Five year old Andrew and three year old Jacqueline say their prayers before settling down to sleep at the house in which they are staying, somewhere in Surrey.
Five year old Andrew and three year old Jacqueline say their prayers before settling down to sleep at the house in which they are staying, somewhere in Surrey.
Local children crowd aboard a Sherman Mk III tank of the County of London Yeomanry in the village of Milo near Catania in Sicily, August 1943.
Local children crowd aboard a Sherman Mk III tank of the County of London Yeomanry in the village of Milo near Catania in Sicily, August 1943.
Eileen Dunne, aged three, sits in bed with her doll at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, after being injured during an air raid on London in September 1940.
Eileen Dunne, aged three, sits in bed with her doll at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Sick Children, after being injured during an air raid on London in September 1940.
A child using a hammer and chisel to remove a piece of the Berlin Wall after its opening by the East German Government on 9 November 1989.
A child using a hammer and chisel to remove a piece of the Berlin Wall after its opening by the East German Government on 9 November 1989.
Civilians sheltering in Elephant and Castle London Underground Station during an air raid in November 1940.
Civilians sheltering in Elephant and Castle London Underground Station during an air raid in November 1940.
Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy of the Royal Artillery embraces his wife Dorothy and children Randall and Gilda at his home in Irby in Cheshire, at the start of seven days leave, 14 April 1944.
Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy of the Royal Artillery embraces his wife Dorothy and children Randall and Gilda at his home in Irby in Cheshire, at the start of seven days leave, 14 April 1944.
A nurse with child evacuees from Plymouth in the garden of the Chaim Weizmann Home at Tapley Park, Instow, North Devon, October 1942.
A nurse with child evacuees from Plymouth in the garden of the Chaim Weizmann Home at Tapley Park, Instow, North Devon, October 1942.
Air Defence is Home Defence
Air Defence is Home Defence
A group of forty children (originally from Blackfriars and Gravesend) return from a walk with their teacher, Miss Betty Hall (originally from Haslemere in Surrey) to Dartington Hall, Devon, where they are billeted under the Ministry of Health evacuation s
A group of forty children (originally from Blackfriars and Gravesend) return from a walk with their teacher, Miss Betty Hall (originally from Haslemere in Surrey) to Dartington Hall, Devon, where they are billeted under the Ministry of Health evacuation s
A young boy sits on his potty at the 'Foster Parents Plan for War Children' Nursery in Hampstead. The chamber pots of the other children can be seen on shelves in the background.
A young boy sits on his potty at the 'Foster Parents Plan for War Children' Nursery in Hampstead. The chamber pots of the other children can be seen on shelves in the background.
A selection of boxes containing children's gas masks hang in the entrance to the basement air raid shelter of the 'Foster Parents Plan for War Children' nursery, in Hampstead.
A selection of boxes containing children's gas masks hang in the entrance to the basement air raid shelter of the 'Foster Parents Plan for War Children' nursery, in Hampstead.
Children cheering the arrival of the 5th Indian Division in Singapore, 5 September 1945.
Children cheering the arrival of the 5th Indian Division in Singapore, 5 September 1945.