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Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H27922

Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H27922

Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Canadian Churchill tanks during Exercise 'Spartan', 9 March 1943.

Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H27924

Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H27924

Canadian Forces in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Canadian infantry riding on a Churchill III tank during Exercise 'Spartan', 9 March 1943.

Captain L Cotton MM with his Cromwell Mk VI tank and crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, Normandy, 17 June 1944. B5682

Captain L Cotton MM with his Cromwell Mk VI tank and crew of 4th Count...

Captain L Cotton MM with his Cromwell Mk VI tank and crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, Normandy, 17 June 1944. Captain L Cotton MM (left, wearing a 'liberated' German Iron Cross!) wi... More

Carriers and 6-pdr anti-tank guns of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders, 15th (Scottish) Division, during the assault on Tilburg, Holland, 28 October 1944. B11420

Carriers and 6-pdr anti-tank guns of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders, 15th ...

Carriers and 6-pdr anti-tank guns of the 2nd Gordon Highlanders, 15th (Scottish) Division, during the assault on Tilburg, Holland, 28 October 1944. Carriers and 6-pdr anti-tank guns of the 2nd Gordon Highlander... More

Centaur IV tank of 'H' Troop, 2nd Battery, Royal Marine Armoured Support Group, 13 June 1944. B5457

Centaur IV tank of 'H' Troop, 2nd Battery, Royal Marine Armoured Suppo...

Centaur IV tank of 'H' Troop, 2nd Battery, Royal Marine Armoured Support Group, 13 June 1944. Centaur IV tank with 95mm howitzer of 'H' Troop, 2nd Battery, Royal Marine Armoured Support Group, 13 June 1944.

Centaur tank being washed in Leicester 1939-45 H37812

Centaur tank being washed in Leicester 1939-45 H37812

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Centaur tank being washed prior to servicing at No. 8 AFV depot at Leicester, 25 April 1944.

Cheering civilians ride on Cromwell tanks as British troops enter Brussels, 4 September 1944. BU509

Cheering civilians ride on Cromwell tanks as British troops enter Brus...

Cheering civilians ride on Cromwell tanks as British troops enter Brussels, 4 September 1944. Civilians ride on Cromwell tanks as the British enter Brussels, 4 September 1944.

Cheering crowds line the streets as Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards enter Eindhoven in Holland, 19 September 1944. BU945

Cheering crowds line the streets as Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards...

Cheering crowds line the streets as Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards enter Eindhoven in Holland, 19 September 1944. Eindhoven 17 - 18 September 1944: The people of Eindhoven line the streets of the town to wa... More

Churchill AVRE carpet-layer with bobbin, 79th Armoured Division, March-April 1944. H37411

Churchill AVRE carpet-layer with bobbin, 79th Armoured Division, March...

Churchill AVRE carpet-layer with bobbin, 79th Armoured Division, March/April 1944. Churchill AVRE carpet-layer with bobbin, 79th Armoured Division, March/April 1944.

Churchill AVRE of 617th Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 19 November 1944. B11963

Churchill AVRE of 617th Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers near Geilenk...

Churchill AVRE of 617th Assault Squadron, Royal Engineers near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 19 November 1944. Churchill AVRE of 617th Assault Squadron Royal Engineers near Geilenkirchen, 19 November 1944.

Churchill III tanks of 'Kingforce', 1st Armoured Division, in the Western Desert, 5 November 1942. E18991

Churchill III tanks of 'Kingforce', 1st Armoured Division, in the West...

Churchill III tanks of 'Kingforce', 1st Armoured Division, in the Western Desert, 5 November 1942. Churchill III tanks of 'Kingforce', 1st Armoured Division, 5 November 1942. The unit was named Kingforce after ... More

Churchill IV tank enters an English village during Exercise 'Spartan', 9 March 1943. H27928

Churchill IV tank enters an English village during Exercise 'Spartan',...

Churchill IV tank enters an English village during Exercise 'Spartan', 9 March 1943. Churchill IV tank enters a village during Exercise 'Spartan', 9 March 1943.

Churchill tanks advance in Tunisia, 24 April 1943. NA2344

Churchill tanks advance in Tunisia, 24 April 1943. NA2344

Churchill tanks advance in Tunisia, 24 April 1943. Churchill tanks advance, 24 April 1943. In the lead is a Mk I with hull-mounted 3-inch howitzer.

Churchill tanks being filmed by an AFPU cameraman during the advance of 56th Division north-east of Argenta, Italy, 17 April 1945. NA24288

Churchill tanks being filmed by an AFPU cameraman during the advance o...

Churchill tanks being filmed by an AFPU cameraman during the advance of 56th Division north-east of Argenta, Italy, 17 April 1945. Churchill tanks are filmed by an AFPU cameraman during the advance of 56th Divi... More

Churchill tanks during Exercise 'Spartan' in the UK, 9 March 1943. H27918

Churchill tanks during Exercise 'Spartan' in the UK, 9 March 1943. H27...

Churchill tanks during Exercise 'Spartan' in the UK, 9 March 1943. Churchill tanks during Exercise 'Spartan', 9 March 1943. Leading vehicle is a Mk I with hull-mounted 3-inch gun, retrofitted with full track guards.

Churchill tanks go into action near Ksar Mesouar, Tunisia, 28 February 1943. NA911

Churchill tanks go into action near Ksar Mesouar, Tunisia, 28 February...

Churchill tanks go into action near Ksar Mesouar, Tunisia, 28 February 1943. Churchill tanks go into action near Ksar Mesouar, 28 February 1943.

Churchill tanks of 107th Regiment RAC (King's Own), 34th Tank Brigade, at the start of the Reichswald battle in Germany, 9 February 1945. B14422

Churchill tanks of 107th Regiment RAC (King's Own), 34th Tank Brigade,...

Churchill tanks of 107th Regiment RAC (King's Own), 34th Tank Brigade, at the start of the Reichswald battle in Germany, 9 February 1945. Churchill tanks of 107th Regiment RAC (King's Own), 34th Tank Brigade, a... More

Churchill tanks of 33rd Army Tank Brigade manoeuvre en masse near Brockenhurst in the New Forest, 13 August 1942. H22421

Churchill tanks of 33rd Army Tank Brigade manoeuvre en masse near Broc...

Churchill tanks of 33rd Army Tank Brigade manoeuvre en masse near Brockenhurst in the New Forest, 13 August 1942. Churchill tanks of 33rd Army Tank Brigade manoeuvre en masse near Brockenhurst in the New Forest... More

Churchill tanks of 3rd Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, with infantry of 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, advance near Beringe in Holland, 22 November 1944. B12026

Churchill tanks of 3rd Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, with inf...

Churchill tanks of 3rd Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, with infantry of 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, advance near Beringe in Holland, 22 November 1944. Churchill tanks of 3rd Scots Guards, 6th ... More

Churchill tanks of 4th Grenadier Guards near Meijel in Holland, 1 November 1944. B11570

Churchill tanks of 4th Grenadier Guards near Meijel in Holland, 1 Nove...

Churchill tanks of 4th Grenadier Guards near Meijel in Holland, 1 November 1944. Churchill tanks of 4th Grenadier Guards near Liesel-Meijel, 1 November 1944.

Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade in NW Europe, 2 November 1944. B11657

Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade in NW Europe, 2 November 19...

Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade in NW Europe, 2 November 1944. Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade in NW Europe, 2 November 1944.

Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade move up in support of 15th (Scottish) Division during the assault on Liesel, 2 November 1944. B11656

Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade move up in support of 15th ...

Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade move up in support of 15th (Scottish) Division during the assault on Liesel, 2 November 1944. Churchill tanks of 6th Guards Tank Brigade move up in support of 15th (Sc... More

Churchill tanks of 9th Royal Tank Regiment during an exercise at Tilshead on Salisbury Plain, 31 January 1942. H16962

Churchill tanks of 9th Royal Tank Regiment during an exercise at Tilsh...

Churchill tanks of 9th Royal Tank Regiment during an exercise at Tilshead on Salisbury Plain, 31 January 1942. Churchill tanks of 9th Royal Tank Regiment during an exercise at Tilshead on Salisbury Plain, 31 Ja... More

Crews climb aboard Sherman tanks of The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), 1st Armoured Division at El Alamein, 24 October 1942. E18376

Crews climb aboard Sherman tanks of The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guar...

Crews climb aboard Sherman tanks of The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), 1st Armoured Division at El Alamein, 24 October 1942. Crews climb aboard Sherman tanks of The Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), 1st Ar... More

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B7534

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B7534

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 Public domain photograph of World War Two period military equipment, vehicle, 1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B8182

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B8182

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 Public domain photograph of World War Two period military equipment, vehicle, 1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B8839

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B8839

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 Public domain photograph of World War Two period military equipment, vehicle, 1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B8840

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B8840

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 Public domain photograph of World War Two period military equipment, vehicle, 1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B9038

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B9038

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 Public domain photograph of World War Two period military equipment, vehicle, 1940s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B9334

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 B9334

Cromwell Tanks in Nw Europe 1944-45 Public domain photograph of military parade, army ceremony, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards crossing the bridge at Nijmegen in Holland during Operation 'Market Garden', 21 September 1944. B10172

Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards crossing the bridge at Nijmegen in ...

Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards crossing the bridge at Nijmegen in Holland during Operation 'Market Garden', 21 September 1944. Cromwell tanks of 2nd Welsh Guards crossing the bridge at Nijmegen, 21 September 1944.

Cruiser Mk I tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 1st Armoured Division, on Thursley Common, Surrey, July 1940. H2484

Cruiser Mk I tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 1st Armoured Division, ...

Cruiser Mk I tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 1st Armoured Division, on Thursley Common, Surrey, July 1940. Cruiser Mk I tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, on Thur... More

Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 1st Armoured Division, driving through a Surrey village, July 1940. H2491

Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 1st Armoured Division,...

Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 1st Armoured Division, driving through a Surrey village, July 1940. Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, ... More

Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, drive through a Surrey village, July 1940. H2490

Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, ...

Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, drive through a Surrey village, July 1940. Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1s... More

Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, on Thursley Common, Surrey, July 1940. H2483

Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, ...

Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Armoured Division, on Thursley Common, Surrey, July 1940. Cruiser Mk IV tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment, 3rd Armoured Brigade, 1st Arm... More

Cruiser Mk IVA tanks of 1st Armoured Division crossing a stream near Hindhead in Surrey, 14 May 1941. H9717

Cruiser Mk IVA tanks of 1st Armoured Division crossing a stream near H...

Cruiser Mk IVA tanks of 1st Armoured Division crossing a stream near Hindhead in Surrey, 14 May 1941. Cruiser Mk IVA tanks of 1st Armoured Division, crossing a stream near Hindhead in Surrey, 14 May 1941.

Cruiser Mk IVA tanks of 1st Armoured Division on an exercise in the UK, 20 April 1941. H9065

Cruiser Mk IVA tanks of 1st Armoured Division on an exercise in the UK...

Cruiser Mk IVA tanks of 1st Armoured Division on an exercise in the UK, 20 April 1941. Cruiser Mk IVA tanks on exercise, 1st Armoured Division, 20 April 1941.

Crusader Mk III tanks in Tunisia, 31 December 1942. NA323

Crusader Mk III tanks in Tunisia, 31 December 1942. NA323

Crusader Mk III tanks in Tunisia, 31 December 1942. Crusader III tanks in Tunisia, 31 December 1942.

Crusader tanks moving to forward positions in the Western Desert, 26 November 1941. E6724

Crusader tanks moving to forward positions in the Western Desert, 26 N...

Crusader tanks moving to forward positions in the Western Desert, 26 November 1941. Crusader tanks moving to forward positions in the Western Desert, 26 November 1941.

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5021

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Sherman tanks of The Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, in action near Hermanville-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944.

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5023

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 A Universal Carrier with wading screens attached and half-tracks of 3rd Division passing through Hermanville-sur-Mer, 6 June 1944.

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5038

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 A Universal Carrier and motorcyclists of British 3rd Division in La Brèche d'Hermanville, 6 June 1944.

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5080

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Infantry of 3rd Division move inland from Queen beach, Sword Area, past a Sherman tank of 27th Armoured Brigade, 6 June 1944. In the background... More

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5086

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 An M10 Wolverine 3-inch self-propelled gun of 20th Anti-Tank Regiment on Queen Red beach, Sword area, 6 June 1944.

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5089

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 A group of German prisoners standing in the water next to a disabled Sherman Crab flail tank watch as a jeep is towed from the sea, Queen beach... More

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5095

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Medics attending to wounded in the lee of a Churchill AVRE from 5th Assault Regiment, Royal Engineers, on Queen beach, Sword area, 6 June 1944.... More

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5096

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B50...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Troops of 3rd Division on Queen beach, Sword area, 6 June 1944. On the left, medics attend to wounded next to a disabled Churchill AVRE from 5t... More

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5258

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B52...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 A Sherman tank of 'A' Squadron, Nottinghamshire Yeomanry (Sherwood Rangers), 8th Armoured Brigade, comes ashore from a landing craft on Jig bea... More

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5262

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B52...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Troops from 50th Division coming ashore from an LSI(L), Gold area, 6 June 1944. A Sexton 25pdr self-propelled gun of 147th Field Regiment (Esse... More

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944 B5086

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944 B5...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944 M 10 Wolverine tank destroyer on Sword Beach during the landing of the 13/18 Royal Hussars.

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy, 6th June 1944 B5088

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy, 6th June 1944 ...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy, 6th June 1944 Troops take shelter near an M10 Wolverine tank destroyer.

DUKW and Universal Carriers of 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 43rd Division, Holland, 18 September 1944. BU934

DUKW and Universal Carriers of 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, ...

DUKW and Universal Carriers of 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 43rd Division, the Netherlands, 18 September 1944. DUKW and Universal carriers of 5th Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, 43rd Division, Holl... More

Dummy tanks, mounted on trucks, going to the forward areas in the Western Desert, 13 February 1942. E8361

Dummy tanks, mounted on trucks, going to the forward areas in the West...

Dummy tanks, mounted on trucks, going to the forward areas in the Western Desert, 13 February 1942. Dummy tanks, mounted on trucks, going to the forward areas in the Western Desert, 13 February 1942.

Dummy Vehicles and Equipment USED For Deception during the Second World War H42531

Dummy Vehicles and Equipment USED For Deception during the Second Worl...

Dummy Vehicles and Equipment USED For Deception during the Second World War Inflatable Sherman tank.

Four German heavy tanks at the Henschel tank testing ground at Haustenbeck near Paderborn, Germany, June 1945. BU8016

Four German heavy tanks at the Henschel tank testing ground at Hausten...

Four German heavy tanks at the Henschel tank testing ground at Haustenbeck near Paderborn, Germany, June 1945. Four German heavy tanks at the Panzer experimental establishment at Haustenbeck near Paderborn.

General Montgomery stands beside a Grant command tank near Tripoli, 27 January 1943. E21701

General Montgomery stands beside a Grant command tank near Tripoli, 27...

General Montgomery stands beside a Grant command tank near Tripoli, 27 January 1943. General Montgomery beside a Grant tank near Tripoli, 27 January 1943.

German Tanks of the Second World War B5534

German Tanks of the Second World War B5534

German Tanks of the Second World War British troops advance past a knocked-out German PzKpfw V Panther Ausf A, June 1944.

Germany Under Allied Occupation BU9368

Germany Under Allied Occupation BU9368

Germany Under Allied Occupation The first Russian tank to enter Berlin is immortalised by becoming part of a monument to commemorate that achievement. The tank was finished off with a coating of aluminium and p... More

Grant and Lee tanks of 'C' Squadron, 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars, at El Alamein, 7 July 1942. E14054

Grant and Lee tanks of 'C' Squadron, 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars, at El ...

Grant and Lee tanks of 'C' Squadron, 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars, at El Alamein, 7 July 1942. Grant and Lee tanks of 'C' Squadron, 4th (Queen's Own) Hussars, 2nd Armoured Brigade, El Alamein position, Egypt, 7 July 1942.

Grant tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment on the move in the Western Desert, 17 February 1942. E8467

Grant tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment on the move in the Western Dese...

Grant tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment on the move in the Western Desert, 17 February 1942. Grant tanks of 5th Royal Tank Regiment on the move in the Western Desert, 17 February 1942.

Indian Regiments Training in North Africa, 1940 E51

Indian Regiments Training in North Africa, 1940 E51

Indian Regiments Training in North Africa, 1940 A Bren gun carrier throwing up a cloud of sand while crossing the desert at speed during training.

Infantry and carriers of the 15th (Scottish) Division, during the assault on Liesel, Holland, 2 November 1944. B11658

Infantry and carriers of the 15th (Scottish) Division, during the assa...

Infantry and carriers of the 15th (Scottish) Division, during the assault on Liesel, Holland, 2 November 1944. Infantry and carriers of the 15th (Scottish) Division, during the assault on Liesel, 2 November 1944.

Infantry of 51st Highland Division are carried into battle aboard Sherman tanks near Udenhout, Holland, 29 October 1944. B11457

Infantry of 51st Highland Division are carried into battle aboard Sher...

Infantry of 51st Highland Division are carried into battle aboard Sherman tanks near Udenhout, Holland, 29 October 1944. Infantry of 51st Highland Division are carried into battle aboard Sherman tanks near Uden... More

Infantry of 51st Highland Division are carried into battle aboard Sherman tanks near Udenhout, Holland, 29 October 1944. B11463

Infantry of 51st Highland Division are carried into battle aboard Sher...

Infantry of 51st Highland Division are carried into battle aboard Sherman tanks near Udenhout, Holland, 29 October 1944. Infantry of 51st Highland Division are carried into battle aboard Sherman tanks near Uden... More

Infantry of 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 15th (Scottish) Division, advance behind a Churchill tank of 9th Royal Tank Regiment at the start of Operation 'Epsom' in Normandy, 26 June 1944. B5956

Infantry of 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 15th (Scottish) Division, advan...

Infantry of 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 15th (Scottish) Division, advance behind a Churchill tank of 9th Royal Tank Regiment at the start of Operation 'Epsom' in Normandy, 26 June 1944. Infantry of 6th Royal Sco... More

Infantry of the 2nd New Zealand Division link up with Matilda tanks of the Tobruk garrison during Operation 'Crusader', Libya, 2 December 1941. E6918

Infantry of the 2nd New Zealand Division link up with Matilda tanks of...

Infantry of the 2nd New Zealand Division link up with Matilda tanks of the Tobruk garrison during Operation 'Crusader', Libya, 2 December 1941. After some of the heaviest fighting of the North Arican campaign, ... More

IWM-H-18233-Flame-thrower-on-Universal-Carrier

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.

Local people gather round British Humber armoured cars in Benghazi, Libya, November 1942. E19924

Local people gather round British Humber armoured cars in Benghazi, Li...

Local people gather round British Humber armoured cars in Benghazi, Libya, November 1942. Local people gather round Humber armoured cars in Benghazi while in the background smoke can be seen filling the sky fro... More

Major General George 'Pip' Roberts (right), commanding 11th Armoured Division, with Brigadier Roscoe Harvey of 29th Armoured Brigade, and a Sherman command tank, Normandy, 15 August 1944. B9184

Major General George 'Pip' Roberts (right), commanding 11th Armoured D...

Major General George 'Pip' Roberts (right), commanding 11th Armoured Division, with Brigadier Roscoe Harvey of 29th Armoured Brigade, and a Sherman command tank, Normandy, 15 August 1944. 11th Armoured Division... More

Matilda tanks on the move outside the perimeter of Tobruk, Libya, 18 November 1941. E6600

Matilda tanks on the move outside the perimeter of Tobruk, Libya, 18 N...

Matilda tanks on the move outside the perimeter of Tobruk, Libya, 18 November 1941. Matilda tanks on the move outside the perimeter of Tobruk, 18 November 1941.

Matilda tanks on the move outside the perimeter of Tobruk, Libya, 18 November 1941. E6605

Matilda tanks on the move outside the perimeter of Tobruk, Libya, 18 N...

Matilda tanks on the move outside the perimeter of Tobruk, Libya, 18 November 1941. Matilda tanks on the move outside the perimeter of Tobruk, 18 November 1941.

Men of a territorial battalion of the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) on an exercise in their Bren gun carriers in the UK, 1939. H1019

Men of a territorial battalion of the Highland Light Infantry (City of...

Men of a territorial battalion of the Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow Regiment) on an exercise in their Bren gun carriers in the UK, 1939. Men of a territorial battalion of the Highland Light Infantry ... More

Men of the 2-6th Queens's Regiment advance past a pair of burning German PzKpfw IV tank in the Salerno area, Italy, 22 September 1943. NA7137

Men of the 2-6th Queens's Regiment advance past a pair of burning Germ...

Men of the 2/6th Queens's Regiment advance past a pair of burning German PzKpfw IV tank in the Salerno area, Italy, 22 September 1943. Men of the 2/6th Queens's Regiment advance past a burning German PzKpfw IV ... More

Men of the Army Film and Photographic Unit training with a Valentine tank at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, June 1943. H31007

Men of the Army Film and Photographic Unit training with a Valentine t...

Men of the Army Film and Photographic Unit training with a Valentine tank at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire, June 1943. Training for the Army Film and Photographic Unit at Pinewood Studios, Buckinghamshire: ... More

Military Assistance With Agriculture in India, 1946 IND5129

Military Assistance With Agriculture in India, 1946 IND5129

Military Assistance With Agriculture in India, 1946 Trials of a three-furrow plough built in the workshop of the Royal Indian Electrical and Mechanical Engineers at Risalpur. The plough is drawn by a Universal Carrier.

Officers of the 11th Hussars in a Morris CS9 armoured car use a parasol to give shade while out patrolling on the Libyan frontier, 26 July 1940. E380

Officers of the 11th Hussars in a Morris CS9 armoured car use a paraso...

Officers of the 11th Hussars in a Morris CS9 armoured car use a parasol to give shade while out patrolling on the Libyan frontier, 26 July 1940. Officers of the 11th Hussars use a parasol to give shade during a... More

Operation 'market Garden' - the Battle For Arnhem, September 1944 B10375

Operation 'market Garden' - the Battle For Arnhem, September 1944 B103...

Operation 'market Garden' - the Battle For Arnhem, September 1944 A Sherman tank of the 4th/7th Dragoon Guards passes a German PzKpfw III German PzKpfw III tank of Panzer-Kompanie Mielke, Kampfgruppe Knaust (kn... More

Pierre Lefevre, a Free French war correspondent, making a broadcast as a Sherman Firefly tank moves up to the battle area, Normandy, 5 August 1944. B8710

Pierre Lefevre, a Free French war correspondent, making a broadcast as...

Pierre Lefevre, a Free French war correspondent, making a broadcast as a Sherman Firefly tank moves up to the battle area, Normandy, 5 August 1944. Pierre Lefevre, a Free French war correspondent, making a broa... More

Polish Army in the United Kingdom 1940-45 H5658

Polish Army in the United Kingdom 1940-45 H5658

Polish Army in the United Kingdom 1940-45 Infantry unit of the 1st Polish Corps, armed with Bren machine guns and Boys anti-tank rifles and supported by a pair of Universal Carriers, in action during a training... More

Polish Army in the United Kingdom 1940-47 H9786

Polish Army in the United Kingdom 1940-47 H9786

Polish Army in the United Kingdom 1940-47 Children waving at Valentine tanks of the 1st Tank Regiment (1st Polish Corps) on the move against the 'invaders' during a mock invasion exercise in Perthshire. Polish ... More

Ram Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier during the assault by 15th (Scottish) Division on Blerick, Holland, 3 December 1944. BU1381

Ram Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier during the assault by 15th (Sc...

Ram Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier during the assault by 15th (Scottish) Division on Blerick, Holland, 3 December 1944. Ram Kangaroo armoured personnel carrier during the assault by 15th (Scottish) Divisio... More

Reconstruction in France 1945 BU7880

Reconstruction in France 1945 BU7880

Reconstruction in France 1945 Knocked out Allied tanks assembled in a field near Caen prior to being stripped of material that can be reused. The wrecks would then be scrapped.

REME personnel cutting suspension components from a Sherman tank at a vehicle salvage dump in Normandy, 1 August 1944. B8408

REME personnel cutting suspension components from a Sherman tank at a ...

REME personnel cutting suspension components from a Sherman tank at a vehicle salvage dump in Normandy, 1 August 1944. An oxy-acetylene torch being used to cut suspension components from a Sherman tank at a veh... More

Royal Tank Regiment officers confer in front of a Cruiser Mk IVA tank during exercises in East Anglia, 30 August 1940. H3543

Royal Tank Regiment officers confer in front of a Cruiser Mk IVA tank ...

Royal Tank Regiment officers confer in front of a Cruiser Mk IVA tank during exercises in East Anglia, 30 August 1940. Tank officers confer in front of a Cruiser Mk IVA during exercises in East Anglia, 30 August 1940.

Sexton 25-pdr self-propelled guns of 86th Field Regiment firing against enemy positions in April 1945

Sexton 25-pdr self-propelled guns of 86th Field Regiment firing agains...

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Sexton 25-pdr self-propelled guns of 86th Field Regiment (Hertfordshire Yeomanry) firing against enemy positions, 12 April 1945.

Shells being loaded into a Sherman tank in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 5 May 1944. NA14605

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 and Cromwell tanks of the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group near Tilly-sur-Seulles, Normandy, 13 June 1944. B5454

Sherman and Cromwell tanks of the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group...

Sherman and Cromwell tanks of the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group near Tilly-sur-Seulles, Normandy, 13 June 1944. Sherman and Cromwell tanks of the Royal Marines Armoured Support Group near Tilly-sur-Seull... More

Sherman Crab Mk II flail tank, one of General Hobart's 'funnies' of 79th Armoured Division, during minesweeping tests in the UK, 27 April 1944. H38079

Sherman Crab Mk II flail tank, one of General Hobart's 'funnies' of 79...

Sherman Crab Mk II flail tank, one of General Hobart's 'funnies' of 79th Armoured Division, during minesweeping tests in the UK, 27 April 1944. Sherman Crab Mark II minesweeping flail tank, one of Hobart's 'fun... More

Sherman Firefly tanks move through the ruins of Kleve on their way to support the attack on Goch, Germany, 16 February 1945. B14666

Sherman Firefly tanks move through the ruins of Kleve on their way to ...

Sherman Firefly tanks move through the ruins of Kleve on their way to support the attack on Goch, Germany, 16 February 1945. Sherman Firefly tanks move through the ruins of Kleve on their way to support the att... More

Sherman II tanks of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), 2nd Armoured Brigade, moving up to the Alamein line, 24 October 1942. E18380

Sherman II tanks of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), 2nd Armoure...

Sherman II tanks of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), 2nd Armoured Brigade, moving up to the Alamein line, 24 October 1942. Sherman II tanks of the Queen's Bays (2nd Dragoon Guards), 2nd Armoured Brigade, ... More

Sherman tank of 29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division, in Normandy, 11 July 1944. B6980

Sherman tank of 29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division, in Norm...

Sherman tank of 29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division, in Normandy, 11 July 1944. A Sherman tank of 29th Armoured Brigade, 11th Armoured Division, 11 July 1944.

Sherman tank of the East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, Normandy, 28 June 1944. B6172

Sherman tank of the East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, Norma...

Sherman tank of the East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, Normandy, 28 June 1944. Sherman tank of the East Riding Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, 28 June 1944.

Sherman tank using a Churchill 'Ark' armoured ramp carrier to climb over an escarpment, 79th Armoured Division, 13 February 1944. H35790

Sherman tank using a Churchill 'Ark' armoured ramp carrier to climb ov...

Sherman tank using a Churchill 'Ark' armoured ramp carrier to climb over an escarpment, 79th Armoured Division, 13 February 1944. Sherman tank using a Churchill 'Ark' armoured ramp carrier to climb over an esca... More

Sherman tanks advance during the assault on the Gustav Line at Cassino, Italy, 15 May 1944. NA14899

Sherman tanks advance during the assault on the Gustav Line at Cassino...

Sherman tanks advance during the assault on the Gustav Line at Cassino, Italy, 15 May 1944. Sherman tanks advance during the assault on the Gustav Line at Cassino, 15 May 1944.

Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, Normandy, 2 August 1944. B8483

Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, Normandy, 2 August 1944. B8483

Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, Normandy, 2 August 1944. Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, 2 August 1944.

Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, Normandy, 2 August 1944. B8484

Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, Normandy, 2 August 1944. B8484

Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, Normandy, 2 August 1944. Sherman tanks advancing towards Vire, 2 August 1944.

Sherman tanks and infantry in the ruins of Cassino, Italy, 18 May 1944. NA15009

Sherman tanks and infantry in the ruins of Cassino, Italy, 18 May 1944...

Sherman tanks and infantry in the ruins of Cassino, Italy, 18 May 1944. Sherman tanks and infantry in the ruins of Cassino, 18 May 1944.

Sherman tanks assemble for an attack during the assault on the Gustav Line at Cassino, Italy, 15 May 1944. NA14891

Sherman tanks assemble for an attack during the assault on the Gustav ...

Sherman tanks assemble for an attack during the assault on the Gustav Line at Cassino, Italy, 15 May 1944. Sherman tanks assemble for an attack during the assault on the Gustav Line at Cassino, 15 May 1944.

Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. B7511

Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait to advance at the start of Operat...

Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. Sherman tanks carrying infantry wait to advance at the start of Operation 'Goodwood', 18 July 1944.

Sherman tanks in fixed positions under camouflage nets, in use as artillery in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 5 May 1944. NA14603

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

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