Second World War Collection

The London Blitz An ARP warden rescues a young girl from the wreckage of a building bombed by Germany. V1 attack Buckingham Gate, Victoria

Down Lambeth Way. Lambeth Walk is buying a Spitfire of its own. At the side of many market stalls are boxes made of wood by Mr Harry Smith, the local undertaker

A striking picture of Cataline flying boat taking off on the 24-hour patrol over the Atlantic. They perform splendidly, searching for U-boats and guarding Atlantic convoys

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

RAF fighter pilot of 602 Squadron at dispersal - playing chess while waiting for the call to scramble. Perranporth, Cornwall, 1943 eTopFoto

The war scare at the time of Munich has given the authorities useful experience in evacuating children. Between the first and 3 September 1939, 1, 500

Salvo, who made a record number of drops with the Parachute Regiment, wearing the American-designed harness used by Rob

HMS Woodcock, the British Royal Navy sloop. She is adopted by Cuckfield and district, Sussex

Mincing Lane after the Blitz, Second World War

A Russian WW2 propaganda poster. 1941

British World War II cartoon. Poster: In Germany, anti-government posters are forbidden

Trawler skipper fought Nazi bombers Skipper Alexander Craig of the 192 ton Aberdeen trawler Arora who with his mate stuck to the guns in the face of machine gun fire

The Old Flying Horse Inn at Broughton Aluph in Ashford, Kent - dates from 1400 when it brewed ale for the pilgrims to Canterbury - picture shows university professors in their gowns

The Royal Palace in LuxembourgIt is reported that Germany has invaded Holland, Belgium and Luxembourg. Photo shows: a view of the little town of Wormeldange

Where Britain forges victory. This pictures were taken in a Royal Ordinance factory of the Ministry of Supply where, thousands of workers are producing arms

Work has begun on removing 80, 000 sandbags which protected precious monuments in the Westminster Abbey, London, and it is helped that within 12 months the Abbey will be restored to its former glory

The London Commercial Sale Rooms, built in 1811 and rebuilt in 1859, remained open until the Second World War

A World War II German poster: The U-boat are out
A World War II German poster: " The U-boat are out."

Racing car flies off the track - England TopFoto
Racing car flies off the track - England © TopFoto

Racing car flies off the track during WW2 - England TopFoto
Racing car flies off the track during WW2 - England © TopFoto

War 1939-1940. Rationing - cutting out the coupons for sugar at the grocer s. 8 January 1940

Men of the merchant navy receiving instruction in gunnery at an East London instructional battery, and drawing kit 8 January 1940

Men of the merchant navy recieving instruction in gunnery at an East London instructional battery, and drawing kit 8 January 1940

Bonwit Teller is introducing the Victory Shoulder Sack as a fashion must for
Bonwit Teller is introducing the Victory Shoulder Sack as a " fashion must " for the duration of the war. In co operation with the Office of Defense Transportation

While the father of Mary Maguire, the film actress, is serving as bat man with BEF in France, her mother, Mrs Michael Maguire, and for other daughters are living in a maisonnette in Devonshire Place

Smoke billowing from bomb damage fire A TopFoto
Smoke billowing from bomb damage fire eTopFoto

A little boy riding a cart pulled by his pony proudly shows off the bottle of milk he is taking back to his family despite the war torn housing all around him, Eynsford, Kent

Land Girl driving a tractor during WW2 - a girl now in training for the Womens Land Army at an agricultural college in Kent

Tunnel workers celebrating - circa 1940s Kent meets Essex with the completion of the Dartford pilot tunnel - 11th October eTopFoto

Walking the hounds TopFoto
Walking the hounds © TopFoto

Rescue at a factory in Bexley, Kent after a bomb during the Blitz - 30 September 1940 eTopFoto

Vapour trails over Sidcup suggest a dogfight - aerial combat between fighter aircraft.1940 eTopFoto

Horse and cart with farmer under tree during WW2 - England A TopFoto
Horse and cart with farmer under tree during WW2 - England eTopFoto

Children of the hop pickers take shelter to watch the Battle of Britain rage overhead. This became one of the most published pictures of the war - 1940 eTopFoto

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