A 17-pdr anti-tank gun in action in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 13 Ma...
A 17-pdr anti-tank gun in action in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 13 March 1944. A 17-pdr anti-tank gun in action in the Anzio bridgehead, 13 March 1944.
A 4.2-inch mortar of 1st Infantry Brigade's support group, firing in s...
A 4.2-inch mortar of 1st Infantry Brigade's support group, firing in support of the 5th Northamptonshire Regiment in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 18 May 1944. 4.2-inch mortar of 1st Infantry Brigade's support g... More
A British 17-pdr anti-tank gun and Sherman tank near Cassino, Italy, 1...
A British 17-pdr anti-tank gun and Sherman tank near Cassino, Italy, 17 May 1944. A 17-pdr anti-tank gun and crew near Cassino, 17 May 1944. A Sherman tank can be seen in the background.
A camouflaged 5.5-inch gun of 'D' Troop, 111 Battery, 80th Medium Regi...
A camouflaged 5.5-inch gun of 'D' Troop, 111 Battery, 80th Medium Regiment (Scottish Horse) in action at Anzio, Italy, March 1944. A camouflaged 5.5-inch gun of 'D' Troop, 111 Battery, 80th Medium Regiment (Sco... More
A malaria warning sign on the Anzio front in Italy, advising troops to...
A malaria warning sign on the Anzio front in Italy, advising troops to cover up in the evening to avoid mosquito bites, 10 May 1944. A malaria warning sign at Anzio, advising troops to cover up in the evening t... More
A patrol from the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at Anzio, Italy, Ma...
A patrol from the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at Anzio, Italy, March 1944. A patrol of the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at Anzio, 20-21 March 1944. The men are lightly equipped, and wear cap comforters... More
A Priest 105mm self-propelled gun negotiates a hairpin bend on a mount...
A Priest 105mm self-propelled gun negotiates a hairpin bend on a mountain road near Mondaino during the advance through the Gothic Line, Italy, 6 September 1944. A Priest 105mm self-propelled gun negotiates a h... More
A Sherman tank of 23rd Armoured Brigade coming ashore from a landing c...
A Sherman tank of 23rd Armoured Brigade coming ashore from a landing craft at Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944. A Sherman tank of 23rd Armoured Brigade coming ashore from a landing craft at Anzio, 22 January 1944.
A Sherman tank of 26th Armoured Brigade, 6th Armoured Division, at Are...
A Sherman tank of 26th Armoured Brigade, 6th Armoured Division, at Arezzo in Italy, 16 July 1944. Sherman tank of 26th Armoured Brigade, 6th Armoured Division, Arezzo, 16 July 1944.
A Universal Carrier crew of the 2nd Sherwood Foresters fire a 2-inch m...
A Universal Carrier crew of the 2nd Sherwood Foresters fire a 2-inch mortar from their vehicle in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, April 1944. Carrier crew of the 2nd Sherwood Foresters reconstruct an action in th... More
British infantry advance near Arezzo, Italy, 16 July 1944. NA16932
British infantry advance near Arezzo, Italy, 16 July 1944. British infantry advance near Arezzo, Italy, 16 July 1944.
British infantry crossing the River Garigliano in assault boats, Italy...
British infantry crossing the River Garigliano in assault boats, Italy, 18 January 1944. Infantry crossing the River Garigliano in assault boats, 18 January 1944.
British Infantry move up past a Daimler scout car during the advance o...
British Infantry move up past a Daimler scout car during the advance of 78th Division, Italy, 30 June 1944. British Infantry move up past a Daimler scout car during the advance of 78th Division, 30 June 1944.
Empty 75mm HE shell cases being collected from Sherman tanks firing in...
Empty 75mm HE shell cases being collected from Sherman tanks firing in the indirect fire support role in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 5 May 1944. Empty 75mm HE shell cases being collected from Royal Tank Regime... More
Gunners of 78th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery make use of 'liberated...
Gunners of 78th Field Regiment, Royal Artillery make use of 'liberated' sunshades to keep the rain off while making a brew, Anzio, Italy, 27 February 1944. Gunners of 78th Field Regiment Royal Artillery make us... More
Men of 'D' Company, 1st Battalion, The Green Howards occupy a captured...
Men of 'D' Company, 1st Battalion, The Green Howards occupy a captured German communications trench during the offensive at Anzio, Italy, 22 May 1944. Men of 'D' Company, 1st Battalion The Green Howards, 5th In... More
Men of the 2-7th Middlesex Regiment carry out maintenance on a Vickers...
Men of the 2/7th Middlesex Regiment carry out maintenance on a Vickers machine gun at Anzio, Italy, 21 February 1944. Men of the 2/7th Middlesex Regiment carry out maintenance on a Vickers machine gun at Anzio,... More
Men of the 7th Cheshire Regiment, 5th Infantry Division's machine gun ...
Men of the 7th Cheshire Regiment, 5th Infantry Division's machine gun battalion, in a captured German communications trench during the offensive at Anzio, Italy, 22 May 1944. Men of 7th Cheshire Regiment, 5th ... More
Private Phillip Johnson of the 2-6th Queen's Regiment inspects British...
Private Phillip Johnson of the 2/6th Queen's Regiment inspects British graves at Anzio, Italy, 1 March 1944. Private Phillip Johnson of the 2/6th Queen's Regiment inspects British graves at Anzio, 1 March 1944.
Private W Stack of No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with...
Private W Stack of No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with a Browning pistol, 5 March 1944. Private W Stack of No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with a Browning pistol, 5 March 1944.
Shells being loaded into a Sherman tank in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy...
Shells being loaded into a Sherman tank in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 5 May 1944. 75mm HE shells being loaded into a Royal Tank Regiment Sherman tank, in use in the indirect artillery role in the Anzio bridge... More
Sherman tanks in fixed positions under camouflage nets, in use as arti...
Sherman tanks in fixed positions under camouflage nets, in use as artillery in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 5 May 1944. Royal Tank Regiment Sherman tanks, in fixed positions under camouflage nets, in use as art... More
Sherman tanks of 46th Royal Tank Regiment provide fire support for the...
Sherman tanks of 46th Royal Tank Regiment provide fire support for the Loyal Regiment at Anzio, Italy, 25 January 1944. Sherman tanks of 46th Royal Tank Regiment fires in support of the Loyal Regiment at Anzio,... More
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA10483
The British Army in Italy 1944 Corporal A Mulholland changes into softer 'patrol boots' during a reconstruction of a battle patrol preparing to go out into enemy territory in the 56th Division sector, 2 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA10488
The British Army in Italy 1944 A reconstruction of a battle patrol preparing to go out into enemy territory in the 56th Division sector, 2 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA10707
The British Army in Italy 1944 Sherman tank and crew, 7 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA10708
The British Army in Italy 1944 40mm Bofors gun of 579 Battery, 115 LAA Regiment, 7 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA10930
The British Army in Italy 1944 Men of 141 Field Ambulance RAMC attend to a wounded soldier on a stretcher, 17 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA10941
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Sherman tank squeezes under a low railway bridge as it moves up towards the River Garigliano, 18 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA10957
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Sherman tank crosses the River Garigliano on a raft, 19 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11034
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Sherman tank comes ashore from a landing craft at Anzio in Operation Shingle — on 22 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11041
The British Army in Italy 1944 Universal carriers and a Sherman tank comes ashore from a landing craft at Anzio in Operation Shingle — on 22 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11058
The British Army in Italy 1944 A British soldier guards a group of German prisoners at Anzio, 22 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11066
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Sherman tank drives onto a raft which will transport it across the River Garigliano, 20 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11067
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Sherman tank being rafted across the River Garigliano, 20 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11079
The British Army in Italy 1944 DUKWs being reversed into landing ships at Salerno harbour in preparation for the landings at Anzio, 20-21 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11115
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Sherman tank near the River Garigliano, 21 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11136
The British Army in Italy 1944 Bogged Sherman tank of 12th Canadian Armoured Regiment (Three Rivers), River Arielli, 18 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11164
The British Army in Italy 1944 A lorry-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun of the 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 16 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11178
The British Army in Italy 1944 A lorry-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun of the 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 16 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11186
The British Army in Italy 1944 Lance Bombardier Ian Hopkins, one of the crew of a lorry-mounted 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun of the 11th (City of London Yeomanry) Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, 16 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11209
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Priest 105mm self-propelled gun comes ashore from a landing craft at Anzio, 22 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11235
The British Army in Italy 1944 Sherman tanks move north from the Garigliano river towards Lorenzo, 21 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11239
The British Army in Italy 1944 A British soldier with a young German prisoner sitting on the bonnet of a jeep, 21 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11308
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Sherman tank of 46th Royal Tank Regiment towing a German 155mm gun, captured by the 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment, 23 January 1944. The gun was a vintage First World War French piece.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11313
The British Army in Italy 1944 Sherman tanks of 46th Royal Tank Regiment and a German 155mm gun, captured by the 2nd North Staffordshire Regiment, 23 January 1944. The gun was a vintage First World War French piece.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11314
The British Army in Italy 1944 The crew of a jeep attempt to dig out their vehicle, bogged down in muddy conditions near Anzio, 23 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11324
The British Army in Italy 1944 British troops and American Rangers meet on the Anzio-Rome road, 23 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11347
The British Army in Italy 1944 Sherman tanks passing through the village of Lorenzo, 24 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11387
The British Army in Italy 1944 Soldiers watch landing operations at Anzio from the deck of an LST, January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11392
The British Army in Italy 1944 An Albion lorry and Sexton 25pdr self-propelled gun come ashore at Anzio, January 1944. A DUKW is alongside the jetty.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11409
The British Army in Italy 1944 A British soldier inspects a German Heinkel He 111 bomber shot down during a night raid on the Anzio bridgehead, 25 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11410
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Sherman tank of 46th Royal Tank Regiment fires in support of the Loyal Regiment at Anzio, 25 January 1944. A signaller can be seen using a radio in the foreground.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11417
The British Army in Italy 1944 A destroyer passes close to a landing ship, packed with vehicles, approaching Anzio, 21-22 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11444
The British Army in Italy 1944 Sherman tanks pass a knocked-out German SdKfz 222 armoured car, 25 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11445
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Sherman tank of 46th Royal Tank Regiment supporting Irish Guardsmen north of Anzio, 25 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11580
The British Army in Italy 1944 The graves of three British soldiers killed near Castelforte, 31 January 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11626
The British Army in Italy 1944 Men of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry eat a meal before going into action at Anzio, 31 January 1940.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11744
The British Army in Italy 1944 A motorcycle despatch rider checks his route with a Canadian military policeman, 30 January-3 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11749
The British Army in Italy 1944 A motorcycle despatch rider watches as the message he has brought to 8th Indian Division HQ is handed to the GOC, Major General D Russell, by his ADC, Captain D A Sconce, 30 Janua... More
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11770
The British Army in Italy 1944 A soldier with the 2/7th Middlesex Regiment shares a cup of tea with an American infantryman in the Anzio bridgehead, 10 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11797
The British Army in Italy 1944 L/Cpl J Leigh of the Seaforth Highlanders has carried his mascot, 'Churchill', throughout the Italian campaign, 7 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11856
The British Army in Italy 1944 A veterinary officer inspects the leg of a mule at a mobile veterinary section, 9 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11859
The British Army in Italy 1944 A veterinary officer inspects the teeth of a mule at a mobile veterinary section, 9 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11881
The British Army in Italy 1944 General Sir Harold Alexander, commanding 15th Army Group, talks to British and American officers in Anzio, 14 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11952
The British Army in Italy 1944 Jeeps assembled ready for transporting supplies to the forward positions, 17 February 1944
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA11970
The British Army in Italy 1944 Lt Col D McVicar, OC 2nd UK Mobile Casualty Clearing Station, with a group of nurses, including one American, in the Anzio bridgehead, 15 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12082
The British Army in Italy 1944 Reverend G B Fairhurst, Padre of the 2/5th Queen's Regiment, talking to two of the men in his battalion and an American soldier in the Anzio bridgehead, 20-21 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12113
The British Army in Italy 1944 Men of the 2/7th Middlesex Regiment in one of their machine gun carriers at Anzio, 21 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12136
The British Army in Italy 1944 Landing ships unloading supplies in Anzio harbour, 19-24 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12142
The British Army in Italy 1944 Supplies being hoisted from a ship into a DUKW for transport ashore at, 19-24 February 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12381
The British Army in Italy 1944 A charge is inserted into the breech of a 5.5-inch gun of 102nd Medium Regiment (Pembroke Yeomanry), 2 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12385
The British Army in Italy 1944 A 5.5-inch gun of 102nd Medium Regiment (Pembroke Yeomanry), 2 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12388
The British Army in Italy 1944 Gunners of 102nd Medium Regiment (Pembroke Yeomanry) choose their favourite 'pin-up girl', 2 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12466
The British Army in Italy 1944 Sgt James S Dickinson, a section leader with No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with his a Lee Enfield No.4 Mk I rifle and fixed bayonet, 5 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12639
The British Army in Italy 1944 Troops in training at a street fighting school in Ortona, 2 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12680
The British Army in Italy 1944 Sgt B Bailey and L/Cpl S Cooper of the British Indian Provost Company have their trousers repaired by an Indian member of the company, working with a sewing machine in the open, 9... More
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12746
The British Army in Italy 1944 A 25pdr gun crew of 115th Field Regiment at Anzio, 8-9 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12758
The British Army in Italy 1944 L/Cpl R Davies with a 6-pdr anti-tank gun in the Anzio bridgehead, 11 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12884
The British Army in Italy 1944 Armourers repairing a damaged 4.2-inch mortar and Vickers machine gun at 3rd Infantry Brigade workshops, 1st Division, 13 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12907
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Sherman tank near Cassino, 16 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12910
The British Army in Italy 1944 German prisoners file past a Sherman tank at Cassino, 16 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12961
The British Army in Italy 1944 L/Cpl Rolls of the Royal Signals uses a wireless set to relay a fire order to a gun battery, 4 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA12993
The British Army in Italy 1944 An ACV (armoured command vehicle) of 23rd Brigade HQ at Francolise, 14 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13011
The British Army in Italy 1944 Two converted 15cwt Dodge trucks painted with red crosses form the basis of this mobile ophthalmic unit, 17 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13049
The British Army in Italy 1944 4.2-inch mortar of 15th Brigade's mortar support company, 16 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13051
The British Army in Italy 1944 4.2-inch mortar of 15th Brigade (5th Division) Mortar Support Company in action, Anzio bridgehead, 16 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13202
The British Army in Italy 1944 Royal Engineers building a road in the Anzio bridgehead, 21 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13211
The British Army in Italy 1944 Dummy Bofors gun and crew in the Anzio bridgehead, 21 March 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13256
The British Army in Italy 1944 Entertaining the troops: Cinema was a popular form of recreation for men and women in uniform. Potential audience members (Corporal F Spink, Driver A J Harvey, Sapper E Thomas, Sa... More
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13638
The British Army in Italy 1944 A reconstructed scene showing 'action' at Salerno: a Loyd carrier and 6-pdr anti-tank gun of 2nd Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) under mortar fire, 2-... More
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13639
The British Army in Italy 1944 A reconstructed scene showing 'action' at Salerno: a 6-pdr anti-tank gun and crew of 2nd Sherwood Foresters (Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment) under mortar fire, 2-3 April 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13669
The British Army in Italy 1944 Gunners of 'E' Troop, 518 Battery, 140th Medium Regiment relax beside their 5.5-inch gun at Cassino, 4 April 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13688
The British Army in Italy 1944 Private S Clements takes his ease in an appropriate location at No. 48 Rest Camp at St Angelo, 6 April 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13692
The British Army in Italy 1944 ENSA girls and soldiers meet at No. 48 Rest Camp at St Angelo, 6 April 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13703
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Bofors anti-aircraft gun crew on the alert in sunny weather, 7 April 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13712
The British Army in Italy 1944 Sister J V Thomas taking the temperature of Pte E Hart at No. 2 General Hospital at Caserta, 4 April 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA13896
The British Army in Italy 1944 A soldier examines a captured German Goliath radio-controlled tracked demolition vehicle, 12 April 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA14003
The British Army in Italy 1944 Sherman tanks (right) and Stuarts (left) at No. 1 Advanced Base Workshops, 18 April 1944. (In Naples at Corso Malta, Distretto Militare.)
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA14007
The British Army in Italy 1944 Repair work being carried out on Sherman tanks at No. 1 Advanced Base Workshops, 18 April 1944.