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(4) FEEDING the R.A.F.: With Some Specialised Problems

... (4) FEEDING the R.A.F. With Some Specialised Problems THE task of feeding the Royal Air Force at home and abroad is colossal. It would be a big enough undertaking under normal conditions, with sea routes unhindered and imports freely flowing, to cater for a force that has expanded to such huge proportions and is spread over half the world, from the Hebrides to Singapore. But now one can ...

WOMEN IN THE SERVICES

... EXPRESSIONS AT A MOTOR-TRANSPORT DEMONSTRATION (See also picture on right The principal duties of the R.A.S.C. in an Anti-Aircraft Division are to deliver ammunition to the guns and deliver food to the troops. In addition, the R.A.S.C. are the Carter Patersons of the division and supply all transport requirements. They are experts in motor vehicles, and in addition to transport and maintenance ...

Published: Saturday 08 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 306 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A NEW ANGLE on PAPER SALVAGE

... This is One of the Most Urgent of War Tasks at the Present Moment. What can be Done in this Connection, and How the Country can Best be Served, is Here Discussed in Full By CHARLES GRAVES IT may seem a far, almost a far-fetched, cry from Ruff's Guide to the Turf or Ally Sloper's Half Holiday to ack-ack gunfire. Lord Beaverbrook's demand for a minimum of 100,000 tons of waste paper and waste ...

Published: Saturday 15 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 2069 | Page: Page 28, 29 | Tags: Photographs 

WAIFS & STRAYS

... WAIFS STRAYS WAIFS STRAYS SOCIETY ST. MICHAEL'S, JOEL STREET, PINNER, MIDDLESEX Bankers Barclays Ltd. The WAR and HOMELESS CHILDREN THE SOCIETY CAN 6,121 CHILDREN TO PROVIDE THE ANSWER FEED AND CLOTHE WITH YOUR HELP EVERY DAY 4 CHILDREN RECEIVED EVERY DAY. 1,683 TAKEN FROM DANGER AREAS INTO 60 SPECIAL WAR NURSERIES. ...

Published: Saturday 15 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Advertisement | Words: 51 | Page: Page 35 | Tags: Photographs 

The BIRTH of the 8-GUN FIGHTER: And Its Development into the World's Deadliest fighter Aircraft

... The BIRTH of the 8-GUN FIGHTER And Its Development into the World s Deadliest tighter Aircraft AT a time which marks the anniversary of the defeat and final rout of the Luftwaffe in their major daylight attacks upon England of last year, it is fitting that we should remember how much we owe to the Hurricane and Spitfire and the men who designed them and those who worked for the incorporation ...

Published: Saturday 01 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1901 | Page: Page 16, 17 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

TRAINING THE DESTROYER MEN

... I n the British Home Fleet, the Destroyer Depot Ship (see also p. 1 5 1 of this issue) serves as a naval schoolroom, where the future destroyer men are trained in gunnery, torpedo-firing, anti submarine work, seamanship and signalling. Models of ships are used, and the lighting is arranged so as to convey the effects of searchlights, star shells and gun-flashes. By this means the men learn a ...

Published: Saturday 01 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 285 | Page: Page 27 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

A CRISIS IN THE OFFICERS' MESS?: The War has Created a Serious Situation Amongst the Wine Dealers; and the ..

... A CRISIS IN THE OFFICERS' MESS? The War has Created a Serious Situation Amongst the Wine Dealers and the Repercussions of This are Here Discussed in an Authoritative Article By CHARLES GRAVES NEVER in the history of this country has so little liquor been available to so many. In the last war our Expeditionary Force on the Con tinent was able to live on the land as far as wines and brandy and ...

Published: Saturday 01 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 1399 | Page: Page 28 | Tags: Photographs 

THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER AT GIBRALTAR

... AT LORD GORT'S LUNCHEON PARTY IN THE DUKE'S HONOUR From left to right are General Barron-y-Ortez, Spanish Governor of Algeciras, the Marquesa de Povar, the Duke of Gloucester, and Sehora Barron-y-Ortez, taking a stroll after lunch in the garden of Government House, Gibraltar THE DUKE ON THE HIGHEST POINT OF THE ROCK This A.-A. defence post is manned by the Gibraltar Defence Force. It is ...

Published: Saturday 01 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 247 | Page: Page 29 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

PANZER WARFARE of TO-DAY-II: The Counter-Attack is Developed

... PANZER WARFARE of TO-DAY-II The Counter-Attack is Developed Tin incidents should be taken in numerical order. A small arrow has been affixed to each circle pointing towards the next number to be consulted. 'Phe river which is seen in the foreground of Diagram i KT (on p. 271) is shown at the head of this drawing. And the taction is now being continued. Increased congestion has taken K place on ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 599 | Page: Page 19 | Tags: Maps  Photographs 

The GREAT OFFENSIVE in LIBYA: Where the British Forces have Launched a Big Push against the Combined German and ..

... The GREAT OFFENSIVE in LIBYA Where the British Forces have Launched a Big Push against the Combined German and Italian Armies in Cyrenaica TWO FAMOUS BROTHERS-- Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham, C.-in-C., Mediterranean Fleet, and Lieut. -Gen. Sir Alan Cunningham, Commander of the newly-formed Eighth Army The latter is fifty-five years of age, and is in command of the Libyan forces he is the ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 437 | Page: Page 5 | Tags: Graphic  Photographs 

The SECOND CAMPAIGN in LIBYA: Where British-Imperial Forces are Now Ranged Against the German and Italian Enemy

... The SECOND CAMPAIGN in LIBYA Where British-Imperial Forces are Now Ranged Against the German and Italian Enemy ON November 18, British and Allied forces, after careful preparation, advanced against the Axis forces which for over six months have been a threatening factor on the Egyptian frontier. The enemy's main defensive line, the northern part of which had been heavily fortified, extendi ...

Published: Saturday 29 November 1941
Newspaper: The Sphere
County: London, England
Type: Illustrated | Words: 692 | Page: Page 6, 7 | Tags: Illustrations  Photographs 

The NEW MILITARY LEADERS: The Recent Changes in the Army High Command and the General Staff

... The NEW MILITARY LEADERS The Recent Changes in the Army High Command and the General Staff The military changes announced last week, which may have appeared to some as somewhat disconnected, take on a very different aspect when they are set out in diagrammatic fashion. What is apt to be termed a reshuffle now assumes a more logical aspect. The movements seen on the left, for instance, indicate ...