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"... and so, on 15 February, Singapore capitulated to prevent further massacre...We were more curious than apprehensive to see the unstoppable and, until now, virtually invisible army that had kept us on the ru Art.IWMART157476

"... and so, on 15 February, Singapore capitulated to prevent further ...

"... and so, on 15 February, Singapore capitulated to prevent further massacre...We were more curious than apprehensive to see the unstoppable and, until now, virtually invisible army that had kept us on the ru... More

"....and on 13 January 1942, after a voyage of two and a half months, we disembarked at Singapore Island in torrential rain...Shortly after, unfit, unacclimatized, unenthusiastic and untrained in jungle warfare Art.IWMART15746A2

"....and on 13 January 1942, after a voyage of two and a half months, ...

"....and on 13 January 1942, after a voyage of two and a half months, we disembarked at Singapore Island in torrential rain...Shortly after, unfit, unacclimatized, unenthusiastic and untrained in jungle warfare... More

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we Art.IWMART15746G1

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most b...

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we... More

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we Art.IWMART15746G2

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most b...

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we... More

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we plunged Art.IWMART15746G2

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most b...

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we... More

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we plunged Art.IWMART15746G1

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most b...

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we... More

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we plunged Art.IWMART15746H

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most b...

"...The retreat to the Bakri - Yong Peng road, after one of the most bloody battles of the campaign, was a shock baptism for us...my final memory of Yong Peng and Ayer Hitam was of feeling my skin blister as we... More

"...We eventually lumbered off in our trucks to seek a unit that would take us in, finally ending up with the remnants of the carved-up 11th Indian Division, where the Bengal Sappers and Miners fed us a consoli Art.IWMART15746E1

"...We eventually lumbered off in our trucks to seek a unit that would...

"...We eventually lumbered off in our trucks to seek a unit that would take us in, finally ending up with the remnants of the carved-up 11th Indian Division, where the Bengal Sappers and Miners fed us a consoli... More

"After all the excitement of our two African halts, and with two more weeks at sea....we settled down peacefully for the long journey across the Indian Ocean... Art.IWMART15746100

"After all the excitement of our two African halts, and with two more ...

"After all the excitement of our two African halts, and with two more weeks at sea....we settled down peacefully for the long journey across the Indian Ocean...to settle comfortably on the shady side of the dec... More

"After all the excitement of our two African halts, and with two more weeks at sea....we settled down peacefully for the long journey across the Indian Ocean...to settle comfortably on the shady side of the dec Art.IWMART1574698

"After all the excitement of our two African halts, and with two more ...

"After all the excitement of our two African halts, and with two more weeks at sea....we settled down peacefully for the long journey across the Indian Ocean...to settle comfortably on the shady side of the dec... More

"After all the excitement of our two African halts, and with two more weeks at sea....we settled down peacefully for the long journey across the Indian Ocean...to settle comfortably on the shady side of the dec Art.IWMART1574699

"After all the excitement of our two African halts, and with two more ...

"After all the excitement of our two African halts, and with two more weeks at sea....we settled down peacefully for the long journey across the Indian Ocean...to settle comfortably on the shady side of the dec... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). Art.IWMART1574620

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574619

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574621

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574622

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574623a

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574623b

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574624

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574625

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574626

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574627

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574628

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574629

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 Art.IWMART1574630

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt)." Art.IWMART1574631

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the P...

"On 29 October 1941 the 53rd Brigade (18th Division) embarked on the Polish troop carrier 'Sobieski' at Gourock in Scotland, to sail for an unknown destination (Egypt). It arrived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on 8 ... More

"Our battle, or rather our retreat...lasted a whole month. The confusion was unbelievable throughout - at least around us...we lumbered on with our desert warfare equipment - gas masks included." from 'To the Kwai - and Art.IWMART15746B

"Our battle, or rather our retreat...lasted a whole month. The confusi...

"Our battle, or rather our retreat...lasted a whole month. The confusion was unbelievable throughout - at least around us...we lumbered on with our desert warfare equipment - gas masks included." from 'To the K... More

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746C1

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a milli...

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle image recto: ... More

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746C2

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a milli...

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle image recto: ... More

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746C3

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a milli...

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle image recto: ... More

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746D

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a milli...

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle image recto: ... More

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746E2

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a milli...

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle image recto: ... More

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746E3

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a milli...

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle image recto: ... More

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746E4

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a milli...

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle image recto: ... More

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746F1

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a milli...

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle image recto: ... More

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle Art.IWMART15746F3

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a milli...

"The plight of the refugees was appalling. Something like half a million people - mostly Chinese it seemed - had fled before the advancing Japanese." from 'To the Kwai - and Back' by Ronald Searle image recto: ... More

"Whilst awaiting our turn to be dispatched into the unknown, the north-east monsoon came and went and by the time our cat had kittens, we had already been imprisoned a year. The kittens were born on 2 March 194 Art.IWMART1574764a

"Whilst awaiting our turn to be dispatched into the unknown, the north...

"Whilst awaiting our turn to be dispatched into the unknown, the north-east monsoon came and went and by the time our cat had kittens, we had already been imprisoned a year. The kittens were born on 2 March 194... More

"Whilst awaiting our turn to be dispatched into the unknown, the north-east monsoon came and went and by the time our cat had kittens, we had already been imprisoned a year. The kittens were born on 2 March 194 Art.IWMART1574764b

"Whilst awaiting our turn to be dispatched into the unknown, the north...

"Whilst awaiting our turn to be dispatched into the unknown, the north-east monsoon came and went and by the time our cat had kittens, we had already been imprisoned a year. The kittens were born on 2 March 194... More

'Fall Out for a Smoke' Art.IWMARTLD1839

'Fall Out for a Smoke' Art.IWMARTLD1839

fall Out for a Smoke image: five soldiers lie collapsed on the pavement around the corner from a roadblock, visible in the background. Their rifles stand leaning against the wall, while a tripod lies in the gutter.

'Kilkenny's Circus' - Parachute Training School. Paratroops undergoing synthetic training Art.IWMARTLD3922

'Kilkenny's Circus' - Parachute Training School. Paratroops undergoing...

'English: kilkenny's Circus' - Parachute Training School. Paratroops undergoing synthetic training image: inside a training hall. In the foreground there are several trainees hanging from harnesses suspended fr... More

'Whales' - constructing pierheads for Mulberry Harbour, 1944 Art.IWMARTLD4137

'Whales' - constructing pierheads for Mulberry Harbour, 1944 Art.IWMAR...

"whales" - constructing pierheads for Mulberry Harbour, 1944 image: A view from the waterfront, looking towards a moored Mulberry Harbour pierhead with men at work on the deck, a cloud of smoke rises above them.

'When they call us D-day Dodgers - which D-day do they mean, old man?' Art.IWMART155485

'When they call us D-day Dodgers - which D-day do they mean, old man?'...

"when they call us D-day Dodgers - which D-day do they mean, old man?"

'Z' Rocket a Battery in Action, 1941 Art.IWMARTLD1649

'Z' Rocket a Battery in Action, 1941 Art.IWMARTLD1649

'English: z' Rocket Aa Battery in Action, 1941 image: numerous manned Z-rocket launchers are positioned over a flat landscape, all firing upward. Trails from the projectiles and the beams of the launchers sear... More

14th Army - men of the Royal Berkshire Regiment form the spearhead of a patrol, cutting through the jungle on the Toungoo-manchi road Art.IWMARTLD5619

14th Army - men of the Royal Berkshire Regiment form the spearhead of ...

14th Army - men of the Royal Berkshire Regiment form the spearhead of a patrol, cutting through the jungle on the Toungoo-manchi road image: British infantrymen in jungle equipment work their way through the de... More

2nd Lieutenant J P a Strange - 40 Battalion, Rtr Art.IWMARTLD1578

2nd Lieutenant J P a Strange - 40 Battalion, Rtr Art.IWMARTLD1578

2nd Lieutenant J P a Strange - 40 Battalion, Rtr image: A head and shoulder portrait of 2nd Lieutenant J P A Strange in uniform, turning right.

3 Inch Mortar Section Art.IWMARTLD1604

3 Inch Mortar Section Art.IWMARTLD1604

3 Inch Mortar Section image: In the centre of the image a group of soldiers are seen standing on a bank firing a mortar gun. They are being watched by a group of three officers standing to the right. In front o... More

5th Commando - Custom Inspection on the Anglo-chinese Frontier, Hong Kong, 1945 Art.IWMARTLD5817

5th Commando - Custom Inspection on the Anglo-chinese Frontier, Hong K...

5th Commando - Custom Inspection on the Anglo-Chinese Frontier, Hong Kong, 1945 image: two British soldiers inspect the contents of a group of Chinese civilians' baskets. Three of the civilians are male and we... More

A 3.7 Anti-aircraft Gun of 393-72 Haa Regt, Ra, Cmf Art.IWMARTLD4064

A 3.7 Anti-aircraft Gun of 393-72 Haa Regt, Ra, Cmf Art.IWMARTLD4064

A 3.7 Anti-aircraft Gun of 393/72 Haa Regt, Ra, Cmf image: Four British soldiers man an anti-aircraft gun in almost full elevation, which is housed within a gun emplacement. Another British soldier looks on to ... More

A 7.2 Gun Firing at Night Art.IWMARTLD4061

A 7.2 Gun Firing at Night Art.IWMARTLD4061

A 7.2 Gun Firing at Night image: a gun crew firing a Howitzer at night from a gun emplacement hung with camouflage nets.

A 7.2 Gun in Action Art.IWMARTLD3900

A 7.2 Gun in Action Art.IWMARTLD3900

A 7.2 Gun in Action image: A view inside a camouflaged atillery emplacement made up of sandbags and netting draped over trees. A 7.2 Howitzer is being held in place by two soldiers on the left. On the right ha... More

A Barrack-room Art.IWMARTLD2412

A Barrack-room Art.IWMARTLD2412

A Barrack-room image: an interior of a military barrack room, with men sitting and standing on two-tiered bunk beds. In the foreground a man stands on the top bunk, with a row of three bunk beds along the wall ... More

A Barrack-room in Iceland Art.IWMARTLD1695

A Barrack-room in Iceland Art.IWMARTLD1695

A Barrack-room in Iceland image: a dimly-lit barrack room with a curved roof. A row of low beds runs down either side of the room. Three soldiers are sitting in a group on the end of the beds in the foreground... More

A Battle seen from Battalion Hq Art.IWMARTLD2770

A Battle seen from Battalion Hq Art.IWMARTLD2770

A Battle seen from Battalion Hq image: A desert landscape. In the foreground there is a group of five soldiers in a dugout. One is sitting on the ground, two are leaning against the side of the dugout. One is l... More

A Bofors Gun, Algiers Art.IWMARTLD2964

A Bofors Gun, Algiers Art.IWMARTLD2964

A Bofors Gun, Algiers image: a manned Bofors gun in an emplacement at the mouth of the port of Algiers. Across the water the city is visible in the background, rising up the hill.

A Bomb Bursting Art.IWMARTLD2707

A Bomb Bursting Art.IWMARTLD2707

A Bomb Bursting image: A flat landscape. In the foreground is a soldier lying face down on the ground. On the right hand side of the image is the back of a truck, from which a soldier is climbing. In the backg... More

A Bomb Disposal Squad at work Art.IWMARTLD4978

A Bomb Disposal Squad at work Art.IWMARTLD4978

A Bomb Disposal Squad at work image: a bomb disposal team gather around as a large bomb is winched from a sand dune.

A Bomb Disposal Squad Digging Out an Unexploded Bomb Art.IWMARTLD4979

A Bomb Disposal Squad Digging Out an Unexploded Bomb Art.IWMARTLD4979

A Bomb Disposal Squad Digging Out an Unexploded Bomb image: a view looking directly down a hole at two bomb disposal workers standing either side of a large black bomb. A cable runs down the wall to the worker... More

A British Camp near Skibotn Art.IWMARTLD5336

A British Camp near Skibotn Art.IWMARTLD5336

A British Camp near Skibotn image: a view looking down on a British Army camp, showing soldiers walking around in between large circular tents surrounded by fir trees. A road runs across the centre of the camp.... More

A British Camp near Skibotn Art.IWMARTLD5337

A British Camp near Skibotn Art.IWMARTLD5337

A British Camp near Skibotn image: a soldier walks along a path through a wooded area with mountains in the background. Along each side of the road military vehicles and artillery guns are parked in rows.

A Camouflaged 25-pounder Gun in Action near Medjez-el-bab- the Hill in the Background is Dzebel Djaffa, Tunis Art.IWMARTLD3231

A Camouflaged 25-pounder Gun in Action near Medjez-el-bab- the Hill in...

A Camouflaged 25-pounder Gun in Action near Medjez-el-bab- the Hill in the Background is Dzebel Djaffa, Tunis image: Five British soldiers man a 25-pounder artillery gun, all covered by camouflage netting. A la... More

A Camouflaged Sniper watching his Target, Llanberis, North Wales Art.IWMARTLD3422

A Camouflaged Sniper watching his Target, Llanberis, North Wales Art.I...

A Camouflaged Sniper watching his Target, Llanberis, North Wales image: a head and shoulders depiction of a British infantry sniper in training in Wales. The sniper is shown wearing camouflaged kit and black f... More

A Camp Among the Trees. Ablution benches Art.IWMARTLD656

A Camp Among the Trees. Ablution benches Art.IWMARTLD656

A Camp Among the Trees. Ablution benches image: Four men, stripped to the waist are washing at an outdoor sink. One man has his back to the viewer. The man nearest us is drying his face with a towel, another ... More

A Canteen, Iceland Art.IWMARTLD1696

A Canteen, Iceland Art.IWMARTLD1696

A Canteen, Iceland image: a view down a long, thin room with a curved roof in which soldiers are eating at two rows of tables running down either side of the room. There is a war savings poster on the wall.

A Cinema in the Desert - Ensa, Suez 1943 Art.IWMARTLD7195

A Cinema in the Desert - Ensa, Suez 1943 Art.IWMARTLD7195

A Cinema in the Desert - Ensa, Suez 1943 image: A British soldier stands in a doorway of a makeshift cinema in the Egyptian desert. Within the open air construction is a table and chair, with a wooden planked f... More

A Cockney Soldier Art.IWMARTLD3902

A Cockney Soldier Art.IWMARTLD3902

A Cockney Soldier image: a half-length portrait of a British soldier in uniform, shown seated with his arms crossed.

A Colonel of an Infantry Battalion in the Desert Art.IWMARTLD2921

A Colonel of an Infantry Battalion in the Desert Art.IWMARTLD2921

A Colonel of an Infantry Battalion in the Desert image: The colonel walks towards the viewer. Behind him is a dug-in truck and two soldiers standing next to it in the dug- out, visible from the waist up. In th... More

A Commanding Officer Art.IWMARTLD2687

A Commanding Officer Art.IWMARTLD2687

A Commanding Officer image: a commanding officer, who appears to be talking on the phone, at work alone at a desk, in an illuminated tent viewed from the outside at night. There are other tents and trees in th... More

A Company Position in the Mountains Art.IWMARTLD4937

A Company Position in the Mountains Art.IWMARTLD4937

A Company Position in the Mountains image: A snowy hillside covered in crates and dugouts in which British soldiers lie. In the foreground there is group of three men huddled together chatting. There are also ... More

A Convalescent Depot - writing and reading room Art.IWMARTLD2233

A Convalescent Depot - writing and reading room Art.IWMARTLD2233

A Convalescent Depot - writing and reading room image: a row of injured soldiers sit in deck chairs. The soldier nearest the artist has a bandaged foot resting on a wicker chair and a book open on his lap.

A Convoy Bivouac during the Retreat to the Coast, France - May 1940 Art.IWMARTLD5983

A Convoy Bivouac during the Retreat to the Coast, France - May 1940 Ar...

A Convoy Bivouac during the Retreat to the Coast, France - May 1940 image: soldiers setting up camp next to a large wooded area. Some are gathering wood while others have already set up low tents and shelters.

A Convoy Moving Up to the Front, Avenue Louise, Brussels - October 1944 Art.IWMARTLD4995

A Convoy Moving Up to the Front, Avenue Louise, Brussels - October 194...

A Convoy Moving Up to the Front, Avenue Louise, Brussels - October 1944 image: a convoy of army vehicles including a truck flying a Belgian flag, a motorbike and a Sherman tank, drive along a tree-lined street... More

A Court-martial - Prisoner in the witness box Art.IWMARTLD4904

A Court-martial - Prisoner in the witness box Art.IWMARTLD4904

A Court-martial - Prisoner in the witness box image: A soldier in uniform sits unsmilingly in a witness box facing the viewer. On the ledge in front of him there are some paper and pencils, a labelled pocket w... More

A Court-martial, Halluin Art.IWMARTLD179

A Court-martial, Halluin Art.IWMARTLD179

A Court-martial, Halluin image: an interior court martial scene with a Sergeant in profile wearing a forage cap and sitting with his arms folded in the right foreground, with another man next to him. On the lef... More

A Covering for a Gun-site Art.IWMARTLD1940

A Covering for a Gun-site Art.IWMARTLD1940

A Covering for a Gun-site image: soldiers at work in a clearing, assembling a framework which is partly covered in tarpaulin. There is snow on the ground and several soldiers are prodding the tarpaulin with s... More

A Ditched Truck in the Plain beyond Rimini Art.IWMARTLD4793

A Ditched Truck in the Plain beyond Rimini Art.IWMARTLD4793

A Ditched Truck in the Plain beyond Rimini image: two British soldiers wearing greatcoats stand side by side looking at a truck leaning into a ditch. In the background is the men's jeep, parked outside a ruine... More

A Driving and Maintenance Class Art.IWMARTLD2978

A Driving and Maintenance Class Art.IWMARTLD2978

A Driving and Maintenance Class image: rows of soldiers sit on benches with their backs to the artist, leaning over long desks in a wooden hut, with a blackboard on the far wall. They are supervised by an offi... More

A Dutch Concrete Strong Point at Nijmegen Art.IWMARTLD4922

A Dutch Concrete Strong Point at Nijmegen Art.IWMARTLD4922

A Dutch Concrete Strong Point at Nijmegen image: a view across a Dutch landscape, with a large concrete strongpoint in the middle of the composition. In the background to the left, the distinctive metal bridge ... More

A German Railway Gun captured at Le Havre, 1944 Art.IWMARTLD5560

A German Railway Gun captured at Le Havre, 1944 Art.IWMARTLD5560

A German Railway Gun captured at Le Havre, 1944 image: a German Railway gun covered with camouflage netting.

A German Woman Rescuing her Pig Art.IWMARTLD5259

A German Woman Rescuing her Pig Art.IWMARTLD5259

A German Woman Rescuing her Pig image: Civilians in a frenzy of salvage as their village burns down around them. The foreground shows a woman grasping a pig by its ears and dragging it to safety, while a man ba... More

A Gun Park Art.IWMARTLD3092

A Gun Park Art.IWMARTLD3092

A Gun Park image: Two tents pitched beside a row of three field guns, positioned under some trees.

A Gunner in a Bell Tent Art.IWMARTLD1949

A Gunner in a Bell Tent Art.IWMARTLD1949

A Gunner in a Bell Tent image: A view through the tent flaps, of the inside of a tent with a soldier sitting on a camp-bed reading.

A Gunner Observation Post in a Bren Carrier - With a squadron of Mk Vi light tanks, Cyrenaica, 1942 Art.IWMARTLD4595

A Gunner Observation Post in a Bren Carrier - With a squadron of Mk Vi...

A Gunner Observation Post in a Bren Carrier - With a squadron of Mk Vi light tanks, Cyrenaica, 1942 image: A desert landscape with two artillery observers in desert fatigues standing on a Bren Carrier in the fo... More

A Hindoo Kitchen- Riasc 8th, 10th and 12th Indian Mule Coys, Zghorta, Syria Art.IWMARTLD2220

A Hindoo Kitchen- Riasc 8th, 10th and 12th Indian Mule Coys, Zghorta, ...

A Hindoo Kitchen- Riasc 8th, 10th and 12th Indian Mule Coys, Zghorta, Syria image: interior of a barn-like building with Indian soldiers sitting amongst large bowls and kitchen utensils. One man is standing an... More

A Hospital Ship; a scene in Aden 'convoy' series, 1941 - 1942 Art.IWMARTLD2049

A Hospital Ship; a scene in Aden 'convoy' series, 1941 - 1942 Art.IWMA...

A Hospital Ship; a scene in Aden 'convoy' series, 1941 – 1942 image: The stern of the Liverpool-registered hospital ship Atlantis moored in a harbour. The bow of another boat is on the right and in the backgro... More

A Kentish Lane, 1940 Art.IWMARTLD321

A Kentish Lane, 1940 Art.IWMARTLD321

A Kentish Lane, 1940 image: A hilly landscape with soldiers rolling out a coil of barbed wire to form a fence in the foreground.

A Landing Ship Tank at the Wharf, St Peter Port, Guernsey - May 1945 Art.IWMARTLD5599

A Landing Ship Tank at the Wharf, St Peter Port, Guernsey - May 1945 A...

A Landing Ship Tank at the Wharf, St Peter Port, Guernsey - May 1945 image: A landing ship with her bow doors open looms over a large crowd assembled on the quay. They are greeting the British soldiers, who ha... More

A Liaison Officer arriving at the Hq of an Armoured Division Art.IWMARTLD3287

A Liaison Officer arriving at the Hq of an Armoured Division Art.IWMAR...

A Liaison Officer arriving at the Hq of an Armoured Division image: the liaison officer reaches into a parked Dingo while a second soldier stands at his side holding a white board. They are in a clearing in a w... More

A Malay, Between Konyu and Tonchan, August 1943 Art.IWMART15747107d

A Malay, Between Konyu and Tonchan, August 1943 Art.IWMART15747107d

A Malay, Between Konyu and Tonchan, August 1943 image: A man wearing a Malay headdress, shirt and sarong, holding a hoe in both hands. Two small sketches of the head of a elderly bearded Indian and a figure car... More

A Meal on Manoeuvres Art.IWMARTLD3091

A Meal on Manoeuvres Art.IWMARTLD3091

A Meal on Manoeuvres image: British soldiers sit to eat around a gnarled tree trunk on a riverbank.

A Military Hospital, Middle East - in the laboratory Art.IWMARTLD1072

A Military Hospital, Middle East - in the laboratory Art.IWMARTLD1072

A Military Hospital, Middle East - in the laboratory image: A view down a laboratory lined with shelves filled with bottles and a work bench running along the left wall. Three scientists are sitting on propped-... More

A Military Hospital, Middle East - ward with leg cases Art.IWMARTLD1069

A Military Hospital, Middle East - ward with leg cases Art.IWMARTLD106...

A Military Hospital, Middle East - ward with leg cases image: A view down a row of beds in a hospital ward with mosquito nets tied back against the wall. The patient nearest the viewer is lying on his back and ... More

A Mountain Battery - in the mule-lines Art.IWMARTLD4229

A Mountain Battery - in the mule-lines Art.IWMARTLD4229

A Mountain Battery - in the mule-lines image: Two mules rear up while the groom attempts to grab the reins. Two other mules stand by and watch.

A Mountain Battery - lifting the cradle up the hill Art.IWMARTLD4228

A Mountain Battery - lifting the cradle up the hill Art.IWMARTLD4228

A Mountain Battery - lifting the cradle up the hill image: A view looking down on a group of British soldiers attempting to pull a supply of shells up a mountain, along a path through the rocks. Two soldiers at... More

A Musical Evening at the Ristorante Roma, Tripoli Art.IWMARTLD2930

A Musical Evening at the Ristorante Roma, Tripoli Art.IWMARTLD2930

A Musical Evening at the Ristorante Roma, Tripoli image: A restaurant scene in which an officer stands with a woman at the bar, singing. Their audience comprises of two soldiers sitting at a table, raising thei... More

A Night Scene in Normandy - La Delivrande Art.IWMARTLD4235

A Night Scene in Normandy - La Delivrande Art.IWMARTLD4235

A Night Scene in Normandy - La Delivrande image: a view at night looking across a walled farm which appears to have been turned into a military camp with aerials erected in the field and trucks parked in the fa... More

A Parachute-landing Art.IWMARTLD3189

A Parachute-landing Art.IWMARTLD3189

A Parachute-landing image: Five paratroopers have landed on the ground and are grappling with their open parachutes. The soldier in the right foreground has a green parachute and another man behind has a red on... More

A Party in a Peasant's Cottage Art.IWMARTLD4794

A Party in a Peasant's Cottage Art.IWMARTLD4794

A Party in a Peasant's Cottage image: A scene inside a cottage. To the left an old man sits with some British soldiers around the table, drinking wine. On the right a soldier sits next to a middle-aged woman, w... More

A Pill-box, St Aubin-sur-mer, 1944 Art.IWMARTLD5564

A Pill-box, St Aubin-sur-mer, 1944 Art.IWMARTLD5564

A Pill-box, St Aubin-sur-mer, 1944 image: a view out of a gun emplacement opening, looking out at a derelict house by the sea. The remains of the gun are visible on the right side of the frame.

A Piper of the Royal Irish Fusiliers Art.IWMARTLD255

A Piper of the Royal Irish Fusiliers Art.IWMARTLD255

A Piper of the Royal Irish Fusiliers image: A piper playing his pipes while marching through a rural landscape. He is followed by a group of uniformed soldiers.

A Pomeranian Prison Camp, 1941 Art.IWMARTLD1935

A Pomeranian Prison Camp, 1941 Art.IWMARTLD1935

A Pomeranian Prison Camp, 1941 image: A view down a gangway in a hut in a POW camp. Dejected prisoners in military uniform sit on the bunks which are three levels high and laundry hangs from the beams above. On... More

A Pontoon Bailey Bridge over the River Po Near Ferrara, 1945 Art.IWMARTLD5209

A Pontoon Bailey Bridge over the River Po Near Ferrara, 1945 Art.IWMAR...

A Pontoon Bailey Bridge over the River Po Near Ferrara, 1945 image: view from the bank of the River Po showing the remains of a steel girder bridge and its replacement, a pontoon bridge with lorries and tanks ... More

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