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England at War 1914-1918 Collection (page 3)

The First World War

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Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Poppy wreaths N040007

Poppy wreaths N040007
THE CENOTAPH, Whitehall, London. Detail of remembrance day poppy wreaths

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Taxis with banner We are enlisting for the war BL22698

Taxis with banner We are enlisting for the war BL22698
Taxis outside the a offices at Fanum House, Westminster, London. Motor cars, each with the banner We are enlisting for the war

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Cammel Laird Shipyard BL_22201_14

Cammel Laird Shipyard BL_22201_14
CAMMEL LAIRD SHIPYARD, The boiler shop, Birkenhead, Merseyside. 1914. Bedford Lemere

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Cunard Shell Works BL_24001_09

Cunard Shell Works BL_24001_09
CUNARD SHELL WORKS, Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside. Women manufacturing shell casings, 1917. Bedford Lemere

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Lodge Hill Battery N060478

Lodge Hill Battery N060478
LODGE HILL BATTERY, Chatham, Kent. Reconstruction drawing of the First World War a battery firing at German zeppelin, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Aircraft hangars DP136375

Aircraft hangars DP136375
First World War aircraft hangars, Larkhill, Fargo, Wiltshire. General view in snow

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Park Hall Farm 29446_003

Park Hall Farm 29446_003
Park Hall Farm, Shropshire. Farm park with Trenches through the ages under construction. Photographed in June 2015

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Northampton memorial DP217165

Northampton memorial DP217165
Passchendaele War Memorial to Edgar Mobbs, Abington Square, Northampton, Northamptonshire

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Pillbox, Skipsea DP188366

Pillbox, Skipsea DP188366
Pillbox, Withow Gap, Off Hornsea Road, Skipsea, East Riding of Yorkshire. Exterior view from North West. Coastal Defence. Englands First World War Home Front, 1914-1918

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Gun Emplacement DP169964

Gun Emplacement DP169964
World War 1 gun emplacement, also used in World War 2. View from Blyth Battery, The Links, South Beach, Blyth, Northumberland

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Pillbox DP188407

Pillbox DP188407
Pillbox, Withow Gap, Off Hornsea Road, Skipsea, East Riding of Yorkshire. Exterior view from South. NGR (TA 18384 54659). Englands First World War Home Front 1914-1918

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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 imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Convalescing Airmen BL24090_008

Convalescing Airmen BL24090_008
SHIRLEY PARK, Shirley Road, Shirley, London. Members of the Royal Flying Corps posed outside Shirley Park. Part of the estate was used for convalescing airmen during WW1

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Machine gun troop BL24191_008

Machine gun troop BL24191_008
British cavalrymen from the 1st Life Guards with a Madsen Machine Rifle. A mounted soldier keeps the horses in the background

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: High Explosives concert party BL24001_126

High Explosives concert party BL24001_126
CUNARD WORKS, Rimrose Road, Bootle. The Cunard Shell Works concert party, The High Explosives, in costume for a show. In 1915 the Cunard Steamship Co store and engineering works at Rimrose Road

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Painting aircraft wings, Waring & Gillow BL23701_012

Painting aircraft wings, Waring & Gillow BL23701_012
WARING AND GILLOW FACTORY, Cambridge Road, Hammersmith, London W6. Inside the factory showing women and boys painting the wings of aircraft for use during the First World War

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Open air ward BL23137

Open air ward BL23137
WOBURN ABBEY, Bedfordshire. The open air isolation ward in the military hospital showing injured soldiers lying in bed. Open-air treatment was used to treat infections

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Military hospital BL23135

Military hospital BL23135
WOBURN ABBEY, Bedfordshire. Open-air ward in the military hospital showing nurses and injured soldiers on the ward. Open-air treatment was used to treat infections

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Inventors Cheque BL23095

Inventors Cheque BL23095
Photograph of a cheque for

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 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

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Leaf-picking, Teafani & Co Works, Brixton BL23660_007

Leaf-picking, Teafani & Co Works, Brixton BL23660_007
TEAFANI & CO WORKS, Brixton. The Turkish Leaf room. Nicotiana tabacum products were regarded as vital war supplies and these women workers are contributing to the war effort by leaf-picking

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Teofani Factory 1916 BL23660_002

Teofani Factory 1916 BL23660_002
TEOFANI FACTORY, Brixton, London. Interior view. These women making and packing. The fenestrated roof and low-hung lights help with visibility

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Timber Yard, Lambeth 1916 BL23561_029

Timber Yard, Lambeth 1916 BL23561_029
TIMBER YARD, Hamptons Munitions Works, Lambeth, London. While many women were employed during WWI to work in factories, the heavier work was still often left to men

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: World War One flying boat pilot N100005

World War One flying boat pilot N100005
Tresco, Isles of Scilly. Reconstruction drawing by Nick Hardcastle of a World War One flying boat pilot serving on Tresco

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: World War I practice trenches 24863_047

World War I practice trenches 24863_047
BEACON HILL, near Bulford, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire. Aerial view. First World War military training trenches comprising a front line with bays

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Bull Sand Fort 20620_039

Bull Sand Fort 20620_039
BULL SAND FORT, Humber Estuary. Aerial view. Standing one and a half miles from shore off Spurn Head on a submerged sandbank, it stands 18 metres high and 25metres in diameter

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Lydd Military Training Camp EPW000066

Lydd Military Training Camp EPW000066
LYDD TRAINING CAMP, Kent. Aerial view. This photograph from February 1920 indicates the extent of the First World War barracks

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: World War I soldier N071913

World War I soldier N071913
FESTIVAL OF HISTORY, Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire. World War I British ground soldiers defend the " Kelmarais" airfield during an attack by German aircraft. Soldier aiming rifle

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Lincolns Inn Chapel October 1915 DD55_00012

Lincolns Inn Chapel October 1915 DD55_00012
LINCOLNS INN CHAPEL, Holborn, London. The west front showing bomb damage to the windows from a German Zeppelin. Photographed shortly after the bomb fell on 13th October 1915

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Lincolns Inn Chapel October 1915 DD55_00004

Lincolns Inn Chapel October 1915 DD55_00004
LINCOLNS INN CHAPEL, Holborn, London. Interior view of a shattered stained glass window damaged by a German Zeppelin bomb. Photographed shortly after the bomb fell on 13th October 1915

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Lincolns Inn Chapel October 1915 DD55_00001

Lincolns Inn Chapel October 1915 DD55_00001
LINCOLNS INN CHAPEL, Holborn, London. View of the north side of the chapel showing bomb damage from a German Zeppelin, including the bomb crater

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: World War I soldier M040203

World War I soldier M040203
FESTIVAL OF HISTORY, Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire. World War One soldier aiming rifle. 2004 re-enactment event

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Calshot Castle K950212

Calshot Castle K950212
CALSHOT CASTLE, Hampshire. Keep interior. barrack room. First world war extendable bed and soldiers equipment

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: Ship in drydock BL22201_012

Ship in drydock BL22201_012
CAMMELL LAIRD SHIPYARD, Birkenhead, Merseyside. General view showing a ship in drydock. The ship may be called Audacious. Photographed in June 1913 by Bedford Lemere

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Collection: World War I aircraft re-enactment N070970

World War I aircraft re-enactment N070970
FESTIVAL OF HISTORY, Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire.. World War I aeroplanes in flight. 2007 re-enactment



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