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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...

  • London's Week - You Can Help - Buy War Bonds London's Week - You Can Help - Buy War Bonds

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918

    whole: the title and text are placed across the bottom, laid over the image. image: a British tank, seen from below as it moves left to right firing its guns. In the background British infantrymen advance alongside. text: LONDON'S WEEK YOU CAN HELP. BUY...

  • 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 rear view of a biplane flying away from the viewer. The plane carries the insignia of the RFC and flies over the coastline....

  • 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 seaplane flying towards the viewer and bearing the insignia of the RFC. The plane flies over the coastline away from four...

  • Speed the Silver Bullet Speed the Silver Bullet

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1915

    whole: the text is in blue and white, set against a black background and held within an orange and blue border. image: text only. text: Speed the 'Silver Bullet' Buy the New Government War Loan - 4½ per cent per annum. PUBLISHED BY THE PARLIAMENTARY WAR...

  • War Loan War Loan

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1915

    whole: the title, subtitles and image are held within a red and blue frame. The title is placed across the top in red, with the image central, and the subtitles below in black and underlined red. image: an open leather wallet and a pound note amongst a...

  • Appeal to Women - Make Every Penny Do the Work of Two - - Put Your Savings in the War Loan Appeal to Women - Make Every Penny Do the Work of Two - - Put Your Savings in the War Loan

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

    whole: the title and text are in brown against an orange-brown background. Four small images are positioned left, right, top and bottom, and are linked with pink ribbons to form a border around the text. image: four jasperware-style medallion images show...

  • 124 Cartridges for 15 Shillings and Sixpence 124 Cartridges for 15 Shillings and Sixpence

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

    whole: the title is placed across the top in blue, with the subtitle across the bottom in red. Further text is in blue and red. All held within a red and blue frame and set against a white background. image: text only. text: 124 CARTRIDGES FOR 15s 6d and...

  • Make an Allotment Make an Allotment

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1916-09

    whole: the title is placed across the top in blue, with the subtitle below in red. Further text is in blue and red, covering the remainder. All held within a red and blue frame and set against a white background. image: text only. text: MAKE AN ALLOTMENT...

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

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

    whole: the title is placed across the top in red, with the text below, in blue and red. All held within a red and blue frame and set against a white background. image: text only. text: £1 for 15s 6d War Savings Certificates [terms, conditions and...

  • Make a Habit of Buying War Savings Certificates Make a Habit of Buying War Savings Certificates

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1917-06

    whole: the title is placed across the top, in blue and enclosed within a blue frame. The subtitle is central, with a blank text box across the bottom. The text is flanked either side by three red vertical bands. image: text only. text: MAKE A HABIT OF...

  • A Leader of Leaders A Leader of Leaders

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

    whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, set within a gilt frame design. The text occupies the lower third, held within a scroll design. image: a three-quarter length portrait of David Lloyd-George, facing the viewer and delivering a speech...

  • A Head to Contrive A Head to Contrive

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

    whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, set within a gilt frame design. The text is positioned in the lower third, held within a scroll design. image: a three-quarter portrait of a British politician in formal dress. He stands facing the...

  • He Rightly Lives He Rightly Lives

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

    whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, set within a gilt frame design. The text is positioned in the lower third, held within a scroll design. image: a full-length portrait of Admiral Lord Nelson standing against a dark landscape. text: A.S....

  • A Leader Sage A Leader Sage

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

    whole: the image occupies the upper three-quarters, set within a gilt frame design. The text occupies the lower third, held within a scroll design. image: a full-length portrait of President Woodrow Wilson, who strides towards the viewer raising his top...

  • Buy National War Bonds Today Buy National War Bonds Today

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1917

    whole: the title is in orange and white, and arranged in banner form against a dark blue background. The image is positioned at the bottom right corner. All held within an orange and blue frame. image: the Chancellor of the Exchequer's seal. text: BUY...

  • Buy National War Bonds Today Buy National War Bonds Today

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1917

    whole: the title is in dark blue and arranged in banner form, covering the whole poster surface. image: text only. text: BUY NATIONAL WAR BONDS TO-DAY ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WAR SAVINGS COMMITTEE, SALISBURY SQUARE, E.C.4. POSTER NO. 37. Wt 35353/2196. 25...

  • National Savings Campaign National Savings Campaign

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1915

    whole: the title and text are in black and red against a white background, arranged in banner form and held within a red border. image: text only. text: NATIONAL SAVINGS CAMPAIGN HOW YOU CAN HELP BY STEADY WORK AND GOOD WORKMANSHIP IN PRODUCING NECESSARY...

  • Do you Think Do you Think

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1915

    whole: the text is in red and black, arranged in banner form and held within green border. image: text only. text: GVR DO YOU THINK MY 5s WON'T HELP THE WAR LOAN DO YOU REALIZE THOUSANDS MAY BE THINKING THE SAME DO YOU KNOW IF EACH OF US SAVED 5s A WEEK...

  • Four-and-a-Half Percent War Loan Four-and-a-Half Percent War Loan

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1915

    whole: the title and text are in red and blue against a white background, and arranged in banner form within a red and blue frame. image: the Royal Charter, positioned top centre. text: G R 4½% WAR LOAN SUBSCRIPTIONS HERE 5s UPWARDS PUBLISHED BY THE...

  • War Weapons Week War Weapons Week

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918

    whole: the title is placed across the top, within an orange frame design. The text is below in orange and black, arranged in banner form and held within a separate orange frame. image: text only. text: War Weapons Week Help to swell the total for the...

  • Buy War Loan Buy War Loan

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist)

    whole: the title and text are in red and green, arranged in banner form within a red and green border. image: text only. text: BUY WAR LOAN [follows details of amounts and interest rates] AND YOU WILL HELP YOUR COUNTRY AND OUR BRAVE TROOPS IN THE...

  • Sixpence War Savings Stamps Sixpence War Savings Stamps

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-08

    whole: '6d' held in a white circular inset and positioned top right. The title is central, in orange against a black background. Further text is placed bottom centre. image: text only. text: 6d WAR SAVINGS STAMPS Sold Here 31 Stamps buy a 15s 6d War...

  • War Savings Stamps War Savings Stamps

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-08

    whole: the title is positioned at the centre in orange against a black background. Further text is placed upper left and across the bottom, with the image situated upper right. image: a sixpence National War Savings stamp. text: Take part of your change...

  • War Savings Stamps War Savings Stamps

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-08

    whole: the title is positioned centre right, held within a black circle with a stippled blue border. The text is placed upper and lower left with the image lower right overlapping the title. All set against an orange background and held within a white...

  • Exchequer Bonds Exchequer Bonds

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

    whole: the title is placed across the top, with the subtitle across the bottom, both in red. Further text is in blue. All held within a red and blue frame and set against a white background. image: text only. text: EXCHEQUER BONDS IN 5 YEARS YOU WILL...

  • Five Percent Exchequer Bonds Five Percent Exchequer Bonds

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1917

    whole: the title covers the upper half, in red, with further text in dark blue. All arranged in banner form, within a red and dark blue frame. image: text only. text: 5% EXCHEQUER BONDS SOLD HERE POST OFFICE ISSUE £5, £20 OR £50 BANK OF ENGLAND ISSUE £...

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

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

    whole: the title is placed across the top, with the subtitle across the bottom, both in blue. Further text is in blue and red. All held within a red border and set against a white background. image: text only. text: £1 for 15s 6d up to £500 for £387 10s...

  • One Pound for 15 Shillings and Sixpence - To the Men and Women of England One Pound for 15 Shillings and Sixpence - To the Men and Women of England

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

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

  • Best Investments in the World Best Investments in the World

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1918-01

    whole: the title is placed across the top, with the subtitle across the bottom. The main text is positioned centrally, surrounded by a red border. image: text only. text: Best Investment in the World National War Bonds for [follows terms and conditions]...

  • War Savings for Soldiers War Savings for Soldiers

    (posters) Made by: Unknown (artist) 1916-11

    whole: the title is placed across the top in red, with the text below, in blue and red. All held within a red and blue frame and set against a white background. image: text only. text: WAR SAVINGS FOR SOLDIERS I UNDRAWN PAY. If you have undrawn pay you...

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