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First World War Collection (page 2)

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Selfridges MCF01_02_0606

Selfridges MCF01_02_0606
Selfridges, Oxford Street, Marylebone, City of Westminster, Greater London. Looking west along Oxford Street, showing pedestrians

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Buckingham Palace MCF01_02_0604

Buckingham Palace MCF01_02_0604
THE MALL, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view of pedestrians and cars on The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace. In the centre is the Kings Stand erected around the Queen Victoria Memorial

Background imageFirst World War Collection: The Mall MCF01_02_0602

The Mall MCF01_02_0602
THE MALL, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view along The Mall towards Buckingham Palace, showing flag poles and temporary pylons commemorating famous battles

Background imageFirst World War Collection: The Mall MCF01_02_0601

The Mall MCF01_02_0601
THE MALL, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view along The Mall showing pedestrians walking past temporary pylons commemorating famous battles, sieges and liberations of World War I

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Celebrating the peace MCF01_02_0600

Celebrating the peace MCF01_02_0600
THE MALL, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view of pedestrians walking on The Mall past temporary pylons commemorating famous battles, sieges and liberations of World War I

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0597

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0597
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view towards Nelsons Column and the steeple of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church showing people heading towards Trafalgar

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Prototype Cenotaph MCF01_02_0598

Prototype Cenotaph MCF01_02_0598
CENOTAPH, WHITEHALL, WESTMINSTER, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view of a crowd gathered round the Cenotaph on Whitehall for the Peace Day celebrations with flags

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0593

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0593
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view across a fountain in Trafalgar Square towards a large crowd of people gathered to buy Victory Loan bonds

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0596

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0596
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view across Trafalgar Square towards Nelsons Column showing a large crowd celebrating peace

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0595

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0595
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view across Trafalgar Square and past the National Gallery showing a large crowd celebrating peace

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0594

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0594
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view from the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church towards a large crowd of people gathered in Trafalgar Square to

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0592

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0592
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view from Trafalgar Square towards Westminster Palace showing a large crowd of people gathered in Trafalgar Square to

Background imageFirst World War Collection: THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS. Soldiers from the Dutch army mobilising in Den Haag (The Hague)

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS. Soldiers from the Dutch army mobilising in Den Haag (The Hague), just 4 days after the start of the First World War

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Hague hoilday MCF01_02_0383

Hague hoilday MCF01_02_0383
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS. A large crowd of people outside the Netherlands Bank in Den Haag (The Hague), just 4 days after the start of the First World War

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Disused hangar DP275584

Disused hangar DP275584
Old Sarum Airfield, Hanger 3, Laverstock, Wiltshire. Interior view of the south-east hangar at Hangar 3, Old Sarum Airfield, showing Belfast roof trusses above an old car in the foreground

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Memorial plaque PLA01_02_029

Memorial plaque PLA01_02_029
Orrell Mount Park, Memorial Lych Gate, Orrell, Sefton, Merseyside. A wooden plaque on a memorial lych gate, originally located at Orrell Football Club

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Cinematograph Cinema BL22928

Cinematograph Cinema BL22928
Cinematograph Theatre, 269 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, Haringey, Greater London, later known as the Finsbury Park Cinema

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Practice trenches 28657_022

Practice trenches 28657_022
Hallam Moors, Sheffield. Practice trenches, Redmires First World War Training Area, 2015. SK2585

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Practice trenches 28657_035

Practice trenches 28657_035
Hallam Moors, Sheffield. Practice trenches, Redmires First World War Training Area, 2015. SK2585

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Practice trenches 28657_033

Practice trenches 28657_033
Hallam Moors, Sheffield. Practice trenches, Redmires First World War Training Area, 2015. SK2585

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Manston PEN01_15_03_29455

Manston PEN01_15_03_29455
Manston War Memorial, High Street, Manston, Thanet, Kent. A general view of the High Street in Manston, with St Catherines Church and a war memorial in the background, seen from the west, 1945-1965

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Munitions Factory BB88_07425

Munitions Factory BB88_07425
NATIONAL PROJECTILE MUNITIONS FACTORY, HALL STREET, DUDLEY. Women and young men producing shells for 12, 14 and 18 pounder guns, which are lined up on tables. The machinery is powered by drive belts

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Stranded submarine JXC01_01_008

Stranded submarine JXC01_01_008
Near Falmouth, Cornwall. The wreck of the submarine UB 106 on the rocks. Five German U-boats were moored at Falmouth after being surrended to the Royal Navy in 1918

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Rifle Range Target Wall, Burton Meadows DP197435

Rifle Range Target Wall, Burton Meadows DP197435
Rifle Range Target Wall at Burton Meadows, Wetmore, Meadow Road, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Target practice wall from the south west. List entry number: 1422606. Built circa 1914

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Memorial Tank WSA01_01_GG0087

Memorial Tank WSA01_01_GG0087
City Walls, Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent. The First World War tank was presented to Canterbury in July 1919 to celebrate the Great Peace Day. 1920-1940. Walter Scott

Background imageFirst World War Collection: WW1. Making Christmas puddings, Cadby Hall BL24361_007

WW1. Making Christmas puddings, Cadby Hall BL24361_007
CADBY HALL, Hammersmith Road, London. Female workers at Cadby Hall food factory making Christmas puddings for troops fighting in the First World War

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Motor ambulance BL23011

Motor ambulance BL23011
Melbourne Place, Australia House and the Government of Victoria Offices, Strand, Westminster. View of a Motor Ambulance funded by the State of Victoria. Bedford Lemere, 1915

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Hospital kitchen, St Andrews BL22899

Hospital kitchen, St Andrews BL22899
St Andrews Hospital, Dollis Hill, London. Three female staff working in the kitchen. The hospital was built by the Diocese of Westminster in 1912 for paying patients

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Cyclops Works, Sheffield BL22301_009

Cyclops Works, Sheffield BL22301_009
Cammell Lairds Cyclops Ordnance Steel Tyre and Spring Works in Grimesthorpe, Sheffield. Men at work in the shell machine shop. One of a series of photographs of Cammell Laird works. Bedford Lemere

Background imageFirst World War Collection: First World War memorial in Battersea Park a064018

First World War memorial in Battersea Park a064018
The First World War memorial to the 24th East Surrey Division in Battersea Park, London. Photographed by John Gay

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Waring & Gillow Factory, August 1916 BL23600_002

Waring & Gillow Factory, August 1916 BL23600_002
WARING AND GILLOW FACTORY, White City, Hammersmith, London. A large crowd of people gathered outside the premises of Waring and Gillow in White City

Background imageFirst World War Collection: The Cenotaph a065897

The Cenotaph a065897
THE CENOTAPH, looking south along Parliament Street, Whitehall, London. Photographed by John Gay. Date range: 18th September 1959 - 8th October 1959

Background imageFirst World War Collection: The Cenotaph 1921 BL25601

The Cenotaph 1921 BL25601
WHITEHALL, London. A small group of people pay their respects at the Cenotaph in Whitehall which is adorned with recently placed wreaths

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Stranded submarines JXC01_02_006

Stranded submarines JXC01_02_006
Falmouth, Cornwall. A view from the shore of the lifting rig Cyklop, with two stranded submarines in the foreground, and another between Cyklop and the shore

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Stranded submarine JXC01_01_011

Stranded submarine JXC01_01_011
Falmouth, Cornwall. A view from the shore showing people aboard the wreck of UB 112, on the rocks west of Pendennis Point, with a sailing boat in the foreground

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Stranded submarine JXC01_01_005

Stranded submarine JXC01_01_005
Falmouth, Cornwall. Naval visitors aboard the wreck of UB 112, stranded on the rocks west of Pendennis Point. Five German U-boats were moored at Falmouth after being surrended to the Royal Navy in

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Air raid warning device BL24100

Air raid warning device BL24100
Copy of two photographs showing a sound detector. During the First World War acoustic detection devices were used to warn of enemy aircraft. The photographs were taken for the Ministry of Munitions

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Australian soldiers at the Union Jack Club BL23031_001

Australian soldiers at the Union Jack Club BL23031_001
The Union Jack Club, 91A Waterloo Road, Lambeth. The Union Jack Club was founded in 1907 as a place for servicemen to stay while in London. It was heavily used during both world wars

Background imageFirst World War Collection: National Food Fund BL22913_002

National Food Fund BL22913_002
National Food Fund building on Dover Street, Westminster. The National Food Fund processed donated food to feed thousands of Belgian war refugees. Women packing groceries. Bedford Lemere, 1915

Background imageFirst World War Collection: World War I Propaganda BL22847

World War I Propaganda BL22847
Playbills on a hoarding, London. Propaganda posters & adverts for propaganda films, in both English & French languages. Bedford Lemere, 1914

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Road Scouts mass enlistment BL22697

Road Scouts mass enlistment BL22697
A parade of Automobile Association road scouts near the Whitcomb Street headquarters, City of Westminster, London, prior to enlistment. Bedford Lemere. September 1914

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Royal Naval Cordite Factory 26653_035

Royal Naval Cordite Factory 26653_035
Holton Heath, Dorset. Aerial view of the Royal Naval Cordite Factory

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Leighton Construction Camp 20639_008

Leighton Construction Camp 20639_008
Healey, North Yorkshire. Aerial view of Leighton Construction Camp, a Prisoner of War camp during WWI

Background imageFirst World War Collection: Packing socks for the troops BL23004_003

Packing socks for the troops BL23004_003
WESTMINSTER PALACE HOTEL, 4-4 Victoria Street, Westminster, London SW1H. Women of the Canadian War Contingent Association carrying out various activities like packing socks



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