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England at War 1914-1918 Collection

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England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Liverpool War Memorial CC73_02987

Liverpool War Memorial CC73_02987
Groups of people surrounding the First World War memorial in the Cotton Exchange, Old Hall Street, Liverpool

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Bootle War Memorial DP175404

Bootle War Memorial DP175404
War Memorial South of Balliol Road junction, Stanley Road, Bootle, Merseyside.Erected around1920 with figures signed M. Manenti

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead BL22201_002

Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead BL22201_002
Cammell Laird & Co shipyard, Birkenhead. Interior view showing a bay in the engine shop. One of a series of photographs of Cammell Laird works. Bedford Lemere. June 1913

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead BL22201_011A

Cammell Laird shipyard at Birkenhead BL22201_011A
Cammell Laird & Co shipyard, Birkenhead. Exterior view across the outer basin looking towards a ferry moored outside the Cammell Laird buildings

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: HMS Warspite EAW005978

HMS Warspite EAW005978
HMS WARSPITE, Prussia Cove, Cornwall. Warspite was launched in 1913 and saw action with the Royal Navy at the Battle of Jutland in 1916

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: German U-boat, Hastings Beach BB88_07120

German U-boat, Hastings Beach BB88_07120
HASTINGS, EAST SUSSEX. People in rowing boats and on the beach, looking up at the German U-boat submarine, U-118, which ran aground on Hastings beach in February 1919

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Cyclops Works, Sheffield BL22301_010

Cyclops Works, Sheffield BL22301_010
Cammell Lairds Cyclops Ordnance Steel Tyre and Spring Works in Grimesthorpe, Sheffield. Men at work in the fettling shop, with huge components for ships

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Steel production, Barnsley BL22301_002

Steel production, Barnsley BL22301_002
Cammell Laird & Co, Penistone. Men at work in Cammell Lairds bessemer department, producing steel from pig iron. One of a series of photographs of Cammell Laird works. Bedford Lemere. August 1913

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Timber Yard, Lambeth 1916 BL23561_029

Timber Yard, Lambeth 1916 BL23561_029
TIMBER YARD, Hamptons Munitions Works, Lambeth, London. While many women were employed during WWI to work in factories, the heavier work was still often left to men

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Biplane flight AFL03_aerofilms_c169

Biplane flight AFL03_aerofilms_c169
De Havilland DH9s flying in formation. From a copy negative made in 1923. Designed in 1916 by Airco, it first saw action with the Royal Flying Corps over the Western Front in 1917

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Cammel Laird Shipyard BL_22201_14

Cammel Laird Shipyard BL_22201_14
CAMMEL LAIRD SHIPYARD, The boiler shop, Birkenhead, Merseyside. 1914. Bedford Lemere

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Commuter Station, Palmers Green Station, 1914 BB92_20713

Commuter Station, Palmers Green Station, 1914 BB92_20713
Palmers Green Station, Aldermans Hill, Greater London. General view looking south-east towards the up platform of Palmers Green station, crowded with passengers. Photographed in 1914

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Hornchurch, 1915 BB88_07119

Hornchurch, 1915 BB88_07119
HORNCHURCH, Havering, London. The 1st Sportsmens Battalion of the 23rd Battalion of the Royal Fusiliers, possibly marching to war. Photographed in 1915. Howarth-Loomes Collection

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Cunard Shell Works BL_24001_09

Cunard Shell Works BL_24001_09
CUNARD SHELL WORKS, Bootle, Sefton, Merseyside. Women manufacturing shell casings, 1917. Bedford Lemere

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Cenotaph DP180281

Cenotaph DP180281
The Cenotaph national war memorial, Whitehall, Westminster, London. Cenotaph with Spectra, a temporary installation by Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda in the background. Night time view from north

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Two women filling Sirocco roaster with coffee beans BL24300_001

Two women filling Sirocco roaster with coffee beans BL24300_001
CADBY HALL, Hammersmith Road, Hammersmith, Greater London. Two women filling a Sirocco roaster with coffee beans at the factory of J Lyons and Company

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: World War I aircraft re-enactment N070971

World War I aircraft re-enactment N070971
FESTIVAL OF HISTORY, Kelmarsh Hall, Northamptonshire. World War I triplane in flight. 2007 aerial re-enactment. tri-plane

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Taxis with banner We are enlisting for the war BL22698

Taxis with banner We are enlisting for the war BL22698
Taxis outside the a offices at Fanum House, Westminster, London. Motor cars, each with the banner We are enlisting for the war

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Lodge Hill Battery N060478

Lodge Hill Battery N060478
LODGE HILL BATTERY, Chatham, Kent. Reconstruction drawing of the First World War a battery firing at German zeppelin, by Peter Dunn (English Heritage Graphics Team)

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Wounded soldiers and nurses CC002807

Wounded soldiers and nurses CC002807
Great Dixter, Garden, Northiam, Great Dixter, Rother, East Sussex. Red Cross staff, recuperating soldiers and members of the Lloyd family in the gardens of Great Dixter, Northam

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: City Of London War Memorial BL25608_005

City Of London War Memorial BL25608_005
City Of London War Memorial, Cornhill, London. The City of London First World War memorial outside the portico of the Royal Exchange

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Poppy wreath DP185980

Poppy wreath DP185980
The Crescent, Salford, Greater Manchester. Hand Knitted Poppy Wreath

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red DP180310

Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red DP180310
Tower of London, London. View from east. Blood Swept Lands and Seas of Red, a work of installation art placed in the moat of the Tower of London, England, between July and November 2014

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: War Memorial DP100275

War Memorial DP100275
War Memorial, Shipham, Somerset

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Dutch soldiers, The Hague, 1st August 1914 MCF01_02_0384

Dutch soldiers, The Hague, 1st August 1914 MCF01_02_0384
Soldiers from the Dutch army mobilising near The Vyver in The Hague (Den Haag), just 4 days after the start of the First World War, with two boys in the foreground watching soldiers marching by

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Royal Naval Memorial Southsea DP173359

Royal Naval Memorial Southsea DP173359
The Royal Naval War Memorial, Clarence Esplanade, Southsea Common, Portsmouth, Hampshire

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Loughborough Carillion DP219687

Loughborough Carillion DP219687
Carillion Tower, Queens Park, Loughborough, Leicestershire. Sir Walter Tappers carillion tower and war memorial opened in 1923 with music for the bells composed by Edward Elgar

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Memorial passage CC46_00322

Memorial passage CC46_00322
Cheltenham College, Bath Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Interior view of the fan-vaulted passage connecting the chapel to the main school building

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Memorial chapel CC46_00285

Memorial chapel CC46_00285
Dean Close School, Chapel, Shelburne Road, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. The chapel was built as a memorial to former pupils who were killed in the First World War

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Memorial paques CC46_00315

Memorial paques CC46_00315
Eastbourne College, Memorial Building, College Road, Eastbourne, East Sussex. Interior view of a room on the ground floor of the Memorial Building at Eastbourne College

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: School War Memorial CC46_00113

School War Memorial CC46_00113
Rugby School, War Memorial Chapel, Dunchurch Road, Rugby, Warwickshire. The lectern, with tablets inscribed with the names of former students who died in the First World War on the wall behind

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Hertford War Memorial BL26700_001

Hertford War Memorial BL26700_001
War Memorial, Parliament Square, Hertford. The war memorial in Hertford, Hertfordshire was designed by Sir Aston Webb, RA. It consists of a bronze stag set on a Portland stone plinth

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Guys Hospital Memorial Arch BL26209

Guys Hospital Memorial Arch BL26209
War Memorial Arch, Memorial Park, Guys Hospital, St Thomas Street, London. The reverse of the War Memorial Arch at Guys Hospital, commemorating those lost in the First World War

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: War memorial plaque BL25049

War memorial plaque BL25049
Detail of the war memorial at 41 City Road, Islington, Greater London. The photograph was taken fors Mordan & Company Limited who occupied the premises

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Great Western Memorial BB48_01157

Great Western Memorial BB48_01157
Great Western Railway War Memorial, Paddington Station, Praed Street, Greater London. The memorial on Platform One was originally erected to commemorate the men

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Tealby Memorial a080947

Tealby Memorial a080947
All Saints Church, Rasen Road, Tealby, Lincolnshire. Looking from the south porch of All Saints Church, towards the war memorial cross in the churchyard

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Memorial detail DP196143

Memorial detail DP196143
Church of St Faith, Church Row, Overbury, Worcestershire. Detail of carving on inner side of lychgate, on First World War memorial by Herbert Baker, view from west

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Farewell DP0044505

Farewell DP0044505
Church of St Laurence, East Harptree, Bath and NE Somerset. Nave south window first world war memorial. Detail of lower panels showing a soldier leaving home with wife and child waving

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Sorrow DP185966

Sorrow DP185966
Oak Hill Park, Hollins Lane, Accrington, Lancashire. War Memorial detail view from East

War Memorial, High Street, Ledbury, Herefordshire. Mosaic tiles depicting a WW1 soldier

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: War memorial detail DP220267

War memorial detail DP220267
Wells Street, Bury, Greater Manchester. War memorial, commemorating the Home Front 1914-18. Flanked by curved wall with two rectangular bronze relief panels

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Unveiling the Cenotaph SAM01 / 02 / 0074

Unveiling the Cenotaph SAM01 / 02 / 0074
The unveiling ceremony of the Cenotaph on Whitehall, Westminster, Greater London. The Cenotaph was unveiled on Armistice Day, 11 November, 1920 by King George V

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Ash Grove DP174561

Ash Grove DP174561
Ash Grove Industrial Estate, Ripon, Ash Grove, Harrogate, North Yorkshire, 2016. General view of three former army camp buildings on the east side of the industrial estate, from the south-west

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Ismailia Railway Station EGP_22663_20

Ismailia Railway Station EGP_22663_20
Ismailia, Egypt. An aerial view of the railway station of Ismailia, Egypt, in October 1918. It shows military encampments beyond the railway line and buildings within the city in the foreground

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Ismailia EGP_22663_012

Ismailia EGP_22663_012
Ismailia, Egypt. An aerial view of the city of Ismailia, Egypt, probably dating to 1918. It shows military encampments to the left of the frame adjacent to the rail-head

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Seaton Carew seaplane station 34112_034

Seaton Carew seaplane station 34112_034
The site of First World War seaplane station of Seaton Carew II, established in 1918 to carry out coastal patrols against the increased threat of German submarine attack, Seaton on Tees, Hartlepool

England at War 1914-1918 Collection: Queen Victoria Memorial MCF01_02_0605

Queen Victoria Memorial MCF01_02_0605
QUEEN VICTORIA MEMORIAL, THE MALL, ST JAMES, CITY OF WESTMINSTER, GREATER LONDON. Looking across the water in the fountain at the Queen Victoria Memorial towards people seated all around it

England at War 1914-1918 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

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