Wartime Collection (#5)

RAF personnel marking German positions, WW1
RAF pilots and observers marking German positions in preparation for a raid, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

King George V inspecting Scottish troops, WW1
King George V inspecting Scottish troops during a visit to the Western Front, World War One. circa 1916

German ammunition left behind, Morval, France, WW1

British heavy trench mortar, Western Front, WW1
A Brtish heavy trench mortar firing on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Australian gunners loading shell, Western Front, WW1
Australian gunners loading a shell into a big gun during hot weather on the Western Front, World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers with anti-aircraft gun, Western Front, WW1
British soldiers with an anti-aircraft gun camouflaged by bales of hay at harvest time, on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

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

King George V with RAF pilots, Western Front, WW1
King George V inspecting RAF pilots on the Western Front in France during World War One. General Herbert Plumer (nicknamed Old Plum) can be seen on the left. circa 1916

British soldier washing clothes, Western Front, WW1
A British soldier washing clothes near the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers advancing on Western Front, WW1
British soldiers advancing on the Western Front during World War One. They are spreading out to minimise the effects of hostile shelling. 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

British soldiers decorated with VCs, WW1
Three British soldiers who were decorated with the Victoria Cross on the Western Front in France during World War One. They are, from left to right, Captain J. J

Mr Asquith visiting the Western Front, WW1

White horse waiting for his rider, Western Front, WW1
A white horse saddled and bridled, waiting for his rider on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

RAF scouting squadron, Western Front, WW1
An RAF scouting squadron on an airfield on the Western Front in France during World War One. They flew low in order to shoot at the enemy. circa 1916

1940s woman
A woman, Dorothy Margaret Hunt (born 1924), poses by a trellis and arch in a garden wearing a typical 1940s skirt suit, with a double-breasted jacket, leather gloves and a hat a jaunty angle

British infantry waiting to advance, Western Front, WW1

British soldiers find bath in abandoned German dugout, WW1
British soldiers find a bathtub in an abandoned German dugout on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers sheltering under pontoons, WW1
British soldiers sheltering from the sun under pontoons on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British officer with horse and dog mascot, WW1
A British officer leading his horse along a road, giving his dog mascot a turn in the saddle on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British 15-inch shells in transit, Western Front, WW1
British 15-inch shells in transit on a light railway track on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Australian machine gunners returning from trenches, WW1
Australian machine gunners returning from the trenches on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Cook preparing food for British troops, Western Front, WW1
A cook preparing food for British troops near the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

British soldiers taking captured German gun, WW1
British soldiers taking a captured German gun on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Two large British guns on Western Front, WW1
Two large British guns used against the Germans on the Western Front in France during World War One. circa 1916

British and French soldiers sharing food, WW1

Bones Make Explosives - World War II poster
World War Two poster encouraging civilians on the Home Front to save all bones for salvage as they can be made into bombs for the war effort. Date: c.1940

Women of Britain - World War Two poster
World War Two poster encouraging the women of Britain to answer the call and go and work in the munitions factories. Date: c. 1941

Bones Wanted for Salvage - World War II poster
Ministry of Information poster during World War Two encouraging people to save bones for salvage. Date: c.1940

Squander Bug Wanted Poster - World War Two
World War Two poster which is a spoof of a Western style Wanted poster showing a mug shot of the squander bug, aka Hitlers pal, who

Painting of the Lusitania
A framed painting by B Parr, dated 1919, of the SS Lusitania, a passenger ship which was torpedoed without warning by a German U-boat in May 1915. Date: 1919

Careless Talk Costs Lives - World War II poster
A poster instructing civilians to " Keep it under your hat" and not to gossip, in case vital information is inadvertently passed to the enemy. Date: c.1940

Programme and two leaflets
A programme and two leaflets relating to shipwrecks: 1. Programme for a concert in aid of the survivors of RMS Titanic, taking place on 13 May 1912

Poster: You can bet your boots on him! Showing a British soldier checking his own feet, as part of a daily foot inspection. circa 1940s

Poster, To the Women of Britain. Some of your menfolk are holding back on your account. Won t you prove your love for your Country by persuading them to go? circa 1915

Poster, In Her Hour of Need Your Country Calls for You. circa 1915

Kitchener Poster - Your Country Needs You
Poster, Britons - (Kitchener) wants YOU. Join your countrys army. The classic World War One recruitment poster designed by Alfred Leete. circa 1916

Wartime poster, War Savings Are Warships, encouraging people to save more to help the war effort. Showing four warships at sea. 1940s

Poster: Dig For Victory Now
Poster encouraging people to Dig For Victory Now, and enjoy your own vegetables all the year round. 1940s

Information poster, essential foods
Information poster giving details of essential foods needed during wartime rationing. 1940s

Wartime fashions, 1940
A variety of smart dresses available as sewing patterns from Weldon s. Date: 1940

Poster: You can help to build me a ship
Poster: a British sailor says You can help to build me a ship. You can learn quickly and you will be working to win. Ask at any Employment Exchange for advice and full details

Wartime poster, conservation of wheat for war effort
First World War poster recommending the conservation of wheat. Think!! For every 100, 000 tons of wheat saved by economy 28, 000 troops can be rationed and transported from America

Wartime poster seeking blood donors. They ve got him! Have we got you as a blood donor? With a space at the bottom for details of a local donation centre

Poster seeking women for the ATS and WaF
Poster seeking women to join the ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) and WaF (Womens Auxiliary Air Force) -- full information at the nearest recruiting centre or your employment exchange

Poster, Lend Your Strong Right Arm to your Country, Enlist Now. circa 1915

Poster stamp design, Keep Em Rolling
Poster stamp design for Union Pacific Railways, Keep Em Rolling -- Tanks Don t Fight in Factories! Showing a tank and a railway train, with the message: The Railroads are the Backbone of Offense

Poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well
Wartime poster, Green Vegetables Keep You Well. Prevention is better than cure. 1940s

Satirical cartoons, Arnhem landings and Dutch collaboration
Satirical Dutch cartoons, showing Allied soldiers landing by parachute at Arnhem on 17 September 1944 (left, known as Operation Market Garden)

Wartime romance
An attractive 1940s couple, he in army uniform, enjoy a romantic kiss. Date: 1940

Sherman tank destroys nine Panther tanks
Poster entitled Battle Front Dispatch, containing a report from Winston Churchill of how one Sherman tank destroyed nine enemy Panther tanks outside Caen in Northern France during the Second World

Poster, A Call to Arms, Your Country Needs You Today. circa 1915

Poster, Keep on Saving, Salute the Soldier. Encouraging people to save money and help the war effort. 1940s

Wartime poster, To The Attack

Map of Australia, showing her natural and industrial resources. 20th century

Wartime shopping bag
Instructions from Weldons Ladies Journal on how to make a gay, easy-to-make shopping bag which folds up when not in use, and is a useful alternative to the paper wrappings becoming increasingly

Wartime poster, save bread, serve potatoes
Wartime poster encouraging people to save bread (and you save lives), serve potatoes (and you serve the country). Depicting a loaf of bread inside a lifebelt. 1940s

Poster: Simple jobs that girls can do to help win the war. 1940s

Poster: Simple jobs boys can do themselves, and so help win the war. 1940s

Poster advertising the Territorial Army. Lets be prepared to defend the peace we re working to win. Volunteer with me for the Territorial Army, 9 divisions strong, with modern equipment

Booklet, Springboks during Second World War
Pages from a booklet, A Picture Story of the Union of South Africa, produced by the Ministry of Information. Showing South African troops, nicknamed Springboks, during the Second World War. 1940s

Poster stamp design, The Enemy Is Listening

Recruitment poster, Join the Royal Artillery and know the pride of being a gunner. 1940s

Poster advertising war bonds, Germany
Poster advertising the 7th issue of war bonds in Germany during the First World War, with the face of Field Marshal Paul von Hindenburg. circa 1917

Wartime poster, Buy Savings Certificates
Wartime poster, Back them up! Buy Savings Certificates. Showing three soldiers going into battle. 1940s

Wartime pig food poster
We Want Your Kitchen Waste - poster encouraging the saving of food scraps for use as pig food, to be collected by the council. It also feeds poultry. Date: 1940s

Keep a Pig poster
Poster from the Small Pig Keepers Council encouraging the keeping of pigs during wartime - save waste and make food - illustrated by a man in cardigan and hat with a bucket of slops for the pig

Poster, Britons! Your Country Needs You

Recruitment poster, join the Regular Army

Poster advertising Church Army Flag Day, Liverpool
Poster advertising a Church Army fundraising Flag Day in Liverpool, to support the charitys war work. Showing a recreation hut and a soldier drinking a mug of tea. 1940s

Wartime poster of Churchills famous words: Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few, referring to the pilots of the Royal Air Force, fighting the Battle of Britain

Poster advertising wartime savings -- Salute the Soldier -- to help support the war effort. The soldier is given a movable arm to indicate the total raised to date. 1940s

Poster: Don t Help The Enemy! Careless talk may give away vital secrets. 1940s

Caterpillar tractor with heavy gun, Western Front, WW1
A Caterpillar tractor being used to pull a heavy gun on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Big guns on their way to the Front, WW1

King George V and Lt Knox, Western Front, WW1

British plane setting off, Western Front, WW1
A British biplane setting off on a raid of the German lines on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

King George V visiting Allied HQ, Western Front, WW1
King George V on a visit to France during World War One. Front left to right: General Joffre, President Poincare, George V, General Foch and Sir Douglas Haig

Wounded German prisoners, WW1
Wounded German prisoners escorted by a British soldier during World War One. circa 1916

Australian cookhouse on Western Front, WW1
An Australian cookhouse on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Dressing wounds of injured Anzac soldier, WW1
Dressing the wounds of an injured Anzac soldier during World War One. circa 1916

Night scene inside Australian lines, Western Front, WW1
A night scene inside Australian lines on the Western Front during World War One. circa 1916

Indian cavalry, WW1
Indian cavalry during World War One. circa 1916

Ruins of the Cloth Hall, Ypres, Belgium, WW1
Ruins of the Cloth Hall at Ypres, Belgium, during World War One. circa 1916

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