Mounted troops moving along the Ypres road
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
Occupation convoy, Imperial War Museum
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.
RAF Beaufighters attack convoy off Crete 1944
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
Scarf's Blenheim during World War I
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
Short Sunderland I 210 Sqn in flight
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
Sunderland 10 Sqn RAAF rescueing Wellington crew 1944
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
Typhoon 137 Sqn RAF with rockets at Eindhoven 1944
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.
U-243, Imperial War Museum
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
U-426 sinkt, Imperial War Museum
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
Wellington MkIs 75 Sqn (NZ) RAF Nov 1940
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
4 inch gun on ASDIC trawler HMS Southern Star. Chalk and pencil. Art.IWM ART LD 3118
HMS Plym. Warship photograph collection
HMS PLYM underway Public domain image of a British navy ship during World War Two, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Revenge rangefinder IWM A 1513
Crew manning range finder control tower high above the deck of HMS REVENGE.
HMS Rodney cropped, British Navy ship
Sailors washing down the decks on the British battleship HMS Rodney.
HMS Sikh (F82). Warship photograph collection
HMS Sikh Underway on completion Public domain image of a British navy ship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
HMS Venerable (R63) underway c1945
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.
HMS Walney (USS SEBAGO) Lying on Its Side by the Inner Breakwater of O...
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
HMS Walney (USS SEBAGO) Lying on Its Side by the Inner Breakwater of O...
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 t...
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
Hurricanes 80 Squadron RAF 128173
Hawker Hurricanes of No. 80 Squadron RAF refuelling at Rosh Pinna, Palestine, near the Syrian border.
IWM BER 49-148-002 - NAAFI Club Berlin
Facilities for British service personnel in Berlin during the Blockade, 1949. The NAAFI Club, situated on the corner of Reichskanzlerplatz (later Theodor Heuss Platz).
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.
IWM-Q-14938-British-Flame-Projector
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.
LaSalle 1940 Series 52 Sedan Burnt Out During The British Occupation o...
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
Lieutenant Jenks RNR. Master of HMS Southern Star. Chalk and pencil. Art.IWM ART LD 3141
Liverpool Scottish HU 57196 during World War I
Group portrait of members of The Liverpool Scottish (1/10th Battalion, The King's Liverpool Regiment), September 1914.
Mahatma Gandhi with Lord Pethwick Lawrence
Mahatma Gandhi with Lord Pethwick Lawrence, British Secretary of State for India, after a meeting on 18 April 1946.
Me 323 under attack off Corsica 1943 (cropped)
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
Me 323 under attack off Corsica 1943
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
Me-323 shootdown, Imperial War Museum
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
Mona's Queen survivours., Imperial War Museum
Survivors from Mona's Queen, pictured from the destroyer HMS Vanquisher after the sinking of the vessel on the approach to Dunkirk.
Monty, wavvel, auk, Imperial War Museum
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
MosquitoPRmarkIX, Imperial War Museum
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.
MunichAgreement, Imperial War Museum
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
New Zealand trench Flers September 1916
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.
NZ troops with captured German anti-tank rifle 1918 IWM Q 11264
Photograph of New Zealand gunners with a captured German anti-tank rifle, in a German near Grévillers, France.
Positioning18pdrBattleOfArrasApril1917 - A group of men working on a m...
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
RAF Hal Far under attack 1941, Imperial War Museum
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. CH3161
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. CM5762
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 A 021202, Imperial War Museum
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.
Seabees inspecting dead Japanese corpses in Cape Gloucester
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) ...
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 (s...
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
Sopwith Cuckoo during World War I
IWM caption : Sopwith Cuckoo dropping a torpedo. Public domain photograph of aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Sopwith Triplanes 1 (Naval) Squadron France
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 th...
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 at...
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, 5t...
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 B54...
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 Q64
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 Q82962
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 F4591
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 B5768
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 B5780
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 B9775
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 BU4203
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.
The RAF in India, 1930-40 HU 59100
Vertical aerial view of Royal Air Force station at Risalpur from 9,600 feet.
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A12577
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 A22094
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 during the Second World War N40
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
The Royal Navy during the Second World War N42
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 19...
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 MH8738
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 HU66773
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 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 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 Q315...
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
The ward room of HMS Southern Star. Chalk and pencil. Art.IWM ART LD 3130
Tiflis, the capital of Georgia IWM (Q 86827)
Tiflis, the capital of Georgia, 1918. Part of the IWM's GERMAN FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL EXCHANGE COLLECTION
U-boat Warfare 1939-1945 A28677
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.
Uncle Red Beach, UTAH Area, Imperial War Museum
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
Wilhelm II - V.Mehmet Reşat - Enver Pasha
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
WWI British cemetery at Abbeville
Members of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAACs) tending the graves of fallen British soldiers in a cemetery at Abbeville.
Mynarski, Imperial War Museum
Photograph of Canadian World War II posthumous Victoria Cross recipient Andrew Mynarski.
RCAF Lancaster Mk II RAF Linton-on-Ouse WWII HU 56276
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
IWM-ARMY-TRAINING-6-11-A-Lanchester-armoured-car
The crew of a Lanchester Mk.II Armoured Car of the 12th Lancers check their maps during manouevres.
RAF Hemswell aerial view IWM HU 53994
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
RAF Swinderby aerial photograph April 1941 IWM HU 93063
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
Lancaster 617 Sqn RAF dropping Grand Slam bomb on Arnsberg viaduct 194...
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
Lancaster attacks Schildescher Viadukt Bielefeld c1945
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
SAS jeep 18 November 1944, Imperial War Museum
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
Schildescher Viadukt at Bielefeld destroyed 1945
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
Sunderland 201 Sqn on Havel during Berlin Airlift 1948
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
QF 2 Pounders On Battleship Nov 1942 Imperial War Museum
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.
HMS Tribune, Imperial War Museum
IWM caption : Forward view from the conning tower of HMS Tribune running on the surface in Scottish waters.
Tigertank, Italy, Imperial War Museum
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 war service. - Victorian era public domain image
Mona's Queen on active service.
Nellie-engine-compartment, Imperial War Museum
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
Nellie-front-three-quarters, Imperial War Museum
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
Nellie-rear-three-quarters, Imperial War Museum
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
Nellie-top-view-cabin, Imperial War Museum
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
Stern of HMS Ben-my-Chree during World War I
The stern of HMS Ben-my-Chree (cica 1915) Public domain image of a British navy ship, steamship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
Three Stirling bombers taking off, Great Britain
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
Paul Kenna VC IWM Q66151, Imperial War Museum
Colonel G T Forestier-Walker, General Horace Smith-Dorrien, and Colonel Paul Kenna VC.
Pilots of No 54 Squadron RAF, Imperial War Museum
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
Wellington crew at RAF Waterbeach WWII IWM CH 2505
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.
James Crichton during World War I
Portrait of James Crichton, awarded the Victoria Cross: France, 30 September 1918.
MotherAtCrystalPalace during World War I
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
Red Baron's engine IWM Q 31461 during World War I
The Oberursel UR.II from Manfred von Richthofen's Fokker Dr.I on display at the Imperial War Museum.