Arthur Cross and Fred Tibbs were City of London policemen. Cross had been appointed official photographer to the police department in July 1939 with Tibbs assigned to assist him in September 1940 and they worked capturing these images of the damage caused to the City of London by enemy action during the Second World War. Perhaps the most arresting image is that of 23 Queen Victoria Street collapsing on 11 May 1941 (record 36708). Cross and Tibbs continued to photograph the City, recording damage by a V1 raid in 1944.

After the end of the war Cross and Tibbs carried on working as City policemen with a continuing involvement in City Police photographic work.