Supply Collection

The Royal Logistic Corps

WW2 Poster -- Quick! Your binoculars
Quick! Your binoculars. Supply poster, lithograph. Put your binoculars on Active Service Now! 1940

Water carriers, India. circa 1890s

Bheestie, or water carrier, with bullock, India
Bheestie (bheesty), or water carrier, with bullock, India. circa 1890s

Men drawing water from a well, India. circa 1890s

Dolgelly Bore, Moree District, New South Wales, Australia. circa 1890s

Water for British troops via light railway, WW1
Water supplies for British troops transported via a light railway on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Harvesting scene with soldiers, Western Front, WW1
A harvesting scene with soldiers on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Communal water tank, China. circa 1890

Advanced water supply for British troops, WW1
An advanced water supply for British troops on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Railway with supplies for British troops, WW1
A railway train bringing supplies for British troops on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Water carrier dispensing water

Nursery Rhyme - Jack and Jill
Jack and Jill went up the Hill to fetch a pail of water

Gordon Highlanders in trench, Western Front, WW1
Gordon Highlanders cutting up rations in a reserve trench before moving up to the front line on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Weighing meat destined for Western Front, WW1

Unloading meat from ship to train, Western Front, WW1
Unloading meat from ship to train, destined for British soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Arrival of a meat-ship for the Western Front
Meat in canvas-covered sacks being transferred from ship to train, destined for British soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. 1917

Motor transport work, Western Front, France, WW1

Bakers who supplied troops on Western Front, WW1

Unloading flour from a ship for the Western Front, WW1
Unloading flour from a ship for food supplies on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Newly baked bread for soldiers, Western Front, WW1
Newly baked bread ready for sending to soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. The bakers stand in a line, with ovens in the background. circa 1916

Scene inside a bread store, Western Front, WW1
Scene inside a bread store, with loaves stacked on shelves ready to go up the line to British soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Newly baked bread for the Western Front, WW1
Bakers with newly baked bread destined for soldiers on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Food supply ships delivering to Western Front, WW1

British soldiers drawing water, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers drawing water at a pump in a ruined village on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers taking in water, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers taking in water for their train transport on their way up to the trenches on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Stacks of provisions, Western Front, France, WW1
Stacks of boxed provisions on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers with chicken house in trench, WW1

Lloyd George with remains of shell, Western Front, WW1
Lloyd George with the remains of a shell on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

Lloyd George discussing ammunition supply, WW1
Lloyd George discussing ammunition supply with Lord Reading and M. Albert Thomas (French Minister for Munitions) on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers standing round water cart, WW1

British soldiers with cans of water, Western Front, WW1
Four British soldiers with cans of water near a supply point on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British soldier carrying water, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier using a yoke to carry two buckets of water on the Western Front during World War One. The man behind him is carrying two cans. circa 1916

British soldiers filling water cans, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers filling water cans at a supply point on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Large water depot, Western Front, WW1
A large water depot on the British Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Aqueduct, Appian Way, Rome, Italy. late 19th century

Soho Wine Shop
The window display of The Soho Wine Supply shop front, central London, England. Date: early 1930s

Reducing the Gas Bill
Comic illustration by Lawson Wood (1878-1957) showing a Scottish man blowing into his gas supply in an attempt to reduce bills watched by his son in a tartan kilt. Date: 20th century

Devon Well 1930S
A country lass fetches water from the well in Milton Coombe, South Devon, England. Date: early 1930s

Village Pump, Java
Native drawing water from the village pump, Java, Indonesia. Date: early 1930s

Egyptian Water Seller
An Egyptian water seller sells water to a young woman and her child on the streets of Cairo. He cries oh may one refresh thy heart as he goes about his vital business. Date: 1930s

Roman Goddess Fountain
One of the many fountains of Rome, Italy, adorned with a sculpture of a Roman goddess clutching her breast. Date: 1930s

Virgins Well, Bethlehem
Children water carriers with jars on their heads at the Virgins Well, Bethlehem. Date: early 1930s

Water Carrier, Palestine
A little girl water carrier with the water jar on her head, Palestine. Date: early 1930s

Polish Department Store
Shoppers browse the goods on offer in a department store in Wroclaw, Poland, suggesting that supply (though perhaps not prices) was not always low under Communism. Date: 1959

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