Home Front Collection

Bomb damage. The scene in a street in East Ham, East London, typical of so many after an air raid

Women hop pickers in Beltring, Kent. Each worker has a gas mask over their shoulder in box in case of a gas attack. 1939

Building the outer foundations for an air raid shelter in a garden in Hextable. 1938

London during the Blitz While services are being held in London, commemorating the second anniversary of The Battle of Britain

King George VI visited many searchlight units, listening posts and gun emplacements in Kent today. He spent some time with the men watching them at work

Home front 1940. Destroyed house in the Dartford area after a German air raid

Smoke and debris thrown skywards after a direct hit from a German bomb in the suburbs

Home front 1940. Showing the destruction caused by German bombing, Brits go about their normal daily business, even in the throes of war

Home front 1940. Bomb damage at Crayford

A destroyed home, after a German air raid

Home front 1940. Destroyed home in the Crayford area, after a German air raid

First World War War Poster : National Service - Womans Land Army

Funeral of victims of air raid at Essendon 3 September 1916

Holiday scenes at the seaside in Eastbourne, Sussex. 9 August 1916

Wedding of Captain Hamish Hamilton ( publisher ) and Countess Yvonne Pallavicino at Caxton Hall register office. 24 April 1940

King George VI poses with a large pig, helping to promote the use of swill made from waste during the war to keep Britain fed. 8 August 1942

A policeman is fitting an air raid siren along with a warning sign to a police car in Eltham, Kent. 1939

Womens Land Army in training on the fields of Wye, Kent. Here a Land Girl is getting practice on using a tractor. 1939

Cockney children from the Sydenham Road area of Croydon grow into farmers after evacuation to the Woodingdean area near Brighton

Home front 1940. The destruction caused by a German air raid

Home front 1940. Servicemen on leave. Find their homes damaged and surrounded by debris, and still find the happy side

Home front 1940. A boy holds the world in his hand, he has just discovered the globe in his bomb damage school, at Northfleet

Home front 1940 A bus driver cleans debris from an air raid up before reporting for work at Bexleyheath

Home front 1940. The aftermath of a German air raid in which landmines (dropped by parachute) were dropped in Sidcup, destroying a complete Street in the process

A house showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after a near miss from German bombs

A house in the Bexley area, showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after a near miss from German bombs

Lights go up again; With the lifting of all controls of lighting over the country, Britain was once again brilliantly lit up

Home front 1940. A residential area showing signs of being heavily damaged after a night raid from German bombers in the Bexleyheath area. (Lower left can be seen an Anderson shelter)

Home front 1940. Destroyed home in Sidcup, after a German air raid

Home front 1940. Air raid damage, Crayford

Damage caused to Sidcups main road during the German aerial onslaught

Home front 1940. Children in amongst the debris and rubble of Northfleet houses have been hit by German aerial bombs

Home front 1940. Destroyed house lies dormant after German bombers had finished their bombing in Crayford

Home front 1940. A house in the Bexley area, showing considerable damage, surrounded by debris after a near miss from German bombs

House destroyed by an air raid from German bombers

Home front 1940. clearing up after a raid at Sidcup

Home front 1940. An end of terrace house destroyed after a raid on Eltham by German bombers

Home front 1940. House in the residential area of Bexley badly hit during the German air onslaught

Salvaged belongings, after robot plane crash. Furniture, and other household belongings salvaged from wrecked homes are piled in the street after a robot plane had crashed in southern England

Viscount Cranley, Lord Onslows son, makes effigy of the Kaiser in snow at Clandon Park. 1 December 1916

German raider over London. The scene a few hours afterwards. 28 November 1916

German raider over London. Scenes of excitement. 28 November 1916

The Golders Green gala, General Sir Desmond Callaghan. 9 September 1916

After being sworn in by the Lord Chancellor at the House of Lords, the Lord Mayor of London elect, Sir William Coxon and Lady Coxon. 12 October 1939

The public made the collecting of aluminium for converting into planes construction, a huge success. Mrs Hartnell ( Mayor of Chelsea ) at the Town Hall. 11 July 1940

Womens Land Army in training in Wye, Kent. Here the Land Girls are being given ploughing instructions using a miniature plough in a sandbox. 1939

ARP ( Air Raid Precautions ) wardens in Crayford, Kent, looking at maps of the area. 1939

An Air Raid Precautions first aid post in Sidcup, Kent. The building has been fortified with sandbags to bolster its defenses against bomb attacks. 1939

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