "HOME OFFICE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Home Office photographer 1917-06

    The damaged facade of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, following a devastating air raid by 20 Gotha GVs on 13 June 1917. This was the first of two daylight Gotha GV raids on London. Piles of timber and brick rubble can be seen in the foreground, and the...

  • Their Home - Belgium 1918 Their Home - Belgium 1918

    (posters) Made by: Brown, F Gregory (artist) 1918-05

    whole: the image is placed centrally, with the title across the top and the subtitle across the bottom, both in dark blue. All set against a light grey background. image: a weeping mother and her two children sit with a cradle amongst the ruins of Ypres...

  • To Prevent This - Buy War Savings Certificates Now To Prevent This - Buy War Savings Certificates Now

    (posters) Made by: Brown, F Gregory (artist) 1918-06

    whole: the title is arranged across the top and bottom, with the image central. All set against a black background. image: a scene from within a steelworks, showing brutal treatment meted out by occupying German troops on an enslaved civilian workforce....

  • Buy War Savings Certificates Buy War Savings Certificates

    (posters) Made by: Burton, Charles (artist) 1919

    whole: the image is placed at the top, held within a black frame, with the title and text below. All set against a deep blue background. Image: Under a yellow sky a farmworker, foreground left, drives a tractor, ploughing a field. A red roofed farmhouse...

  • Buy War Savings Certificates Buy War Savings Certificates

    (posters) Made by: Burton, Charles (artist) 1919

    whole: the image is placed at the top, held within a black frame, with the title and text below. All set against a deep blue background. image: a shipbuilding scene, featuring workers in the foreground and the bow and keel of a vessel under construction...

  • Paid Off! 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...

  • War Loan War Loan

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1915

    whole: the Royal Charter displayed across the top. The title and text are positioned below in banner form against a grey- brown background. image: the Royal Charter. text: WAR LOAN 'The man, be he rich or poor, is little to be envied who at this supreme...

  • War Weapons Week April 8th to 13th 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 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 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...

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