8th Army Front- Italian Partisan Leader Honoured NA22066
8th Army Front- Italian Partisan Leader Honoured In the Piazza Garibaldi, Ravenna, Lieutenant General Sir R L McCreery (8th Army Commander) presented the Medaglio D'Oro to Major Buloff for distinguished service... More
8th Army Front- Italian Partisan Leader Honoured NA22067
8th Army Front- Italian Partisan Leader Honoured In the Piazza Garibaldi, Ravenna, Lieutenant General Sir R L McCreery (8th Army Commander) presented the Medaglio D'Oro to Major Buloff for distinguished service... More
A bomb disposal party working on an enemy weapon dropped near Algiers,...
A bomb disposal party working on an enemy weapon dropped near Algiers, November 1942. At work on a new type of bomb or torpedo dropped by parachute near Algiers.
A British soldier gives a V-for-Victory sign to German prisoners captu...
A British soldier gives the "insult" version of a V-for-Victory sign to German prisoners captured at El Alamein, 26 October 1942. A British soldier gives a V-for-Victory sign to German prisoners captured at El ... More
A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on the River ...
A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on the River Humber, at No. 17 Balloon Centre at Sutton-on-Hull in Yorkshire, January 1943. A kite balloon tethered to the balloon barge NORMAN WADE on t... More
A Lee tank being loaded onto a pontoon ferry by men of the 2nd Divisio...
A Lee tank being loaded onto a pontoon ferry by men of the 2nd Division before crossing the Irrawaddy river at Ngazun, Burma, 28 February 1945. A Lee tank being loaded onto a pontoon ferry by men of the 2nd Div... More
A medical officer conducts an eye test during medical examinations of ...
A medical officer conducts an eye test during medical examinations of aircrew candidates in London, May 1940. Medical tests for aircrew candidates in London. A medical officer conducts a convergence test on a ... More
A soldier standing in the ruins of Kleve in Germany, reading a German ...
the poster English: A soldier standing in the ruins of Kleve, reading a German poster calling for civilians to conserve fuel supplies for the war effort. Deutsch: Ein Soldat in Ruinen von Kleve schaut sich da... More
A view of Portsmouth Harbour during an air raid on 12th August 1940. M...
A view of Portsmouth Harbour during an air raid on 12th August 1940. A view of Portsmouth Harbour (looking to the Portsmouth side) during an air raid of 12th August 1940.
A WAAF flight officer photographic interpreter with two Canadian pilot...
A WAAF flight officer photographic interpreter with two Canadian pilots of a photographic reconnaissance squadron, examining newly-developed 8" x 7" film at Benson, Oxfordshire, August 1943. A WAAF flight offic... More
A WAAF section officer and her assistant issue new items of flying kit...
A WAAF section officer and her assistant issue new items of flying kit to aircrew at an RAF bomber station, August 1944. In the clothing store at an unidentified bomber station in August 1944, a WAAF section of... More
Air Commodore Whitney Straight, Air Officer Commanding RAF Transport C...
Air Commodore Whitney Straight, Air Officer Commanding RAF Transport Command, Middle East, saying goodbye to the Sheikh Khalifa, cousin of the ruler of Bahrain, and his two sons, 18 January 1945. Air Commodore ... More
Air Marshal D C T Bennett CH13645
Air Marshal D C T Bennett. Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris (left) observes as Wing Commander Guy Gi...
Air Marshal Sir Arthur Harris (left) observes as Wing Commander Guy Gibson's crew is debriefed after No. 617 Squadron's raid on the Ruhr Dams, 17 May 1943. Debriefing of Wing Commander Guy Gibson's crew. Squadr... More
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C242
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection These Australian airmen who arrived in England will shortly commence their training with the Coastal Command. They will form a new squadron to fly Sunderland fl... More
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C3044
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Annotated duplicate of C 2056 which is published online
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C443
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Some of the men of the Royal Air Force who took part in the reconnaissance flight to Vienna and Prague.
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C4849
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection C4869
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CF350
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection. Squadron code MU on fuselage and white identification markings on wings and tail appear to identify this as a Hawker Hurricane of No. 60 Squadron RAF in the So... More
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CF387
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CF453
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Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CF607
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH12562
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1422
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1445
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH15856
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1814
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph of officer in British military uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1817
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph of officer in British military uniform, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH1879
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH3290
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CH544
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI1266
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI1283
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Comment : This appears to show a pilot and Spitfire of No. 152 "Black Panther" Squadron RAF in Burma circa 1944-1945.
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI1344
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI1348
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI1370
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection OPERATION DRACULA: the Advance on Rangoon March - May 1945. Members of No. 2959 LAA Squadron, Royal Air Force Regiment, marshalling their 20mm Hispano anti-air... More
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI146
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI149
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI1929
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI286
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI307
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI313
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI369
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI404
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard Peirse
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI853
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI857
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Appears to Show Arjan Singh, C.O. of No. 1 Squadron IAF, being handed command.
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI865
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI924
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI926
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CI960
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection CL1087
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British airborne troops man a trench with a No. 76 wireless set at Hel...
British airborne troops man a trench with a No. 76 wireless set at Heldon in Holland, 3 February 1945. Airborne troops man a trench with a No. 76 wireless set, Heldon in Holland, 3 February 1945.
British airborne troops study a sign outside Hamminkeln during operati...
British airborne troops study a sign outside Hamminkeln during operations east of the Rhine, 25 March 1945. Airborne troops study a sign outside Hamminkeln during operations east of the Rhine, 25 March 1945.
British Tanks and Afvs in Nw Europe 1944-45 BU1700
British Tanks and Afvs in Nw Europe 1944-45 Churchill tanks of the 4th Coldstream Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, and infantry of the 2nd Glasgow Highlanders, 15th (Scottish) Division, during the advance to th... More
British Tanks and Afvs in Nw Europe 1944-45 BU1727
British Tanks and Afvs in Nw Europe 1944-45 Churchill tanks supporting infantry of the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during Operation 'Veritable', 8 February 1945.
British Tanks and Afvs in Nw Europe 1944-45 BU1745
British Tanks and Afvs in Nw Europe 1944-45 A Churchill tank ploughs along a muddy, heavily rutted forest track in the Reichswald during Operation 'Veritable', 8 February 1945.
British triple 20mm anti-aircraft mounting on the banks of the Rhine, ...
British Polsten triple 20mm anti-aircraft mounting on the banks of the Rhine, 25 March 1945.
British troops show off a souvenir Japanese flag captured at Ondaw, Bu...
British troops show off a souvenir Japanese flag captured at Ondaw, Burma, 12 February 1945. Troops show off a souvenir Japanese flag captured at Ondaw, 12 February 1945.
Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H28023
Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Canadian motorcycle despatch rider surrounded by young children at a brigade HQ, March 1943.
Churchill tanks drive along a badly damaged street in Kleve, Germany, ...
Churchill tanks drive along a badly damaged street in Kleve, Germany, 12 February 1945. Churchill tanks drive along a badly damaged street in Kleve, Germany, 12 February 1945.
Gunners of 'E' Troop, 124 Battery, 151st Field Regiment filling 25-pdr...
Gunners of 'E' Troop, 124 Battery, 151st Field Regiment filling 25-pdr shells with propaganda leaflets, Roermond, Holland, 24 January 1945. Gunners of 'E' Troop, 124 Battery, 151st Field Regiment filling 25-pdr... More
Hmt Sapper FL5784 - A black and white photo of a boat in the water
Hmt Sapper Underway on the Humber on completion. Public domain photograph related to World War Two, Navy ships, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
IWM-H-18233-Flame-thrower-on-Universal-Carrier
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.
Men of 'D' Company, 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles, prepare to fir...
Men of 'D' Company, 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles, prepare to fire a PIAT during a training exercise at Forli, Italy, 1 February 1945. Men of 'D' Company, 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles, prepare to fir... More
Prime Minister Winston Churchill Crosses the River Rhine, Germany 1945...
Prime Minister Winston Churchill Crosses the River Rhine, Germany 1945 The Prime Minister Winston Churchill crosses the River Rhine to the east bank, south of Wesel, in an American Landing Craft Vehicle Personn... More
RAF 1945-03-22 NienburgRailroadBridge
"Nienburg RR Brigde" Public domain photograph related to the British military forces, World War Two, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-...
Royal Air Force- Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943. Wing Commander R G Yaxley, Officer Commanding No. 117 Squadron RAF, seen here at El Adem, Libya. Yaxley was awarded an MC while servin... More
Royal Navy trainees at the Eastern Warfare School at Brockenhurst, Ham...
Royal Navy trainees at the Eastern Warfare School at Brockenhurst, Hampshire, where they learn jungle tactics for the Pacific War, 2 February 1945. Trainees in a wooded area with their faces painted with camouf... More
The British Army 1939-45 H10575
The British Army 1939-45 4-inch naval gun at a coastal defence battery in the Faroe Islands, 18 June 1941.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE1231
The British Army in Burma 1944 A Sherman tank of 'B' Squadron, 19th Lancers, getting into position to fire at Japanese positions in the Arakan hills, 22 January 1945.
The British Army in Burma 1945 SE1227
The British Army in Burma 1945 A Sherman tank of 'B' Squadron, 19th Lancers, getting into position to shell Japanese positions in the Arakan hills, 22 January 1945.
The British Army in Burma 1945 SE1229
The British Army in Burma 1945 Sherman tanks of 'B' Squadron, 19th Lancers, firing on Japanese positions in the Arakan hills, 22 January 1945.
The British Army in Burma 1945 SE1235
The British Army in Burma 1945 Sherman tanks of 'B' Squadron, 19th Lancers moving into position in the hills around Arakan ready to shell Japanese positions, 22 January 1945.
The British Army in Burma 1945 SE1299
The British Army in Burma 1945 Sherman tanks of 'B' Squadron, 19th Lancers moving into position in the hills around Arakan ready to shell Japanese positions, 22 January 1945.
The British Army in Burma 1945 SE2297
The British Army in Burma 1945 A DUKW reversing into a landing craft at Akyab during the embarkation of No. 3 Commando for the Myebon Peninsula, 11 January 1945.
The British Army in Burma 1945 SE2300
The British Army in Burma 1945 Men of No. 3 Commando rest at Akyab while waiting to embark for the Myebon Peninsula, 11 January 1945.
The British Army in Burma 1945 SE3506
The British Army in Burma 1945 "Corporal Wilson, of 116th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, using a grease gun on the idler wheel of 'Cairngorm', a Sherman tank between Taungtha and Meiktila, 15 March 1945.
The British Army in Burma 1945 SE3510
The British Army in Burma 1945 Two crew members of 'Cairngorm', a Sherman tank of the 116th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, work on one of the tank's .30-inch Browning machine guns, between Taungtha and Meiktil... More
The British Army in Burma 1945 SE3518
The British Army in Burma 1945 Sherman crews eat a meal in the shade of 'Cairngorm', a Sherman tank of 116th Regiment, Royal Armoured Corps, between Taungtha and Meiktila, 15 March 1945.
The British Army in Greece 1945 NA21427
The British Army in Greece 1945 A Humber armoured car supports paratroops during operations against ELAS in Athens, 6 January 1945.
The British Army in Italy 1945 NA21347
The British Army in Italy 1945 Gunners build a snowman near their 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun, 6 January 1945.
The British Army in Italy 1945 NA21748
The British Army in Italy 1945 A patrol from No. 8 Platoon, 'C' Company, 2/3rd Gurkha Rifles advances cautiously through the snow, near Castel Bolognese, 23-24 January 1945.
The British Army in Italy 1945 NA21858
The British Army in Italy 1945 Men of 2/7th Queen's Regiment man a dugout constructed beneath a farm wagon near the River Senio, 25 January 1945.
The British Army in Italy 1945 NA22001
The British Army in Italy 1945 Troops clamber over captured German tanks at an exhibition of enemy equipment in Forli, 30 January 1945. The sign advertising the exhibition features the 'Two Types' made famous b... More
The British Army in Italy 1945 NA22003
The British Army in Italy 1945 Troops clamber over a captured German 'Hornisse' 88mm self-propelled gun at an exhibition of enemy equipment in Forli, 30 January 1945.
The British Army in Italy 1945 NA22006
The British Army in Italy 1945 Indian troops inspect a captured Italian Semovente self-propelled guns in German markings at an exhibition of enemy equipment in Forli, 30 January 1945.
The British Army in Italy 1945 NA22042
The British Army in Italy 1945 A Jeep supply train wends its way up a steep road over the Monte Di Rontana with 75mm and 3.7-inch ammunition for 85th Mountain Regiment, Royal Artillery, 2 February 1945. The amm... More
The British Army in Italy 1945 NA23248
The British Army in Italy 1945 A 2-inch mortar team of 2nd London Irish Rifles in action during an attack on a German strongpoint on the River Senio, 22 March 1945.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6807
The British Army in Normandy 1944 The body of a German soldier from the 25th Panzer Grenadier Regiment at Malon, 9 July 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13479
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Soldiers of 1st 'Ox and Bucks' Light Infantry, 53rd (Welsh) Division, guarding German prisoners in the village of Marche in Belgium, 7 January 1945.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13506
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Vickers machine gunners of the Manchester Regiment lay down suppressing fire for attacking infantry near Hotton in Belgium, 7 January 1945.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13895
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Men of 7th Armoured Division stand over the corpse of one of the defenders of Schilberg, 19 January 1945.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13900
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 German prisoners trudge past a Sherman tank in a German frontier village of Hongen, 19 January 1945
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B14075
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Sgt Mobley of 2nd Warwickshire Regiment, 185th Brigade, 3rd Division, stands by with a .30-inch machine gun in a forward observation post, 22 January 1945.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B14152
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 25-pdr gunners of 74th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 24 January 1945.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B14161
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Buffalo amphibious transporter of 79th Armoured Division, 26 January 1945.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B14208
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 The Bailey bridge over the River Maas at Maeseyk, named the 'Bristol Bridge' and built by 224 Field Company Royal Engineers, 27 January 1945.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B14402
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Troops stop for tea in Kranenberg, next to a large circular swastika emblem, 9 February 1945.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B14413
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Troops of the 5/7th Gordon Highlanders in the Reichswald, 9 February 1945.