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A.T.S.: Auxiliary Territorial Service

... A.T.S. Auxiliary Territorial Service The Au x i 1 i ary T erritorial Service is run very much on ordinary Army lines the women are paid from 12s. per week and all their uni form outfit and equipment is'found. The duties of the members are con cerned with the Army alone and consist of cooking, canteen, secretarial and telephone work. There is in addition to the above a branch of skilled drivers ...

Published: Saturday 23 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 138 | Page: Page 24 | Tags: Photographs 

A WAR NEWSLETTER--No. 59: LOOKING EAST

... a war newsletter-No. 59 32-34, St. Bride Street, E.C.4 LOOKING EAST.-- Broadly, the air blitzkrieg on Britain has already and defi nitely failed. Clearly the victory was to be attained in a matter of a few weeks. England was to be brought to her knees by the total dislocation of her war effort at the chief centres and the abandonment of London by the King and his Government was a clearly ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2250 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

ROYAL INTEREST IN LONDON DON'S STEADFAST STAND

... ROYAL INTEREST IN lOl DON'S STEADFAST STAND THE KING AND QUEEN CHAT WITH THE DRIVER OF Al AMBULANCE: Their Majesties have presented four ambulance] and two mobile canteens to the L.C.C. for use by t'J defenders of London and here they are inspecting the una ENTERTAINING THE CROWDS OF REFUGEES IN A TUB STATION In the night air-raid shelter at Aldwych Station, crowc now gather nightly to get ...

Published: Saturday 19 October 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 263 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

DE GAULLE AT DAKAR AND AT DUALA

... ARRIVAL AT DAKAR: A launch, flying General de Gaulle's tricolour and carrying his Envoy, off to meet the French Governor-General 1ERAL GIVES UP: With his officers, General de Gaulle es not to cause bloodshed by fighting against his compatriots at Dakar AT DUALA Casualties from the Dakar incident being ied ashore at Duala, where the General was received with open arms DUALA RECEIVES DE GAULLE: ...

Published: Saturday 09 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 223 | Page: Page 7 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A WAR-TIME OPERATION AT SEA: Salvaging a Damaged Trawler

... A WAR-TIME OPERATION AT SEA Salvaging a Damaged Trawler Drawing by Montague Dawson A helpless ship of any size is a very difficult tow, even in calm weather; if her rudder is jammed to one side or the other, as is often the case, it is impossible to do any good until a second ship makes fast astern and acts as a rudder by forcibly hauling her round. The first thing to be done is to establish ...

Published: Saturday 09 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 296 | Page: Page 15 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE DEFENCE OF THE ROCK

... The Fortress and Town of Gibraltar: And the Men Who Will Defend It 17 ach day the question of Gibraltar looms larger: the recent talks between Senor Suner and Herr Hitler in Germany, and between General Franco and Hitler on the Spanish Frontier, have stressed the importance of Spain's attitude to the Axis Powers and to Britain. There is no doubt that Gibraltar is prepared for any, and every, ...

Published: Saturday 09 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 593 | Page: Page 23 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

THE DEFENCE OF THE ROCK

... IIIHM i V- Vk LA LINEA AND THE NEUTRAL TERRITORY TO THE NORTH The Spanish town of La Linea is the home of the native workers in the British dockyard at Gibraltar. Next comes the neutral territory, the scene of many execution squads during the Spanish Civil War. The straight line running across the mid-picture is the British boundary with the famous Gibraltar racecourse below it: the latter is ...

Published: Saturday 09 November 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 950 | Page: Page 24, 25 | Tags: Graphic  Maps  Photographs 

The MEN WITHOUT FEAR

... The Members of the Bomb Disposal Unit, Whose Heroism at St. Paul's Has Thrilled the Whole of London HEROES ALL!-- THE BOMB SQUAD WHICH SAVED ST. PAUL'S: The story of the St. Paul s bomb will be an Epic of this war. It was no ordinary bomb it weighed nearly a ton and bristled with fuses. Now that their work has been made known there is a public clamour that official recognition should be made ...

Published: Saturday 21 September 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 212 | Page: Page 10 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

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Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 6 | Page: Page 4 | Tags: Photographs 

THE CAMPAIGN BY THE ATBARA: THE STRUGGLE FOR GALLABAT AND KASSALA

... THE CAMPAIGN BY THE AT BAR A THE STRUGGLE FOR GALLABAT AND KASSALA AFTER being in the hands of the Italians for just four months, Gallabat has now been recaptured by the British forces. When the Italians captured it on July 3 it was hi-id by a small force of Sudanese troops, too small to Lrep off the heavy masses brought against them, and who consequently had to retire after giving a very good ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 895 | Page: Page 17 | Tags: Maps  Photographs 

AFTER the AIR RAIDS: Pictures Showing Scenes in Various Parts of the Country After the Passage of the German ..

... AFTER the AIR RAIDS Pictures Showing Scenes in Various Parts of the Country After the Passage of the German K[ight Raiders LEARNING THE TRUTH ABOUT THE CASUALTIES: Inhabitants of a Midlands town reading the Ministry of Information notices. These give the actual facts concerning raids and thus dispel rumours THE C OUT WHICH IS THE NERVE-CENTRE OF A RAILWAY: This ig narrow dug-out, 6 ft. under ...

Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 348 | Page: Page 31 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

RONSON

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Published: Saturday 07 December 1940
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 117 | Page: Page 34 | Tags: Photographs