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Dover Castle Wartime Tunnels J920840DOVER CASTLE, Kent. Hellfire Corner. View of the Second World War Anti-Aircraft Operations Room in the Secret Wartime Tunnels
Dover Castle Wartime Tunnels J010002DOVER CASTLE, Kent. Hellfire Corner. View of the Second World War Anti-Aircraft Control Room in the Secret Wartime Tunnels
Paddle steamer under arms CC80_00195DEPTFORD CREEK, LONDON. The paddle steamer Plinlimmon (formerly Cambrai) was hired by the Ministry of War transport in 1939
Dover Castle Wartime Tunnels J950001DOVER CASTLE, Kent. Hellfire Corner. The reconstructed Second World War telephone and telex exchange in the Secret Wartime Tunnels
HMS Warspite EAW005978HMS WARSPITE, Prussia Cove, Cornwall. Warspite was launched in 1913 and saw action with the Royal Navy at the Battle of Jutland in 1916
Bomb damage, Exeter BB42_00712Exeter, Devon. A view looking towards the remains of the terrace of houses comprising numbers 25-36 Southernhay West showing bomb damage
Teign Valley US_7PH_GP_LOC118_V_5046Teign Valley, Devon, photographed by an aircraft of the United States Eighth Air Force's 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group on 22 December 1943
Market Hall, Birmingham, 1941 a42 / 00726The High Street elevation of Market Hall showing damage caused by an incendiary attack. Bull Ring, Birmingham. Photographed by G B Mason for the National Buildings Record, 1941
Mulberry Harbour 24688_027Two blocks of Mulberry Harbour, Portland Harbour, Dorset. This modular design enabled two complete prefabricated harbours to be towed across the channel
Coventry 1941 a42_00337The bomb damaged front elevation of 4 Gosford Street, Coventry. Photographed by G B Mason, 1941. Oxo poster advertisement
Prefabricated hospital med01_01_0643Mount Vernon Hospital, Rickmansworth Road, Hillingdon, Greater London. Ministry of Health new hutted hospitals. A view of the ends of the new hutted hospital being built at Mount Vernon
Mobile first aid post MED01_01_0220A bus which has been converted into an A.R.P. mobile first aid post. Converted buses were first used in September 1939. Some could still be used as ordinary buses
Blood supply MED01_01_0922Army Blood Supply Depot, Southmead Hospital, Southmead Road, City Of Bristol. Two men transferring blood from small donation bottles into large glass Winchester bottles. Plasma transfusion
Cordite laboratory HAY03_01_087Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Wareham Road, Holton Heath, Wareham St. Martin, Dorset. The interior of the main laboratory, Royal Naval Cordite Factory
Cordite railway HAY03_01_037Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Wareham Road, Holton Heath, Wareham St. Martin, Dorset. Cordite being transported to the press houses on the narrow-gauge railway system, Royal Naval Cordite Factory
Wartime communications centre HAY03_01_035Royal Naval Cordite Factory, Wareham Road, Holton Heath, Wareham St. Martin, Dorset. A photograph taken during the Second World War showing the interior of the control trench
Le Marchant Camp 33996_006The six remaining huts of Le Marchant Prisoner of War Camp at Devizes, Wiltshire, 2021
Le Marchant Camp 33996_007The six remaining huts of Le Marchant Prisoner of War Camp at Devizes, Wiltshire, 2021
Directions to air raid shelter NBR_LEICA_VI_17_08PRYSTEN HOUSE, FINEWELL STREET, PLYMOUTH, DEVON. The main entrance to Prysten House bearing a sign to the nearest air raid shelter
Horsea Island slipways 33943_022Second World War D Day landing craft slipways at Horsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 2020
Horsea Island slipways 33943_018Second World War D Day landing craft slipways at Horsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 2020
Horsea Island slipways 33943_016Second World War D Day landing craft slipways at Horsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 2020
Horsea Island slipways 33943_006Second World War D Day landing craft slipways at Horsea Island, Portsmouth, Hampshire, 2020
Acaster Malbis Airfield 34097_020Acaster Malbis Airfield, former site of World War II battle headquarters, Acaster Marshes, North Yorkshire, 2018
Anti-Aircraft battery 33911_008Heavy Anti-aircraft battery, City of Bristol, 2020
Warren Farm battery 33312_013Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery ZE1 at Warren Farm which was later retained as a Nucleus Force Headquarters Battery, Chadwell Heath, London, 2017
Warren Farm battery 33312_015Second World War Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery ZE1 at Warren Farm which was later retained as a Nucleus Force Headquarters Battery, Chadwell Heath, London, 2017
Damaged theatre BB44_04083New Royal Pavilion Theatre, 191 - 193 Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, Greater London. Interior view of the New Royal Pavilion Theatre, showing the auditorium, in a derelict condition
Chatham High Street BB42_00150High Street, Chatham, Medway, Kent, 1942. View from the north-west showing terraced shops on the north side of the High Street, with number 277 in the foreground
Poole shops a53_0262996-96A High Street, Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1942. The exterior of 96 & 96A High Street, premises of a very futuristic looking J&M Stone (96) and more traditional Barrie Ltd (96A)
Poole shops a53_02970159 High Street, Poole, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, 1942. The exterior of 159 High Street, premises of J Thomas & Son, photographic dealers
Chester Rows a42_0917832-34 Bridge Street, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, 1942. The buildings date from the medieval period but were refronted in brick, probably in circa 1811
Roofless church a44_00568St Johns Church, Waterloo Road, Lambeth, Greater London. Interior view of the bomb damaged remains of St Johns Church, showing the east end, June 1941
Policeman a42_09125National Westminster Bank, 33 Eastgate Street, Chester, Cheshire West and Chester, Autumn 1942. A policeman directing traffic in front of the Westminster Bank at the junction of Eastgate Street
Lion Brewery a44_02523Sun Inn, 14-16 Castle Street, Reading, Berkshire, 1942. Exterior view showing the front elevations of the Lion Brewery and the Sun Inn, 1942. The Lion Brewery has since been demolished
Moreton-in-Marsh US_7GR_LOC349_RP_3041Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucesterhsire. Photographed by the USaF early in 1944, prior to D-Day, with barracks, truck parks and Sherman tanks parked in the main street
D-Day embarkation hard 33562_039Remains of D-Day Embarkation Hard G2, Stokes Bay, Hampshire, 2018. SZ5998
D-Day embarkation hard 33562_035Remains of D-Day Embarkation Hard G1, Stokes Bay, Hampshire, 2018. SZ5998
D-Day embarkation hard 33562_028Remains of D-Day Embarkation Hard G2, Stokes Bay, Hampshire, 2018. SZ5998
D-Day embarkation hard 33562_030Remains of D-Day Embarkation Hard G1, Stokes Bay, Hampshire, 2018. SZ5998
Shivering Sands Fort 29756_006Shivering Sands Army Fort, Thames Estuary, 2015. Built between 18th September and 13th December 1943 for anti aircraft defence
Practice trenches 29753_018Birchington, Kent, 2015. World War Two practice trench showing as a crop mark. TR2868
Red Sands Fort 29756_013Red Sands Fort, Thames Estuary, 2015. Built for anti aircraft defence, at the mouth of the Thames Estuary. TR0779
Lizard Lane Battery 28689_025Lizard Lane World War Two Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery, near Whitburn, South Tyneside, 2015. NZ4063
Lizard Lane Battery 28689_029Lizard Lane World War Two Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery, near Whitburn, South Tyneside, 2015. NZ4063
Charles Church Plymouth a57_00340CHARLES CHURCH, CITY OF PLYMOUTH. Exterior view from the south-east showing the ruins of Charles Church, which was burned out by incendiary bombs in March 1941
Battery Observation Post IC077_009Reconstruction drawing, by Ivan Lapper, showing a cut-away view of the Battery Observation Post, a Second World War reconnaissance hut situated overlooking the Half Moon Battery at the southern end