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England at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection (#2)

The First World War

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Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Selfridges MCF01_02_0606

Selfridges MCF01_02_0606
Selfridges, Oxford Street, Marylebone, City of Westminster, Greater London. Looking west along Oxford Street, showing pedestrians

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Buckingham Palace MCF01_02_0604

Buckingham Palace MCF01_02_0604
THE MALL, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view of pedestrians and cars on The Mall in front of Buckingham Palace. In the centre is the Kings Stand erected around the Queen Victoria Memorial

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: The Mall MCF01_02_0602

The Mall MCF01_02_0602
THE MALL, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view along The Mall towards Buckingham Palace, showing flag poles and temporary pylons commemorating famous battles

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: The Mall MCF01_02_0601

The Mall MCF01_02_0601
THE MALL, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view along The Mall showing pedestrians walking past temporary pylons commemorating famous battles, sieges and liberations of World War I

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Celebrating the peace MCF01_02_0600

Celebrating the peace MCF01_02_0600
THE MALL, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. A view of pedestrians walking on The Mall past temporary pylons commemorating famous battles, sieges and liberations of World War I

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0597

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0597
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view towards Nelsons Column and the steeple of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church showing people heading towards Trafalgar

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0593

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0593
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view across a fountain in Trafalgar Square towards a large crowd of people gathered to buy Victory Loan bonds

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0596

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0596
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view across Trafalgar Square towards Nelsons Column showing a large crowd celebrating peace

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0595

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0595
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view across Trafalgar Square and past the National Gallery showing a large crowd celebrating peace

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0594

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0594
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view from the steps of St Martin-in-the-Fields Church towards a large crowd of people gathered in Trafalgar Square to

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0592

Victory Loan Bonds MCF01_02_0592
Trafalgar Square, St James, Westminster, City of Westminster, Greater London. A view from Trafalgar Square towards Westminster Palace showing a large crowd of people gathered in Trafalgar Square to

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS. Soldiers from the Dutch army mobilising in Den Haag (The Hague)

THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS. Soldiers from the Dutch army mobilising in Den Haag (The Hague), just 4 days after the start of the First World War

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Hague hoilday MCF01_02_0383

Hague hoilday MCF01_02_0383
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS. A large crowd of people outside the Netherlands Bank in Den Haag (The Hague), just 4 days after the start of the First World War

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Cinematograph Cinema BL22928

Cinematograph Cinema BL22928
Cinematograph Theatre, 269 Seven Sisters Road, Finsbury Park, Haringey, Greater London, later known as the Finsbury Park Cinema

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Coastal erosion Kilnsea DP169750

Coastal erosion Kilnsea DP169750
Easington Road, Easington, Kilnsea, East Riding Of Yorkshire. First World War Gun Emplacement on beach due to coastal erosion. Photographed in 2016

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Coastal erosion Kilnsea DP169731

Coastal erosion Kilnsea DP169731
Easington Road, Easington, Kilnsea, East Riding Of Yorkshire. First World War Gun Emplacement on beach due to coastal erosion. Photographed in 2016

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Coastal erosion Kilnsea DP169734

Coastal erosion Kilnsea DP169734
Easington Road, Easington, Kilnsea, East Riding Of Yorkshire. First World War Gun Emplacement on beach due to coastal erosion. Photographed in 2016

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Cafeteria BL23600_012

Cafeteria BL23600_012
Waring And Gillow Factory, White City, Hammersmith And Fulham, Greater London. Factory staff pose awkwardly for the camera around their works cafeteria in August 1916

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Christmas Dinner OP07008

Christmas Dinner OP07008
Combe Bank House, Combe Bank Road, Sundridge With Ide Hill, Sevenoaks, Kent. Members of the Lancashire Regiment enjoying a Christmas meal, December 1915

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Acoustic mirror 28893_037

Acoustic mirror 28893_037
World War I acoustic mirror, near Kilnsea, East Riding of Yorkshire, 2016. TA4116

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Corrugated iron school DP183955

Corrugated iron school DP183955
Gordon Primary School, Grangehill Road, Eltham, Greenwich, Greater London. Exterior view of the schools east classroom hut from the south

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Practice trenches 28657_022

Practice trenches 28657_022
Hallam Moors, Sheffield. Practice trenches, Redmires First World War Training Area, 2015. SK2585

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Practice trenches 28657_035

Practice trenches 28657_035
Hallam Moors, Sheffield. Practice trenches, Redmires First World War Training Area, 2015. SK2585

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Practice trenches 28657_033

Practice trenches 28657_033
Hallam Moors, Sheffield. Practice trenches, Redmires First World War Training Area, 2015. SK2585

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Munitions Factory BB88_07425

Munitions Factory BB88_07425
NATIONAL PROJECTILE MUNITIONS FACTORY, HALL STREET, DUDLEY. Women and young men producing shells for 12, 14 and 18 pounder guns, which are lined up on tables. The machinery is powered by drive belts

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Company War Memorial BL29373

Company War Memorial BL29373
The First World War memorial in the office of Eagle Star & British Dominions Insurance Co Ltd, 1 Threadneedle Street, London. Photographed 1927-8 by Bedford Lemere and Company

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Garden of Remembrance DP186044

Garden of Remembrance DP186044
Garden of Remembrance, Bird Street, Lichfield, Staffordshire. View from South East

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Memorial sculptures DP172954

Memorial sculptures DP172954
The Northernhay War Memorial, Northernhay Gardens, Northernhay Gate, Exeter, Devon. Detail view of bronze seated figure of a prisoner

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Portland Cenotaph DP176461

Portland Cenotaph DP176461
Portland Cenotaph, Isle of Portland, Dorset. Genereal view from south overlooking Chesil Beach

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Childrens memorial DP176438

Childrens memorial DP176438
Detail of figure in the childrens monument and memorial garden, Poplar Park, Tower Hamlets, London

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Memorial Bell DP218218

Memorial Bell DP218218
St Mary the Virgin Church, Church Lane, Berkeley, Gloucestershire. Interior, the Bell Tower. View of the treble bell which was dedicated as a war memorial

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: The Poppy Factory DP176046

The Poppy Factory DP176046
Detail of poppies at The Poppy Factory, 20 Petersham Rd, Richmond, Greater London

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Keswick War Memorial FAR01_01_127

Keswick War Memorial FAR01_01_127
The First World War memorial in Keswick, Cumbria, surrounded by floral wreaths. Photographed in the 1920s. Part of the G Farthing War Memorials Collection

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Bolton War Memorial FAR01_01_076

Bolton War Memorial FAR01_01_076
St Georges Church, St Georges Road, Bolton. The First World War memorial. Photographed in the 1920s. Part of The G Farthing War Memorials Collection

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Monument to fallen comrades CC73_03040

Monument to fallen comrades CC73_03040
Three Chelsea pensioners looking at the First World War memorial in Battersea Park, London, commemorating the 24th East Surrey Division. The memorial was designed and sculpted by Eric Henri Kennington

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Pillbox, Skipsea DP188366

Pillbox, Skipsea DP188366
Pillbox, Withow Gap, Off Hornsea Road, Skipsea, East Riding of Yorkshire. Exterior view from North West. Coastal Defence. Englands First World War Home Front, 1914-1918

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry War Memorial DP196384

Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry War Memorial DP196384
War Memorial, Castle Canyke Road / Lostwithiel Road, Bodmin, Cornwall. War memorial commemorating those of Duke of Cornwalls Light Infantry who died in action in World War I

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Rifle Range Target Wall, Burton Meadows DP197435

Rifle Range Target Wall, Burton Meadows DP197435
Rifle Range Target Wall at Burton Meadows, Wetmore, Meadow Road, Burton-on-Trent, Staffordshire. Target practice wall from the south west. List entry number: 1422606. Built circa 1914

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Memorial Tank WSA01_01_GG0087

Memorial Tank WSA01_01_GG0087
City Walls, Canterbury, Canterbury, Kent. The First World War tank was presented to Canterbury in July 1919 to celebrate the Great Peace Day. 1920-1940. Walter Scott

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Cyclops Works, Sheffield BL22301_009

Cyclops Works, Sheffield BL22301_009
Cammell Lairds Cyclops Ordnance Steel Tyre and Spring Works in Grimesthorpe, Sheffield. Men at work in the shell machine shop. One of a series of photographs of Cammell Laird works. Bedford Lemere

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead BL22201_003

Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead BL22201_003
Cammell Laird & Co shipyard, Birkenhead. Interior view showing men working in the ship shed. One of a series of photographs of Cammell Laird works. Bedford Lemere. June 1913

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Waring & Gillow Factory, August 1916 BL23600_002

Waring & Gillow Factory, August 1916 BL23600_002
WARING AND GILLOW FACTORY, White City, Hammersmith, London. A large crowd of people gathered outside the premises of Waring and Gillow in White City

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Lydd Military Training Camp EPW000066

Lydd Military Training Camp EPW000066
LYDD TRAINING CAMP, Kent. Aerial view. This photograph from February 1920 indicates the extent of the First World War barracks

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Lincolns Inn Chapel October 1915 DD55_00003

Lincolns Inn Chapel October 1915 DD55_00003
LINCOLNS INN CHAPEL, Holborn, London. Interior view of a shattered stained glass window damaged by a German Zeppelin bomb. Photographed shortly after the bomb fell on 13th October 1915

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Peace Day 1919 SAM01_02_0346

Peace Day 1919 SAM01_02_0346
Japanese soldiers marching as part of the Victory Parade on Peace Day in London. Peace Day was a bank holiday held in Britain on 19th July 1919 to celebrate the end of the First World War

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Stranded submarine JXC01_01_008

Stranded submarine JXC01_01_008
Near Falmouth, Cornwall. The wreck of the submarine UB 106 on the rocks. Five German U-boats were moored at Falmouth after being surrended to the Royal Navy in 1918

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Gun Emplacement DP169964

Gun Emplacement DP169964
World War 1 gun emplacement, also used in World War 2. View from Blyth Battery, The Links, South Beach, Blyth, Northumberland

Background imageEngland at War 1914-1918 Rights Managed Collection: Pillbox DP188407

Pillbox DP188407
Pillbox, Withow Gap, Off Hornsea Road, Skipsea, East Riding of Yorkshire. Exterior view from South. NGR (TA 18384 54659). Englands First World War Home Front 1914-1918




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