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'London Raid Damage This Morning', 8 October 1940

Photograph, World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945) 1940.

An injured man is helped through a damaged London street by Air Raid Precautions (ARP) staff. The 'SP' on their helmets denotes that they are from a stretcher party.

Between September 1940 and May 1941 London was constantly bombed in the 'Blitz'. During this period more than 20,000 Londoners were killed. The German raid of 8 October saw serious fires in Bermondsey and Rotherhithe alongside damage to government buildings in Whitehall and Charing Cross station.

One of 58 British official photographs.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 2006-12-102-33

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum, Out of Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=2006-12-102-33