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Hampstead Heath
 

Hampstead & the Heath during the Wars.

Throughout both World Wars, the Heath was used by local soldiers for training and exercise, and the earth dug for trenches, sandbags and allotments. Read about the history of the Heath during the wars here.

 
 

In Pictures:
1914 - 1945

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Recruiting meeting on Hampstead Heath, 1915

Recruiting meeting on Hampstead Heath, 1915

A newspaper article bearing this picture read:

The male holiday-makers who flocked to Hampstead Heath yesterday on pleasure bent heard a call to arms. A big recruiting meeting was held there, and the picture shows the crowd listening to a speaker.

1914 9th London Regiment, Queen Victoria's Rifles, Heath, December 1914.jpg
1914 9th, County of London, Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles, at Hampstead in December 1914.jpg
1914 ARTISTS RIFLES ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH.jpg
1914 camouflaged gun pit; 1st City of London R. F. A, Hampstead, December 1914.jpg
1914 WW1 Queen Victoria Rifles Training on Hampstead Heath.JPG
1915 Queen Victoria's Rifles, 9th London Regiment, training  Hampstead Heath, 1915.jpg
1915 Royal Engineers Signal Service training as look-out party Hampstead Heath,  January 1915..jpg
1915 Trench digging practice Hampstead Heath, Queen's Westminsters, WW1.jpg
1916 Soldier's wife money problem.jpg
1916  March Inns Of Court OTC drill.jpg
1916 Soldiers West Heath Road, Elm Walk, Childs Hill.jpg
Hampstead Heath during the war.jpg
1917 12thjuly1917boysbrigade.jpg
1918+croquet+Rosslyn+Hill+Mil+Aux+Hosp.jpg
1914-1918+Rosslyn+Lodge+Military+Hospital+nurses.jpg
1918 Rosslyn Lodge Auxiliary Military Hospital Ward.jpg
1935 War Mock Gas Attack, Vale Of Health, June 1935.jpg
1935 War Mock Gas Attack, Vale Of Health, June 1935c.jpg
1935 War Mock Gas Attack, Vale Of Health, June 1935d.jpg
1938 War Evacuation from Haverstock Hill School, c1938.jpg
1939 Girls Fill Sandbags West End Green 5Sep1939.jpg
1940 women and children settling in for the night, Henry Moore, 1940.jpg
1940 Womens Voluntary Service, Hampstead.jpg
1941 Foster Parents Plan for War Children Nursery in Hampstead, 1941.jpg
1942 Hampstead mothers demand nurseries for their children, to enable them to carry out war work, circa 1942. .jpg
1941 Garden Allotments on Hampstead Heath 1941.jpg
1942 A man and a young girl at work on an allotment on Hampstead Heath during the Second World War. ca. 1942 Hampstead.jpg
1941 A woman tends to an allotment on Hampstead Heath in 1941.jpg
1943 boxing match courtesy of Burgh House.jpg
1945 Bomb Damage Hampstead.jpg
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Recruiting meeting on Hampstead Heath, 1915
1914 9th London Regiment, Queen Victoria's Rifles, Heath, December 1914.jpg
1914 9th, County of London, Battalion, Queen Victoria's Rifles, at Hampstead in December 1914.jpg
1914 ARTISTS RIFLES ON HAMPSTEAD HEATH.jpg
1914 camouflaged gun pit; 1st City of London R. F. A, Hampstead, December 1914.jpg
1914 WW1 Queen Victoria Rifles Training on Hampstead Heath.JPG
1915 Queen Victoria's Rifles, 9th London Regiment, training  Hampstead Heath, 1915.jpg
1915 Royal Engineers Signal Service training as look-out party Hampstead Heath,  January 1915..jpg
1915 Trench digging practice Hampstead Heath, Queen's Westminsters, WW1.jpg
1916 Soldier's wife money problem.jpg
1916  March Inns Of Court OTC drill.jpg
1916 Soldiers West Heath Road, Elm Walk, Childs Hill.jpg
Hampstead Heath during the war.jpg
1917 12thjuly1917boysbrigade.jpg
1918+croquet+Rosslyn+Hill+Mil+Aux+Hosp.jpg
1914-1918+Rosslyn+Lodge+Military+Hospital+nurses.jpg
1918 Rosslyn Lodge Auxiliary Military Hospital Ward.jpg
1935 War Mock Gas Attack, Vale Of Health, June 1935.jpg
1935 War Mock Gas Attack, Vale Of Health, June 1935c.jpg
1935 War Mock Gas Attack, Vale Of Health, June 1935d.jpg
1938 War Evacuation from Haverstock Hill School, c1938.jpg
1939 Girls Fill Sandbags West End Green 5Sep1939.jpg
1940 women and children settling in for the night, Henry Moore, 1940.jpg
1940 Womens Voluntary Service, Hampstead.jpg
1941 Foster Parents Plan for War Children Nursery in Hampstead, 1941.jpg
1942 Hampstead mothers demand nurseries for their children, to enable them to carry out war work, circa 1942. .jpg
1941 Garden Allotments on Hampstead Heath 1941.jpg
1942 A man and a young girl at work on an allotment on Hampstead Heath during the Second World War. ca. 1942 Hampstead.jpg
1941 A woman tends to an allotment on Hampstead Heath in 1941.jpg
1943 boxing match courtesy of Burgh House.jpg
1945 Bomb Damage Hampstead.jpg
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