A Heinkel He 111 bomber flying over the East End of London at the start of the Luftwaffe's evening raids of 7 September 1940.
A Heinkel He 111 bomber flying over the East End of London at the start of the Luftwaffe's evening raids of 7 September 1940.
Members of the London Fire Brigade train their hoses on burning buildings in Queen Victoria Street, EC4, after the last and heaviest major raid mounted on the capital during the 'Blitz'.
Members of the London Fire Brigade train their hoses on burning buildings in Queen Victoria Street, EC4, after the last and heaviest major raid mounted on the capital during the 'Blitz'.
Unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph at Whitehall, by His Majesty King George V, 11 November 1920.
Unveiling of the permanent Cenotaph at Whitehall, by His Majesty King George V, 11 November 1920.
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.
Two men of the Royal Observer Corps on a cliff top near Dover, 1943.
Two men of the Royal Observer Corps on a cliff top near Dover, 1943.
Munition workers in a shell warehouse at National Shell Filling Factory No.6, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire in 1917.
Munition workers in a shell warehouse at National Shell Filling Factory No.6, Chilwell, Nottinghamshire in 1917.
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.
Cecil Beaton portrait of Winston Churchill at his seat in the Cabinet Room at No 10 Downing Street, London.
Cecil Beaton portrait of Winston Churchill at his seat in the Cabinet Room at No 10 Downing Street, London.
An Air Raid Warden wearing his steel helmet and duty gas mask during the Second World War.
An Air Raid Warden wearing his steel helmet and duty gas mask during the Second World War.
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.
A female member of Air Raid Precautions staff applies her lipstick between emergency calls.
A female member of Air Raid Precautions staff applies her lipstick between emergency calls.
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.