A Sherman tank crew from 27th Armoured Brigade with a German swastika ...
A Sherman tank crew from 27th Armoured Brigade with a German swastika flag they captured during the attack on Caen, Normandy, 10 July 1944. Sherman tank crewmen L/Cpl S James and Sgt H Coe of 27th Armoured Brig... More
A union flag hangs in the main street of Les Andelys in Normandy as Br...
A union flag hangs in the main street of Les Andelys in Normandy as British forces arrive, 31 August 1944. The woman in the foreground is Madame Scarlett, wife of an expatriate Englishman and owner of the Hotel... More
British Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B8784
British Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 French children bring out milk and cider to Churchill tank crews waiting for the attack on Mont Pincon, 7 August 1944.
Captain J F Burgess, Royal Artillery, briefing a party of FOBs (Forwar...
Captain J F Burgess, Royal Artillery, briefing a party of FOBs (Forward Observation Bombardment) in a Normandy village, June 1944. In a rest billet less than two miles from the front line. Seen through the door... More
Firefly burned out - A man sitting on top of a tank in a field
A GI inspects a British Sherman Firefly which has suffered a penetrating hit to its frontal armour and burned out, Normandy.
Rear view of Fusilier Tom Payne, 11 Platoon, 'B' Company, 6th Battalio...
Rear view of Fusilier Tom Payne, 11 Platoon, 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, Normandy, 12 August 1944. Rear view of Fusilier Tom Payne, 11th Platoon, 'B' Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Welsh F... More
The Allied Campaign in North West Europe- 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B93...
The Allied Campaign in North West Europe- 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Beside the road to Lesieux in Normandy, France, a British Army Chaplain presides over the burial of a fallen soldier as tanks of the 8th Hussar... More
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B52...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 D-Day, 6 June 1944: Canadian infantry wait in ditches with their bicycles as men of the 48th Royal Marine Commando take cover from mortar fire ... More
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 B53...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Personalities: Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery, commander of the Combined Allied Armies for the Normandy Landings and the principal archit... 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 British Army in Normandy 1944 B6140
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Men of the Durham Light Infantry, 49th (West Riding) Division inspect a knocked-out German Tiger tank during Operation 'Epsom', 28 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6167
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Major W Holtby, commanding 'C' Squadron, East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, briefs troop commanders in front of his HQ Sherman tank, 28 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6169
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A Sherman tank of the East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, advances through a gap in a hedge, 28 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6170
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks of the East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade go forward, 28 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6177
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Royal Engineers use an armoured bulldozer to level ground on the approaches to a Bailey Bridge over the Caen Canal, 28 June 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6371
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman dozer tank, 4 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6499
The British Army in Normandy 1944 A sapper of No. 1 Dog Platoon, 277th Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, with his dog 'Nigger', Bayeux, 5 July 1944. The dogs were used to hunt for mines, especially the all-w... More
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B6918
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Troops of 1 Kings Own Scottish Borderers (KOSB), 9th Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, firing a captured Hotchkiss machine gun during street fighting in Caen, 10 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7517
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, carrying infantry from 3rd Division, move up at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7519
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks carry infantry forward for the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7555
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, carrying infantry from 3rd Division, move up at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B7558
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Sherman tanks carrying infantry move forward during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8203
The British Army in Normandy 1944 An officer or NCO of the 2nd Glasgow Highlanders using a No 18 wireless set during the attack south from Caumont, 30 July 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8565
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Churchill tanks carrying infantry advance towards St Pierre Tarentaine, 3 August 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8568
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Churchill tanks carrying infantry advance towards St Pierre Tarentaine, 3 August 1944.
The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8569
The British Army in Normandy 1944 Churchill tanks carrying infantry advance towards St Pierre Tarentaine, 3 August 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU185
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 An ambulance and infantry crossing the River Seine on a Bailey bridge at Vernon, 27 August 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU202
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A 17-pdr anti-tank gun being towed throught the narrow streets of Vernon, 27 August 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU466
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 French women help British troops to peel potatoes near St Pol in France, 3 September 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5124
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Crusader AA Mk III tank, 'Skyraker' (aka 'The Princess') of 22nd Armoured Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, leads a column of Stuart tanks moving off from the beaches.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5185
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Men of the Staffordshire Yeomanry crowd in and around a universal carrier for a portrait, 7 June 1944. The vehicle is equipped with a .50-inch Browning machine gun... More
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5203
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade with captured Germans on the roof of their jeep at the glider landing grounds near Ranville, 7 June 1944. Note the Horsa g... More
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5204
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade digging in near Horsa gliders on 6th Airborne's lodgement zone east of the River Orne, 7 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5234
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A heavily laden universal carrier crosses 'Pegasus Bridge', the lifting bridge over the Caen Canal captured by glider assault in the early hours of D-Day.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5249
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A young German prisoner being searched, 7 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5254
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Royal Engineers befriend youngsters from Ver sur Mer, 7 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5262
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Follow-up troops wade ashore from a landing craft, 7 June 1944. A bogged down Sexton self-propelled gun can be seen on the left.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5267
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks driving through Douvres-la-Délivrande, 8 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5268
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks driving through Douvres-la Delivrande, 8 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5291
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Lance Corporals A Burton and L Barnett of 6th Airborne Division guarding a road junction near Ranville, 7 June 1944. Horsa gliders can be seen behind.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5314
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 General Montgomery with Army and Royal Navy officers in Port-en-Bessin, 10 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5344
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Airborne troops with French civilians near Ranville, 10 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5345
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 'Balaclava', a Sherman tank from regimental HQ of 13th/18th Royal Hussars shooting up German troops using crashed Horsa gliders as cover near Ranville, 10 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5348
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Sherman tank of 13th/18th Royal Hussars in action against German troops using crashed Horsa gliders as cover near Ranville, 10 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5375
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Officers inspect a German Mk IV tank knocked out by the Durham Light Infantry, 11 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5386
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Infantry and Sherman tanks advance through Reviers, 11 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5416
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tank of 24th Lancers, 8th Armoured Brigade, near St Leger, 11 June 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7423
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Sherman Firefly advances during operations in the Odon valley, west of Caen, 16 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7427
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Infantry moving up during attacks between Hill 112 and Hill 113 in the Odon valley, 16 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7441
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Infantry occupy slit trenches in the forward area between Hill 112 and Hill 113 in the Odon valley, 16 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7506
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman flail tank moves up to cross the Orne river during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7510
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait for the order to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7512
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Tank crews and infantry run to mount their Sherman tanks at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7514
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Infantry and tanks wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7518
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, carrying infantry from 3rd Division, move up at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7521
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks caryying infantry, a Sherman Crab flail tank, and an ambulance halftrack assemble at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7524
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks of 23rd Hussars, 11th Armoured Division, make their way across open ground in front of the factory chimneys at Colombelles steelworks during Operatio... More
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7525
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Sherman Firefly crosses 'Euston Bridge' over the Orne as it moves up to the start line for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7526
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Carriers of 1st (Motor) Grenadier Guards, 5th Guards Armoured Brigade, Guards Armoured Division, cross 'Euston Bridge' as they deploy for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7535
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Cromwell tanks of 2nd Troop, C Squadron, 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, assembled for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7538
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A tank commander talks to infantry on his Sherman Crab flail tank at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7543
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman tanks and a Sherman Firefly move through Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7557
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sherman Firefly carrying infantry during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7560
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Stuart tanks moving up towards Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7562
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Cromwell tanks of 2nd (Armoured Reconnaissance) Battalion, Welsh Guards, moving up towards Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7565
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sexton self-propelled gun moving up towards Escoville during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7570
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A sergeant briefs men of the Royal Welch Fusiliers before an attack towards Evrecy, 16 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7571
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Sergeant G S Davies of the Royal Welch Fusiliers packs his medical bag at the regimental aid post before an attack towards Evrecy, 16 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7579
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Colonel J A Rice-Evans, CO of a battalion of the Royal Welch Fusiliers, 53rd Division, briefs his officers from his slit trench at battalion HQ before an attack to... More
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7586
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Infantry watch Churchill tanks moving up for a dawn attack towards Evrecy, 16 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7608
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Hanging out the washing on a Churchill tank of 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7629
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Lt Fathergill briefs troop leaders of 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7636
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill tanks of 7th Troop, 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7637
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill tanks of 7th Troop, 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7638
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill tanks of 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7641
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Churchill tanks of 'B' Squadron, 107th Regiment Royal Armoured Corps, 34th Tank Brigade, 17 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7651
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Cromwell tanks assemble for Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7652
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Transport crossing into the Orne bridgehead across 'London Bridge' during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7654
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Carriers and a Sherman observation tank of an artillery headquarters unit moving up to cross the Orne river during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7661
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7686
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Bren gun carrier passes a burnt-out German SdKfz 250 half-track near Troarn during Operation 'Goodwood', 19 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7740
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Cromwell tanks of 2nd (Armoured) Welsh Guards, the armoured reconnaissance regiment of Guards Armoured Division, south east of Caen, 19 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7760
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Sherman tank passes a wrecked German Mk IV near Cagny during Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7799
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Jeeps passing in the flooded village of Bretteville - L'Orgueilleuse, 21 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7835
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Bofors anti-aircraft gun crew 'chalk up' three kills on their gun, 19 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7959
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Royal Engineers help to repair track at the railyard in Caen, 24 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B7969
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Sherman tank crosses 'Winston Bridge', a Bailey bridge built over the River Orne for the 'Goodwood' offensive, 24 July 1944
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8051
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Churchill tank in the shattered village of Maltot, 26 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8114
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Staghound armoured cars on patrol, 27 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8119
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Nicole and Paulette, daughters of a local farmer, are the focus of attention for these British troops, 27 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8147
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 An ammunition lorry burns after being hit by shellfire, 26 July 1944. A Daimler armoured car can be seen in the foreground.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8148
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Troops shelter behind a White scout car and Staghound armoured car as an ammunition lorry burns after being hit by shellfire.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8178
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Snipers training at a sniper school in a French village, 27 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8188
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A mortar platoon carrier passes a group of German prisoners being escorted by a military policeman on a motorcycle, Caumont, 30 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8199
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Universal and Loyd carriers towing 6-pdr anti-tank guns of 46th Infantry Brigade, 15th (Scottish Division) during Operation 'Bluecoat', the offensive south-east of... More
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8275
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Stuart and a column of Sherman tanks of 2nd Irish Guards, Guards Armoured Division, move across country during the advance south of Caumont, 31 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8276
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A column of Sherman tanks of 2nd Irish Guards, Guards Armoured Division, move across country during the advance south of Caumont, 31 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8292
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Sherman tank and Loyd carriers towing 6-pdr anti-tank guns in St Martin-des-Besaces, 31 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8309
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 Carriers pass each other in a lane south of Caumont, 31 July 1944.
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B8371
The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 A Sherman Firefly passes a scout car crew during the advance towards Aunay-sur-Odon, 31 July 1944.