by Andrew Gill | Aug 27, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
The RNAS (Royal Naval Air Service) was the Royal Navy’s air department during the First World War. These pilots are a happy crew but they were flying early biplanes on very hazardous missions and their chances of returning to base must have been small. The... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 24, 2021 | Gallery, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
When the War Department called for motorcyclists to volunteer for despatch work at the start of August 1914, the response was huge. The London office had 2,000 more applicants than they needed and a similar response was reported across the country. If a rider and his... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 23, 2021 | Gallery, I didn’t expect that!, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
It’s the First World War and these British Tommies are in a trench, far from home, probably up to their eyes in mud, filth and the blood and bodies of their friends. But life goes on and while one is sniping at the enemy, another brews the tea! We have hundreds... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 20, 2021 | Gallery, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus, Transport
The R31 was a British airship built in 1918. It was designed (with the help of a German engineer) to provide air cover for our naval fleet during the First World War but by the time it was ready to fly, the armistice had been signed. On its first flight from England... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 15, 2021 | Gallery, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
Honley is a village to the south of Huddersfield in Yorkshire. In the First World War when this photograph was taken, there were hundreds of munitions factories producing weapons and ammunition for our troops on the front line. Some were huge, some tiny, all top... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 8, 2021 | Gallery, Places, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
Prior to the First World War, most jobs were for men while women stayed at home doing domestic chores and bringing up children. It was a very unequal society with men having all the power and, yes, I can hear some of you saying “they still do”. Women... 
by Andrew Gill | Aug 3, 2021 | Gallery, I didn’t expect that!, Places, Transport
This extraordinary photograph was taken on 15th April, 1919, shortly after the end of the First World War. The crew had surrended a couple of months earlier and the boat was being towed through the English Channel when it came adrift and ran aground on Hastings Beach.... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 24, 2021 | Gallery, NFT Photo-Art, Transport
The original photograph, on which this photo-art is based, was probably taken in the 1930s. Biplanes were first used by the Royal Navy during the First World War, mostly for aerial reconnaissance. Launching them from ships that didn’t have purpose-made flight... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 18, 2021 | Gallery, NFT Photo-Art
During the first world war when tanks were used for the first time in warfare, the only means of communication between the crew and their HQ was a hand-written message attached to a homing-pigeon’s leg. Enjoy this photo-art based on an original photograph from... 
by Andrew Gill | Jul 12, 2021 | Gallery, NFT Photo-Art, The Man on the Clapham Omnibus
During the First World War, factories all over the UK made ammunition for British soldiers fighting on the front line. A few were armaments manufacturers prior to the war but most were private companies making a range of consumer products and were contracted by the... 