Collections Of The Imperial War Museum

THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES (PASSCHENDAELE) 31 JULY - 10 NOVEMBER 1917. Battle of Polygon Wood 26 September - 3 October: Mounted troops of the 1st Anzac Corps moving along the tree-lined Ypres road

At sea en route to Singapore. C. 1945-08. Ships of the occupation convoy on the way to Singapore following the Japanese surrender on 1945-08-15. Men of the RAF Regiment are manning the gun in the foreground.

Lowl-level oblique aerial photograph taken during an attack on an enemy convoy in the Aegean Sea north of Heraklion, which was making for Crete. Bristol Beaufighters attacked one of the German destroyers escort More

A Bristol Blenheim Mark I, L1134 'PT-F', of No. 62 Squadron RAF, taxying in front of a line of Brewster Buffaloes at Sembawang, Singapore, as another section of Buffaloes flies over the airfield. It was in L113 More

A Royal Air Force Short Sunderland Mk.I of 210 Squadron (L2163, DA-G), which flew the Sunderland from June 1938 to mid-1940. ‘DA-G’, of No. 210 Squadron RAF based at Oban, Argyll, is here banking over the Atlan More

A Short Sunderland Mk.III (EK573/P) of No. 10 Squadron RAAF on the water after alighting to rescue 3 survivors from a Vickers Wellington of No. 172 Squadron RAF, clinging to a one-man dinghy (seen at right) aft More

A Royal Air Force Hawker Typhoon Mark IB (MN234 'SF-T') of No. 137 Squadron RAF with a full load of 60-lb. rocket-projectiles beneath the wings, running up on an engine test at B78/Eindhoven, Holland.

Oblique aerial photograph taken from Short Sunderland Mark III, W4030 'H', of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, while attacking German type VIIC submarine U-243, west of St Nazaire in the Bay of Biscay. Depth charges dropp More

Oblique aerial photograph taken from Short Sunderland Mark III, EK586 'U', of No. 10 Squadron RAAF during an attack on German type VIIC submarine U 426 in the Bay of Biscay. During a midwinter 'Percussion' patr More

Vickers Wellington Mark IAs and ICs of No. 75 (New Zealand) Squadron RAF based at Feltwell, Norfolk (UK), flying in loose formation over the East Anglian countryside in November 1940. The leading aircraft in th More

4 inch gun on ASDIC trawler HMS Southern Star. Chalk and pencil. Art.IWM ART LD 3118

HMS PLYM underway Public domain image of a British navy ship during World War Two, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Crew manning range finder control tower high above the deck of HMS REVENGE.

Sailors washing down the decks on the British battleship HMS Rodney.

HMS Sikh Underway on completion Public domain image of a British navy ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Venerable (R63), circa 1945. She appears to be painted in a variation of the admiralty standard camouflage pattern with the blue (B20) panel carried to the ends of the grey (G45) hull.

The "VC" Ship. 22 and 23 November 1942, Oran and Mers-el-kebir. HMS Walney, Ex-american Coast Guard Cutter Lying on Its Side by the Inner Breakwater of Oran Harbour. After the Ship Had Reached Its Objective; To More

The "VC" Ship. 22 and 23 November 1942, Oran and Mers-el-kebir. HMS Walney, Ex-american Coast Guard Cutter Lying on Its Side by the Inner Breakwater of Oran Harbour. After the Ship Had Reached Its Objective; To More

Home Guard soldiers operate a 'Blacker Bombard' spigot mortar during training at No. 3 GHQ Home Guard School at Onibury near Craven Arms in Shropshire, 20 May 1943. Home Guard soldiers operate a 'Blacker Bombar More

Hawker Hurricanes of No. 80 Squadron RAF refuelling at Rosh Pinna, Palestine, near the Syrian border.

Facilities for British service personnel in Berlin during the Blockade, 1949. The NAAFI Club, situated on the corner of Reichskanzlerplatz (later Theodor Heuss Platz).

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Close-up of a flamethrower mounted on a Universal carrier, seen at a demonstration of flame weapons in Scotland, March 1942.

British Flame Projector. First used by British at Battle of the Somme, 1st July 1916. Range 40 to 50 yards. Oil was forced through pipes under pressure, and ignited at a jet.

The British Occupation of Java The burnt-out LaSalle 1940 Series 52 Sedan of the late Brigadier Mallaby on the spot where he was murdered by Indonesian nationalists in Surabaya (Soerabaja) on 31 October 1945. N More

Lieutenant Jenks RNR. Master of HMS Southern Star. Chalk and pencil. Art.IWM ART LD 3141

Group portrait of members of The Liverpool Scottish (1/10th Battalion, The King's Liverpool Regiment), September 1914.

Mahatma Gandhi with Lord Pethwick Lawrence, British Secretary of State for India, after a meeting on 18 April 1946.

A Messerschmitt Me 263 powered glider under attack off Cape Corse, Corsica, by a Martin Marauder Mark I, flown by the Commanding Officer of No. 14 Squadron RAF, Wing Commander W Maydwell. The aircraft crash-lan More

A Messerschmitt Me 263 powered glider under attack off Cape Corse, Corsica, by a Martin Marauder Mark I, flown by the Commanding Officer of No. 14 Squadron RAF, Wing Commander W Maydwell. The aircraft crash-lan More

A Messerschmitt Me 263 powered glider under attack off Cape Corse, Corsica, by a Martin Marauder Mark I, flown by the Commanding Officer of No. 14 Squadron RAF, Wing Commander W Maydwell. The aircraft crash-lan More

Survivors from Mona's Queen, pictured from the destroyer HMS Vanquisher after the sinking of the vessel on the approach to Dunkirk.

FIELD MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN KG GCB DSO 1887-1976. Montgomery as CIGS (Chief of Imperial General Staff) designate in the Viceregal Gardens, New Delhi with the Viceroy, Field Marshal Wavell a More

de Havilland Mosquito PR Mark IX (serial number ML897) of 1409 (Meteorological) Flight RAF photographed in November 1944. Part of the Air Ministry Second World War official collection.

Neville Chamberlain holding the paper containing the resolution to commit to peaceful methods signed by both Hitler and himself on his return from Munich. He is showing the piece of paper to a crowd at Heston A More

Infantry from the 2nd Battalion, Auckland Regiment, New Zealand Division in the Switch Line near Flers, taken some time in September 1916, after the Battle of Flers-Courcelette.

Photograph of New Zealand gunners with a captured German anti-tank rifle, in a German near Grévillers, France.

Photograph of British 18 pdr field gun being moved into a new position, Battle of Arras, during the advance near Athies. Comment : This was part of the First Battle of the Scarpe , part of the Battle of Arras. More

Vertical aerial photograph taken during a bombing attack by Italian Air Force on Hal Far airfield, Malta. Bombs are seen exploding on the installations in the northern corner of the airfield and over its easter More

Royal Air Force Ferry Command, 1941-1943. The Duke of Kent shakes hands with a BOAC pilot as he prepares to board Consolidated Liberator Mark I, AM261, of Ferry Command, for his journey from Prestwick, Scotland More

Royal Air Force in the Middle East, 1944-1945. A pilot, under training for tactical reconnaissance duties, leaves Supermarine Spitfire PR Mark IV, BR416 'X', of No. 74 Operational Training Unit at Petah Tikva, More

Scharnhorst Survivors at Scapa Flow, 2 January 1944 Blindfolded SCHARNHORST survivors, in merchant seaman rescue kit, walking down a gang-plank from the SS St Ninian on their way to internment.

US Combat Naval Engineers (Seabees) examine the body of a Japanese soldier in the ruins of his pillbox after a four day battle for the airfield at Cape Gloucester.

Service of Major David Smiley With Special Operations Executive (soe) in Albania, 1943 - 1944 Portrait of Dule Bey Allemani, a tribal chief from Albania, holding a sten gun at Lure during the second SOE mission More

Service of Major David Smiley With the Special Operations Executive (soe) in Albania, 1943 - 1944. Xhelal Staravecke shaking hands with Major Billy McLean at Shtylla, August 1943 during the first SOE mission to More

IWM caption : Sopwith Cuckoo dropping a torpedo. Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

An official British Government photograph of Sopwith Triplanes from No. 1 (Naval) Squadron, Royal Naval Air Service, in Bailleul, France. The aircraft nearest the camera (N5454) was primarily flown by ace Richa More

Special Operations Executive (soe) and Special Forces Agents during the Second World War Lieutenant Odette Marie-Céline Sansom, George Cross, MBE. Odette Sansom served as a courier with F Section, Special Oper More

Sultan Mehmed V of Turkey greeting Kaiser Wilhelm II on his arrival in Istanbul. On Sultan'sleft is Hakki Pasha, the Turkish Ambassador in Berlin.Türkçe: Sultan V. Mehmed Alman İmparatoru II.Wilhelmi İstanbulda More

The 29cm Petard spigot mortar on a Churchill AVRE of 79th Squadron, 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers, under command of 3rd Infantry Division, 29 April 1944. A 40lb bomb can be seen on the right. The 29cm P More

The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 The Battle for Normandy: A British 4.5 inch gun being primed ready for firing by men of 211 Battery, 64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery near More

The Battle of the Somme, July - November 1916 Royal Engineers No.1 Printing Company. Troops waiting, some still asleep, in a support trench shortly before zero hour, Beaumont Hamel.

The Boer War, 1899 - 1902 General Piet Cronje's 94-pounder Creusot 'Long Tom' gun fires at British forces during the siege of Mafeking which lasted from October 1899 to May 1900.

The British Army in France 1940 Vickers Light Tank Mk VIC knocked out during an engagement on 27 May 1940 on the road between Huppy and St Maxent in the Somme sector.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 Infantry of 2nd Battalion, Essex Regiment file past a knocked out German Panther tank on a road near Tilly-sur-Seulles, 19 June 1944.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 A knocked-out German Panther tank in the centre of Lingèvres, 20 June 1944.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Sherman tank crews write letters home in a lull during operations to cross the River Seine at Vernon, 27/28 August 1944.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A 5.5-inch field gun of 64th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, firing on Bremen, 24 April 1945.

Vertical aerial view of Royal Air Force station at Risalpur from 9,600 feet.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Aircraft carriers HMS BITER and HMS AVENGER underway in line astern from HMS VICTORIOUS. Two Supermarine Seafires of No 884 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm can be seen at the More

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Fairey Swordfish on the snow-covered flight deck of the merchant aircraft carrier MV ANCYLUS. Note the engine cover on the aircraft.

The Royal Navy in the Second World War Troops at their boat stations wearing lifejackets during boat drill aboard the Orient Steam Navigation Co troopship Oronsay. She is off Gourock on the Firth of Clyde. The More

HMS Fury passing the Orient Steam Navigation Co troopship Oronsay off Gourock on the Firth of Clyde. Other ships are in the background. Troops aboard Oronsay are at their boat stations wearing lifejackets for b More

The Royal Navy during the Second World War- Madagascar, April - May 1942 A Grumman Martlet fighter of 888 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm from the aircraft carrier FORMIDABLE flying over HMS WARSPITE while circling to More

The Second World War 1939 - 1945- Great Britain- Personalities Lieutenant General (later Field Marshal) Bernard Montgomery in field dress, at Eighth Army Headquarters in Italy. In 1944-45 he was Commander-in-Ch More

The Special Operations Executive during the Second World War Head and shoulders portrait of Brigadier Edmund Charles Wolf Myers, Head of the SOE Military Mission to Greece 1942-1943.

The Special Operations Executive Exhibition Or 'demonstration Room' in the Natural History Museum (station 15), London during the Second World War Explosives Camouflage Section. A display showing methods of co More

The Special Operations Executive Exhibition Or 'demonstration Room' in the Natural History Museum (station 15), London during the Second World War Far East Room. Display showing concealment of various materials More

The Unknown Warrior at Westminster Abbey, London, 7 November 1920 The coffin of the Unknown Warrior in Westminster Abbey, London, 7 November 1920.

The ward room of HMS Southern Star. Chalk and pencil. Art.IWM ART LD 3130

Tiflis, the capital of Georgia, 1918. Part of the IWM's GERMAN FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL EXCHANGE COLLECTION

U-boat Warfare 1939-1945 Axis Forces: U 532, a Type IXC/40 submarine. Photographed entering Gladstone Dock, Liverpool after surrender to the Royal Navy.

Original description: "The US 1st Army: Casualties of 4th US Infantry Division, attended by US Medical Corpsmen, await evacuation by the sea wall at 'Uncle Red' Beach, UTAH Area, on the morning of 6 June. The l More

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany driving in a state carriage with Sultan Mehmed V of Ottoman Empire and Enver Pasha, Ottoman Minister of War and Commander in Chief of Ottoman forces during the Kaiser's state visit More

Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) tending the graves of fallen British soldiers in a cemetery at Abbeville.

Photograph of Canadian World War II posthumous Victoria Cross recipient Andrew Mynarski.

IWM caption : Avro Lancaster B Mark II, LL725 'EQ-C', of No. 408 Squadron RCAF, on the ground at Linton-on-Ouse, Yorkshire. Armourers are backing a tractor and trolley loaded with a 4,000 lb HE bomb ('Cookie') More

The crew of a Lanchester Mk.II Armoured Car of the 12th Lancers check their maps during manouevres.

IWM caption : Oblique aerial view of RAF Hemswell, Lincolnshire, from east-south-east. The airfield, and the administrative, technical and domestic sites (right) lie to the north of the A631, seen running west More

IWM caption : Oblique aerial view of RAF Swinderby, Lincolnshire, looking south-south-west. Vickers Wellingtons belonging to Nos. 300 and 301 Polish Bomber Squadrons RAF can be seen parked on the airfield and More

A Royal Air Force Avro Lancaster B Mark I (Special) (PB996 'YZ-C') of No. 617 Squadron RAF, flown by Flying Officer P. Martin and crew, releasing a 22,000-lb (10,000 kg) MC deep-penetration bomb (Bomber Comman More

Still from film taken by the RAF Film Production Unit, showing an Avro Lancaster of No. 617 Squadron RAF flying over the target during a daylight raid on the railway viaduct at Schildesche, Bielefeld, Germany. More

Operation Clipper. A jeep manned by Sergeant A Schofield and Trooper O Jeavons of 1 SAS near Geilenkirchen in Germany. The jeep is armed with three Vickers 'K' guns, and fitted with armoured glass shields in p More

A Royal Air Force oblique photographic-reconnaissance aerial of the twin railway viaducts at Schildesche, Bielefeld (Germany), following the successful daylight attack by 15 Avro Lancasters of No. 617 Squadron More

A Short Sunderland GR Mark 5 of No 201 Squadron, Royal Air Force, moored on the Havel in Berlin, Germany. The river Havel and lake Wannsee were used by Coastal Command Sunderlands from July until mid-December 1 More

IWM caption : "Pom-pom naval anti-aircraft guns on a battleship. (Possibly HMS KING GEORGE V)." Comment : This shows an 8-barrel mounting of QF 2 pounder pom-poms.

IWM caption : Forward view from the conning tower of HMS Tribune running on the surface in Scottish waters.

A German "Tiger I" tank on its side in a ditch, north of Rome, and an American lorry in the background driving past.

Mona's Queen on active service.

A view of the Land Excavating Trenching otherwise known as White Rabbit No. 6, Cultivator No. 6 or Nellie. This machine was an underground tank developed in 1939-1940 and designed to travel across no man's lan More

A view of the Land Excavating Trenching otherwise known as White Rabbit No. 6, Cultivator No. 6 or Nellie. This machine was an underground tank developed in 1939-1940 and designed to travel across no-man's lan More

A view of the Land Excavating Trenching otherwise known as White Rabbit No. 6, Cultivator No. 6 or Nellie. This machine was an underground tank developed in 1939-1940 and designed to travel across no-man's lan More

A view of the Land Excavating Trenching otherwise known as White Rabbit No. 6, Cultivator No. 6 or Nellie. This machine was an underground tank developed in 1939-1940 and designed to travel across no-man's lan More

The stern of HMS Ben-my-Chree (cica 1915) Public domain image of a British navy ship, steamship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

A Royal Air Force flight of No. 1651 Heavy Conversion Unit Short Stirling aircraft flying south-west, with the outskirts of Waterbeach (UK) in the foreground and Cambridge in the distance. From near to far the More

Colonel G T Forestier-Walker, General Horace Smith-Dorrien, and Colonel Paul Kenna VC.

IWM caption : Pilots of No 54 Squadron RAF gathered round a Supermarine Spitfire Mark IIA at Rochford, Kent. On the wing sits their Commanding Officer, Squadron Leader, R F Boyd, with the squadron mascot "Crash More

IWM caption : The crew of a Vickers Wellington of No. 99 Squadron RAF get into their Irvin two-piece flying suits in the crew room at Waterbeach, Cambridgeshire, before taking off for a night raid to Berlin.

Portrait of James Crichton, awarded the Victoria Cross: France, 30 September 1918.

HISTORY OF THE IMPERIAL WAR: GALLERIES AT THE CRYSTAL PALACE, 1920 - 1924 Men of the Royal Army Ordnance Corps get a 9.2 inch howitzer known as "Mother" into position for exhibition at the Imperial War Museum. More

The Oberursel UR.II from Manfred von Richthofen's Fokker Dr.I on display at the Imperial War Museum.