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  • THE HOME GUARD 1939-1945 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.

  • War Weapons Week in a Country Town 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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' 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.

  • 'Let Us Go Forward Together' 'Let Us Go Forward Together'

    (posters) Made by: Keely, Pat (artist) 1943

    whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters, with two smaller images located in the lower quarter. The title is partially integrated and placed in the lower quarter, in black. The text is separate and placed along the bottom edge, in brown...

  • 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 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 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 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.

  • The Tube: October 1940 The Tube: October 1940

    (art) Made by: Topolski, Feliks 1940-10-01

    image: The interior of Leicester Square underground station with figures lying asleep on the floor of the station platform. There is a large man sitting smoking a pipe in the foreground, and several ARP wardens wearing helmets standing further down the...

  • Building Planes 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 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 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...

  • The City : A fallen lift shaft The City : A fallen lift shaft

    (art) Made by: Sutherland, Graham (OM) 1941

    image: bomb damaged buildings and twisted girders set against smoke and an evening sky.

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

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