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Back them up!
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Maker: Cuneo, Terence Tenison H.M. Stationery Office Unknown
British Second World War propaganda poster part of a series of similar posters with the same title. This poster depicts 5 British Soldiers manning a coastal artillery post looking out to sea. Another ...ARTV06896
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Back them up!: A British tank attack in the Western Desert
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Fosh & Cross Ltd.
This British Second World War poster depicts a British Matilda tank in the foreground, with guns ablaze, leading a convoy of others. To the left of the poster, a German tank burns, with German soldier...ARTV02305
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Back them up!: Britain develops new desert tactics. Tough, well-trained infantry clear the way for tanks in North Africa
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
British poster depicting British soldiers using new desert tactics in North Africa. A muscular soldier is in the foreground, ploughing through a sandstorm. His comrades in the background are featurele...ARTV02307
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Back them up!: Heavy bombers of the R.A.F. often fly a total distance of 1,200 miles and over 15,000 ft. mountains in the Alps, to bomb the industrial towns of North Italy
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Thos Forman and Sons
British Second World War poster referring to the vital nature of home front support for British forces overseas. The image fills the top two thirds of the poster with the title underneath. The image i...ARTV02293
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Back them up!: Heavy bombers of the R.A.F. often fly a total distance of 1,200 miles and over 15,000 ft. mountains in the Alps, to bomb the industrial towns of North Italy
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
British Second World War poster referring to the vital nature of home front support for British forces overseas. The image fills the top two thirds of the poster with the title underneath. The image...ARTV03902
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Back them up!: The Mediterranean Invasion. British troops, tanks and guns pouring ashore from landing craft
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Thomas Forman & Sons Ltd
This 1942 British Second World War poster was created by His Majesty's Stationary Office on behalf of the Ministry of Information. The poster depicts Allied soldiers, tanks, amphibious landing craft, ...ARTV02209
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Barnett, Leslie (Flight Sergeant, b.1921)
Private Record
Maker: Unknown
Collection relating largely to the Second World War service of 413942 Flight Sergeant Leslie Barnett, Royal Air Force (RAF). Collection includes miscellaneous RAF papers relating to Barnett's service ...PR82/037
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Battery box : Messerschmitt Me 262-A2 Fighter Aircraft
Technology
Maker: Unknown
Me262 battery box. Stamped on the side with the following: Baumuster: ZBK 241/I Gerat Nr: 18 - 333 Andorderz: FI.50867 Werk Nr: 81823 Hersteller: hdpREL/08385.011
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Battle for fuel - switch off when you are warm use less electricity
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster promoting fuel savings. Depicts a man lounging in an armchair, silhouetted against the blaze of the fire in front of him. The fire has the symbol of a sailing ship in t...ARTV01989
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Battle: How WE Are Helping in the Battle
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting a battleship firing at a close target which is hidden by the mixture of smoke and wash from the ocean. The poster was likely produced to be hung in factories,...ARTV03485
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Become a Sanitorium Nurse
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Labour and National Service Ford, Shapland & Co.
British Second World War poster aimed at encouraging more women to become trained as nurses specifically in sanatoriums. Following both the First and Second World War, many soldiers were left in state...ARTV02454
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Before: After: Completed in 117 Hours at an H.M. Dockyard
Art
Maker: Unknown The Admiralty H.M. Stationery Office Hubners Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting and highlighting the work that British shipyards can completed in a short period of time. The poster depicts two scenes: the upper depicts a crew of workers o...ARTV03445
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Be so proud of the race to which you belong...
Art
Maker: Unknown
This British poster features a quote by the then British Foreign Secretary Lord Halifax speaking at Oxford on 29th February 1940. It aims instill racial pride in the viewer to galvanise support for th...ARTV02250
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Better pot-luck with Churchill today...
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Food Perry Colourprint Ltd
During the Second World War, the British were faced with food shortages, due in part to a concerted campaign by the German Navy, who used U-boats to sink British supply ships. The British government i...ARTV02611
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Big Four 21st Birthday
Art
Maker: Unknown [S.L. : S.N.], 1944 (LONDON : JAS. TRUSCOTT & SON)
Under the Railway Act 1921 (UK), many different, small, railway companies were grouped together into four main companies, known colloquially as the 'Big Four', which came into effect on 1 January 1923...ARTV02504
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Black cat lucky charm : Flight Sergeant Norman Macdonald, 156 Squadron RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Cast black plastic cat with metal collar. A blue, plastic bead is attached to the front of the collar for decoration. A metal link is looped through the back of the collar for attachment to an ID brac...REL35143
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Bravo! British Shipyards
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office Wm. Brown & Co. Ltd.
British Second World War poster issued by The Admiralty to pay tribute to the work of British shipyards. The poster depicts the dramatic shillouette of a large ship in a shipyard superimposed into its...ARTV03438
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Britain Has Sent to Russia: Our Products Fight on Russian Fronts!
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Supply H.M. Stationery Office Multi Machine Plates Ltd
British Second World War poster depicting various military ordnance made by Britain and sent to the Russian armed forces. The different types of equipment are illustrated in a list down the left hand...ARTV03406
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Britain's Aircraft Exhibition
Art
Maker: Unknown Ministry of Information Lowe & Brydone Printers Ltd.
During and slightly after the Second World War, the Ministry of Information created travelling exhibitions to present to audiences on the home front details about the war. These exhibitions ranged fro...ARTV02310
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Britain's air offensive: RAF attacks on Germany
Art
Maker: Unknown H.M. Stationery Office
This British war poster shows a map with enlarged inset of the Ruhr area in Germany. Red bombs indicate places where the RAF have attacked.ARTV03850