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Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom during the First World War. HO102

Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom during the First World War. HO10...

Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom during the First World War. A group of people stand outside the Bedford Hotel on Southampton Row to watch at men at work beside a large crater. The damage was caused by a ... More

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30415

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30415

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Exterior view of a shelled house which has been devastated inside, yet little damage is visible externally.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30416

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30416

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Exterior view of a shelled house which has been devastated inside, yet little damage is visible externally.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30417

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30417

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Exterior view of a house hit by three shells which has been devastated inside, yet little damage is visible externally. All the occupants escaped injury including the y... More

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30418

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30418

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Interior view of a house hit by three shells. All the occupants escaped injury including the young girl who slept in this bedroom.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30420

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30420

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Interior view of a house hit by three shells. All the occupants escaped injury including the young girl who slept in this bedroom.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30421

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30421

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Interior view of a house hit by three shells. All the occupants escaped injury including the young girl who slept in this bedroom.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30422

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30422

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Exterior view of a shelled house. The female occupant in the photograph escaped injury.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30423

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30423

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Interior view of a shelled house.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30424

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30424

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Interior view of a shelled house.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30425

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30425

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Interior view of a shelled house. Both the female and male occupants in the house were killed.

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30426

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Q30426

Bombing of Britain in the First World War Interior view of a shelled house. Both the female and male occupants in the house were killed.

Children on the Home Front during the First World War Q54539

Children on the Home Front during the First World War Q54539

Children on the Home Front during the First World War Constance Betty, aged six, in a hospital bed suffering from leg and arm injuries on 19 November 1917 following a German air raid on Southend, Essex.

Children on the Home Front during the First World War Q54540

Children on the Home Front during the First World War Q54540

Children on the Home Front during the First World War A nurse attends to 10 year old Doris Tillett, who is suffering from leg and arm injuries following a German air raid on Southend, Essex, in November 1917.

Naval Bombardments of British Port Towns during the First World War Q53463

Naval Bombardments of British Port Towns during the First World War Q5...

Naval Bombardments of British Port Towns during the First World War The remains of a house in Scarborough where five members of the Bennett family were killed as a result of the raid on Scarborough by vessels o... More

Naval Bombardments of British Port Towns during the First World War Q53477

Naval Bombardments of British Port Towns during the First World War Q5...

Naval Bombardments of British Port Towns during the First World War The remains of a house in Scarborough where five members of the Bennett family were killed as a result of the raid on Scarborough by vessels o... More

The German Zeppelin Raid on Great Yarmouth, January 1915 Q53582

The German Zeppelin Raid on Great Yarmouth, January 1915 Q53582

The German Zeppelin Raid on Great Yarmouth, January 1915 Men of the Norfolk Regiment with part of a German bomb which was dropped on a stable behind 78 Crown Road, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, by Kapitänleutnant Fr... More

The German Zeppelin Raid on King's Lynn, January 1915 Q53587

The German Zeppelin Raid on King's Lynn, January 1915 Q53587

The German Zeppelin Raid on King's Lynn, January 1915 Destroyed property in King's Lynn, Norfolk, following the raid by Kapitänleutnant von Platen-Hallermund of Zeppelin L4 on 19 January 1915.

The German Zeppelin Raid on King's Lynn, January 1915 Q53591

The German Zeppelin Raid on King's Lynn, January 1915 Q53591

The German Zeppelin Raid on King's Lynn, January 1915 The remains of houses in Bentinck Street, King's Lynn, Norfolk, destroyed by bombs dropped by Zeppelin L4, commanded by Kapitänleutnant von Platen-Hallermun... More

The Home Front 1914 - 1918 Q53584

The Home Front 1914 - 1918 Q53584

The Home Front 1914 - 1918 Air Raids and Bomb Damage: Chief Constable Hunt examining part of of one of the bombs dropped during the raid on King's Lynn.

The Home Front 1914 - 1918 Q53585

The Home Front 1914 - 1918 Q53585

The Home Front 1914 - 1918 Air Raids and Bomb Damage: Damage to buildings in Albert Street, King's Lynn caused by the first airship raid on 19-20 January 1915. The bombs were dropped on King's Lynn and Great Ya... More

The Home Front 1914 - 1918 Q54000

The Home Front 1914 - 1918 Q54000

The Home Front 1914 - 1918 Air Raids and Bomb Damage: A casualty of an air raid on Southend on 13 August 1917. Constance Betty, aged 6, injured in her arms and legs, asleep in her hospital bed.

Zeppelin Raid on King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK, 1915 Q53589

Zeppelin Raid on King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK, 1915 Q53589

Zeppelin Raid on King's Lynn, Norfolk, England, UK, 1915 Territorial soldiers clear up the debris following an air raid on King's Lynn. They are standing on a pile of bricks and rubble. Behind them, the damag... More

The Great Air Raid on London. Some of the wounded schoolchildren in a hospital., ca. 1915 - NARA - 533648

The Great Air Raid on London. Some of the wounded schoolchildren in a ...

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Bermondsey bombing damage 1915 IWM HO 13

Bermondsey bombing damage 1915 IWM HO 13

Photograph showing damaged houses and policemen standing beside a crater caused by bombs dropped from German airship L15 on Chambers Street, Bermondsey, London.

Brixton bombing damage 1916 IWM HO 98

Brixton bombing damage 1916 IWM HO 98

Photograph showing damage to homes in Baytree Road in Brixton, London, following a raid by 12 German naval airships on the night of 23 - 24 September 1916.

Croydon bombing damage 1915 IWM HO 18

Croydon bombing damage 1915 IWM HO 18

Photograph showing bomb damage to a terraced house in Beech House Road, Croydon, London, inflicted dururing a raid on London by five German Zeppelins on 13 - 14 October 1915.

Hither Green bomb damage 1917 IWM HO 115

Hither Green bomb damage 1917 IWM HO 115

Bomb damage to property in Hither Green, London, following the German air raid on the night of 19 - 20 October 1917.

House damage Scarborough 1914 IWM Q 53477

House damage Scarborough 1914 IWM Q 53477

The remains of a house in Scarborough where five members of the Bennett family were killed as a result of the raid on Scarborough by vessels of the 1st Scouting Group of the German High Seas Fleet, commanded b... More

Lighthouse damage Scarborough 1914 IWM Q 53462

Lighthouse damage Scarborough 1914 IWM Q 53462

IWM caption : Damage to the lighthouse on Vincent's Pier, Scarborough, caused by shells from the German battlecruisers SMS DERFFLINGER and SMS VON DER TANN when the town was bombarded on the morning of 16 Dece... More

Odhams Printing Works bomb damage 1918 IWM HO 122A

Odhams Printing Works bomb damage 1918 IWM HO 122A

Photograph showing ruins of Messrs Odhams Printing Works, 93 Long Acre, London, which was bombed by two German Gotha aircraft. 38 people were killed and 85 injured in an an air-raid shelter in the building.

Streatham bombing damage 1916 IWM HO 101

Streatham bombing damage 1916 IWM HO 101

Photograph showing bomb damage to property in Streatham, London caused by the German Zeppelin raid on the night of 23 - 24 September 1916.

Boys outside Baptist Church (5633991473)

Boys outside Baptist Church (5633991473)

Bombardment damage to Baptist Church. The photograph shows two boys looking at the hole made by a shell passing through the building without exploding. The bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany took place o... More

Carlton Terrace (5634342202)

Carlton Terrace (5634342202)

People standing outside of houses with shell damage on Carlton Terrace, Hartlepool. This street name no longer exists but was near to Friar Street on the Headland. The bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany ... More

Crimdon Street (5633910325)

Crimdon Street (5633910325)

Bombardment damage to 7 Crimdon Street, West Hartlepool. This street ran between Grainger Street and Middleton Road. The bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany took place on the 16th December 1914. This was ... More

Destruction wrought by one shell (5633897491)

Destruction wrought by one shell (5633897491)

‘Destruction wrought by one shell’. The street name is unknown. This was the result of the bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany, which took place on the 16th December 1914. This was the first time British ... More

Girvan Terrace (5633842647)

Girvan Terrace (5633842647)

A wrecked dwelling house, 6 Girvan Terrace, West Hartlepool. The devastation here was caused by the bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany, which took place on the 16th December 1914. This was the first time... More

Goods wagons (5634310202)

Goods wagons (5634310202)

‘Shell damage to goods wagons, West Hartlepool, which the 8.27 Liverpool Express narrowly escaped’. The bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany took place on the 16th December 1914. This was the first time Br... More

Lilly Street (5634342214)

Lilly Street (5634342214)

Bombardment damage to houses on Lilly Street. This street no longer exists but ran between Thorpe Street and Arabella Street on the Headland, Hartlepool. The bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany took place... More

Victoria Place (5633842635)

Victoria Place (5633842635)

Damage to a row of houses in Victoria Place. This was the result of the bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany, which took place on the 16th December 1914. This was the first time British civilians were in t... More

Mary Street (5634342208)

Mary Street (5634342208)

Bombardment damage to houses on Mary Street, the Headland, Hartlepool. The street no longer exists but ran between Thorpe Street and Arabella Street. The bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany took place on ... More

Scarborough Street (5633842641)

Scarborough Street (5633842641)

Bombardment damage caused by a 6 inch shell to a house in Scarborough Street, West Hartlepool. The bombardment of the Hartlepools by Germany took place on the 16th December 1914. This was the first time British... More

Eerste Wereldoorlog De gevolgen van een bombardement op de Engelse kustplaats Scarborough twee, SFA022803194

Eerste Wereldoorlog De gevolgen van een bombardement op de Engelse kus...

Nederlands: Omschrijving: Eerste Wereldoorlog: De gevolgen van een bombardement op de Engelse kustplaats Scarborough: twee mannen bij een verwoest gebouw. Een van hen staat bij een grote weegschaal waarop 'Bir... More

Freemantle road corner bw

Freemantle road corner bw

A photograph showing part of Lowestoft, England, following the bombardment of the town 24 April 1916