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Gosport - The War Years
2005 Alverstoke St Mary's Church Wedding of Naval Surgeon 1stWW
1003 HMS Dolphin Fort Blockhouse Submarines After WW1 1920
2054 Rowner Grange Airfield German Aerial Photo c1939 IWM
4060 Gosport Privett Privett Road A.R.P. Messenger Boys 1939
4120 Gosport Stokes Bay Gosport Town Station HMS St. Vincent Boy Cadets leaving for Isle of Man 1939
4023 Gosport Elson Elson Elson Junior School. Church School for not evacuate 1939
4117 Hambledon Evacuees from Newtown Junior Boys School 1939
4118 Portsmouth Children being evacuated - Corraled at station 1939
4119 Children being evacuated - waving goodbye 1939
4106 Gosport Stone Lane First Aid Workers practice at Stone Lane First Aid Post 1939
4107 Gosport Town Centre Cockle Pond A F S training 1939
4103 Gosport Town Centre Beach Street Rescue workers in a practice at Beach Street 1939
4101 Ration Book for sweets 1940s
4066 Gosport Town Centre W V S mobile Incident Enquiry Point 1940
2032 Portsmouth Harbour Aerial view German photo indicating Royal Clarence Yard WW2 IWM
4061 Gosport Stokes Bay Browndown A A gun Battery 3.7inch 1940
3063 Submarine, HMS Sea Lion 1940
4027 Gosport Privett Privett Road LDV inspection in Privett Park 1940
4021 Gosport Privett Privett Road L D V parade in Privett Park 1940
4007 Gosport Hardway Anthony Grove Anderson shelter after daylight raid. 7 occupants su 1940
4008 Letter from French Liaiaon Officer after D day 1940
4091 Gosport Peel Road ? Distributing Anderson shelters by dray 1940
4054 Gosport Forton Zetland Road Whitworth Arms. Bomb damage 19413030 Alverstoke, 74 The Avenue Bomb damaged house 1941
4009 Gosport Town Centre High Street Burnt out shell of Thorngate Memorial Hall 1941
4011 Gosport Leesland Leesland Road Bomb damage. Leesland Road 1941
4014 Gosport Town Centre South Street Trinity Church Boys School - bomb damaged 1941
4065 Gosport Town Centre High Street Mayor & Service Chiefs during War Weapons Week 1941
4078 Alverstoke Bury Hall Lane Home Guard despatch rider at Bury Hall 1941
4082 Gosport's Spitfire Gift Award 1941
4114 Gosport Town Centre Ferry Pontoon Duke of Kent being greeted by Mayor at ferry ponto 1941
4095 Gosport Town Centre Ferry Gardens Red Alert Signal being hoisted at Ferry Gardens 1941
4096 Gosport Forton Crossways Hall Concert advert 1941
4093 Alverstoke Bury Hall Lane Home Guard grenade practice at Bury Hall 1941
4070 Gosport Cold Harbour Clarence Road HMS Truant adoption lunch at Masonic Hall 1942 The News
4067 Gosport School girls helping to load waste paper 1942
4068 Alverstoke The Avenue Staff of the Report Centre 1942
4058 Gosport Privett Privett Road Annual General Inspection at Privett Park 1942
2052 Unknown Captured Russian Gun WW2
2051 Swathling School of Navigation Bayonet Drill by Polish sailors 1942/3
2085 Southampton Civic Centre Officers of Allied Nations Taking Salute 1943
2034 YMCA tea van Vera Lynn WW2
2064 Hampshire Invasion assembly camp Soldiers cleaning food containers 1944
2041 RAPC issuing French Francs to invasion troops 1944 IWM
2082 Air Raid Warden shielding child
2090 Portchester Tanks travelling down road 1944
2091 In the Solent LST with barrage ballon escort (reversed picture) 1944 The News
2092 Field Marshall Montgomery addressing troops 1944
2093 Paulsgrove DUKWS and tanks in road 1944
2040 France Courseulles-Sur-Mer General de Gaul & crew of FFS.La Combattante 1944
3060 Map Pre D Day bases in The Solent area 1944
4085 Gosport Forton Forum Cinema Celia Johnson receiving cheques for charity 1944
4097 Gosport Town Centre Beach Street Loading L C T at Beach Street 1944
4098 Gosport Hardway Priddys Hard ? Women handling shells. 1944
4108 Gosport Haslar HMS Dolphin Minature Sub.X23 returns after pointing the way for 1944
4102 Southwick Southwick House ? Admiral Sir Bertram Ramsey, killed in aircrash Jan.19 U 1944
4104 Gosport Stokes Bay Beach Unloading aircraft parts,Stokes Bay,opposite Stanley Park 1944
3045 Tangmere Air Station King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with RAF 1944 MAM
3036 Hardway or Stokes Bay? Loading tanks 1944
4072 Gosport Beach Street Beach Street Loading L C T s 1944
4069 Stokes Bay Beach Constructon of piers for Mulberry Harbours 1944
4063 Normandy Arromanche Landing Craft on beach 1944
4059 Gosport Town Centre Beach Street L C T loading at Beach Street 1944
4053 Gosport Stokes Bay Beach Damaged caisson for Mulberry Harbours 1944
4046 Gosport Newtown Stoke Road Final Parade 29th (Gosport)Hants Home Guard 1944
4112 Gosport Stokes Bay Beach L C T loading at Stokes Bay 1944
4113 Isle of Wight Sandown Drum for P L U T O 19443037 29th Cadet Battalion,Hants Regiment, inspection
3039 Between Petworth & Gosport Tank crews 13th/18th Hussars resting on roadside 1944
3040 Troops embarking from pier 1944
3071 Portsmouth South Parade Pier Troops emparking from pier Jun 1944 Ports News
4003 Gosport Hardway Grove Road German POW marching from Hardway to Station 1944 J Lawrence
4006 Gosport Town Centre Beach Street L C T loading at Beach Street 1944
4020 Stokes Bay Beach Beach Construction of caissons for Mulberry Harbours 1944
3058 Leaving Map Lorry King George VI and Field Marshall Montgomery 1944
3048 Herbert Morrison Reviewing parade of vehicles 1944
2043 Lee-on-the-Solent HMS Daedalus Wren signalling
2088 Gosport Town Centre Beach Street Loading LCT at Beach street 1944 The News2013 Warsash Commandos embarking with cycles 1944 IMW
2072 Alverstoke Stokes Bay Construction of Phoenix caissons for Mulberry Harbour 1944
2053 Arromanche Mulberry Harbour Floating roadway & SLUGS for linking & mooring 1944
2009 Hardway Slipway Priory Road Lorries on LCT at Hardway 1944
3009 Gosport Rowner Beach Street Damaged Horsa glider being unloaded at Beach Street 1944 The News
3011 Map of Naval bases in Solent region 1944
3012 American Army vehicles embarking for D day 1944
3005 Normandy Arromanche First Wrens to land at Mulberry Harbour 1944
1100 Gosport Town Centre Street Party Celebrating peace after the second world war 1945
2033 Alverstoke St Mary's Church ? VE Childrens Party 1945
3008 Gosport ferry Elson Wardens 1945
4038 Gosport Bridgemary Bridgemary German prisoners of war at work on Bridgemary Estate 1945
4042 Gosport Forton Forton Road V E Party on St.Vincent Playing Fields 1945
4109 Gosport Rowner Grange Airfield Fleetlands repair staff at Grange Airfield with Firefly 1945
4002 Gosport Town Centre W V S Centre Staff 1945
4015 Gosport Forton Forton Road Victory celebration ceremony at St.Vincent Barracks 1945
4026 Gosport Privett VE Street Party. Charlesbury Avenue & Oval Garden 1945
4004 Gosport Elson Ceremony handing over first prefab J.Lawrence 1945
3069 Cosham? Fareham? D Day vehicles waiting for embarkation
2063 US Field Bakery Ovens 2ndWW The News
3023 Lee-on-the-Solent HMS Daedalus WAAF's repaing parachute. WW2
2083 P.O cook feeding pet rabbits on board an LST WW2
3024 Portsmouth harbour Naval ships including gunboat as in 3051
3051 Gun Boat flying Royal Ensign
3026 Dakota on airfield4013 Gosport Town Centre Holly Street Bomb damage Holly Street. WW2 Reversed
4016 Gosport Town Centre High Street Bomb damage. Hampshire Electricity Co. WW2 reversed
4017 Bomb damage Position unknown
4018 Gosport Bury Cross Bury Hall Lane Bomb damage Bury Hall Lane WW2
4022 Gosport Privett Hamble Road Bomb damage at Hamble Road WW2
4024 Gosport Town Centre Church Path Bomb damage at Church Path WW2
4025 Gosport Forton LaviniaRoad Bomb damage at Lavinia Road WW2
4028 Gosport Bomb damage Position unknown WW2
4029 Gosport First Aid trailer WW2
4030 Gosport Town Centre Beach Street Bomb damage & grounded barrage balloon WW2
4031 Gosport North Close ? Bomb damage WW2
4032 Lee-on-the-Solent HMS Daedalus W.A.A.F.s packing a parachute WW2
4033 Gosport Forton Forton Road Bomb damage at Forton Road WW2 Reversed
4005 Gosport Elson Elson Bomb crater Dunkeld Road WW2 Reversed
4035 W.A.A.F.s lowering a barrage balloon WW2
4037 Lee-on-the-Solent Marine Parade area Bomb damage WW2
4039 Gosport Bomb damage place unknown WW2
4041 Gosport V E Street party Place unknown WW2
4043 Gosport Hardway Fisgard Road Bomb damage at Fisgard Road WW2
4044 Gosport Town Centre High Street Bomb damage to Market House, The Dive Café WW2
4045 Forton Forton Road Bomb damage next to St.Johns Church WW2
4047 Gosport Town Centre South Street Portland Place bomb damage WW2
4048 Gosport Forton Forton Road Rescue Squad on stand-by at St. Vincent Barracks WW2
4049 Gosport Bombed church Place unknown WW2
4050 Children celebrating V E Day.
4051 Gosport Haslar Haslar Road German aerial photo of Gunboat Yard WW2
4040 Gosport South Street Bomb damage to Magistrates Court WW2
4056 Gosport Posters encouraging women to join organisations WW2
4057 Gosport Bomb damage to Alexandria Cafe and Smith's Furniture Store WW2
4074 Gosport Bury Cross R A F band outside War Memorial Hospital ?
4076 Alverstoke Bury Hall Lane Home Guard rifle practice at Bury Hall
4079 29th.(Gosport) Hants Home Guard, F Company
4084 Gosport Forton Forton Road Bomb damage at Forton Road WW2
4088 Gosport Town Centre Church Path Bomb damage at Church Path WW2 Reversed
4089 Gosport Town Hall Town Hall National War Savings Posters outside Town Hall
4081 Ministry of Information Poster 'Careless Talk Costs Lives' WW2
4086 M of I poster Is your journey really necessary' WW2
4094 Gosport Haslar Fort Blockhouse Wren blacksmith at Fort Blockhouse WW2
4110 Gosport WVS demonstrating how to make an emergency cooker WW2
4115 Gosport Frater R.N.A.D Photo of Shell Section R N A D
