A member of the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) in her mobile canteen during 1941.
A member of the Women's Voluntary Service (WVS) in her mobile canteen during 1941.
A fireman of the National Fire Service slides down the fireman's pole at Fulham Fire Station during a large-scale Civil Defence training exercise in 1942.
A fireman of the National Fire Service slides down the fireman's pole at Fulham Fire Station during a large-scale Civil Defence training exercise in 1942.
Allotments in Kensington Gardens, London, all part of the 'Dig for Victory' scheme in 1942.
Allotments in Kensington Gardens, London, all part of the 'Dig for Victory' scheme in 1942.
Auxiliary Fireman Norman Hepple switches on the water to the hose from a trailer pump, somewhere in London during 1940.
Auxiliary Fireman Norman Hepple switches on the water to the hose from a trailer pump, somewhere in London during 1940.
Auxiliary Fireman Brian Gilks carries a casualty as he leaves a bomb-damaged building during a 'shout' somewhere in London during 1940.
Auxiliary Fireman Brian Gilks carries a casualty as he leaves a bomb-damaged building during a 'shout' somewhere in London during 1940.
Wardens 'rescue' a young boy from the rubble and debris next to a bomb-damaged house in Fulham during a Civil Defence exercise in 1942.
Wardens 'rescue' a young boy from the rubble and debris next to a bomb-damaged house in Fulham during a Civil Defence exercise in 1942.
A customer tries on a new hat in the millinery department of Bourne and Hollingsworth on London's Oxford Street in 1942.
A customer tries on a new hat in the millinery department of Bourne and Hollingsworth on London's Oxford Street in 1942.
The Royal Exchange in London in use as a Ministry of Information 'special poster site' with a 'Dig for Victory banner' across the entrance in 1940.
The Royal Exchange in London in use as a Ministry of Information 'special poster site' with a 'Dig for Victory banner' across the entrance in 1940.
Londoners spending the night in a tunnel of the London Underground network, probably at Aldwych, in November 1940.
Londoners spending the night in a tunnel of the London Underground network, probably at Aldwych, in November 1940.
Homeless and orphaned children settle down to sleep in the air raid shelter at John Keble Church, Mill Hill, London during the Blitz in 1940.
Homeless and orphaned children settle down to sleep in the air raid shelter at John Keble Church, Mill Hill, London during the Blitz in 1940.
Civil Defence wardens and a member of the American Ambulance Great Britain search amongst rubble for salvageable items following a V1 Flying Bomb strike in Upper Norwood, south London during 1944.
Civil Defence wardens and a member of the American Ambulance Great Britain search amongst rubble for salvageable items following a V1 Flying Bomb strike in Upper Norwood, south London during 1944.
The Reverend Joseph Stephens stops in a grocer's shop in Silvertown, London, to buy some cherries, 1944.
The Reverend Joseph Stephens stops in a grocer's shop in Silvertown, London, to buy some cherries, 1944.