Incidents.

Further details of these photos can be found in the documents section under incidents.

Gorlestone, Norfolk, 7 March 1968

Captain Tom Moore. Bomb Disposal Unit, Felixstowe. Inspects a German bomb unearthed on Shrublands, Building site, Gorlestone on the 7 March 1968. Photo P Markham’s Collection.

Kentish Town, London, 3 October1969

Major George Fletcher Aged 45. All that was left of a 1,600lb German hexamite landmine, dismantled earlier yesterday (2 October 1969) on a building site in Highgate, Kentish Town. He described the 12 hour operation as one of the nastiest he had done. The mine had every conceivable booby trap. More than 100 homes were threatened and 500 people evacuated the area, spending the night in a school or with relatives. Photo P Markham Collection.

Plaistow, London. 2 August 1974.

Major Arthur Hogben head of the Royal Engineers bomb squad. Holding part of an explosive charge taken from a 2,500lb World War II bomb unearthed in Plaistow, on the 1 August 1972. Listening through a stethoscope is Sapper Karl Bradbury. Photo P Markham Collection.

Brighton, Sussex. 14 March 1979

Major Barry Birch. With a wartime butterfly bomb, which he later blew up in Brighton. The bomb, containing eight ounces of TNT, is the second to come to light following the disclosures on the popular television series, Danger UXB, that the Second World War bombs can never be defused. It had been kept in a cupboard at the home of a plasterer Steve Hall, 38 and his wife Moira in Springfield Road, for several months. Photo P Markham’s Collection.

Sheffield. February 1985.

An unexploded one ton bomb, unearthed near Sheffield United’s Bramall Lane ground was still unstable bomb disposal experts said. Photo P Markham’s Collection.

London. 10 April 1984.

EOD on route to the Libyan People Bureau in St James Square. Photo P Markham’s Collection.

Billingsgate, London. November 1988.

Captain Anthony Crawford. Photo P Markham’s Collection.

Walton-on-Thames. 15 October 1993.

A 1000 kg Second World War German bomb was uncovered by a digger in a gavel pit, being inspected by a Bomb Disposal Officer. Photo P Markham’s Collection.

Portland Bill. 1 April 1995.

Captain Mike Lobb. With his team before they prepare to defuse an unexploded wartime bomb from 1941. The operation will take up to 48 hours and will be the first time he has defused a bomb. Photo P Markham’s Collection.