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A mule column of the 2nd Punjabi Regiment carries supplies to the front line, Burma, 1944. IND3423

A mule column of the 2nd Punjabi Regiment carries supplies to the fron...

A mule column of the 2nd Punjabi Regiment carries supplies to the front line, Burma, 1944. Logistics: A mule column of the 2nd Punjabi Regiment carries supplies to the front line.

A mule handler of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps shoeing one of the mules, during an exercise in the UK, 16 November 1940. H5591

A mule handler of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps shoeing one of t...

A mule handler of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps shoeing one of the mules, during an exercise in the UK, 16 November 1940. A mule handler of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps shoeing one of the mules, 16... More

A nurse with a patient at Sandleford Priory, a country house at Sandleford in Berkshire, one of many taken over by the Joint War Organisation (of the British Red Cross and Order of St John) to provide convalesc H10497

A nurse with a patient at Sandleford Priory, a country house at Sandle...

A nurse with a patient at Sandleford Priory, a country house at Sandleford in Berkshire, one of many taken over by the Joint War Organisation (of the British Red Cross and Order of St John) to provide convalesc... More

A nurse with a patient at Sandleford Priory, a country house at Sandleford in Berkshire, one of many taken over by the Joint War Organisation (of the British Red Cross and Order of St John) to provide convalescent care a H10497

A nurse with a patient at Sandleford Priory, a country house at Sandle...

A nurse with a patient at Sandleford Priory, a country house at Sandleford in Berkshire, one of many taken over by the Joint War Organisation (of the British Red Cross and Order of St John) to provide convalesc... More

A parachute soldier demonstrates the exit point from the tail of a Whitley bomber converted to parachute-dropping, RAF Ringway, January 1941. H6531

A parachute soldier demonstrates the exit point from the tail of a Whi...

A parachute soldier demonstrates the exit point from the tail of a Whitley bomber converted to parachute-dropping, RAF Ringway, January 1941. A parachute soldier demonstrates the exit point from the tail of a W... More

A parade of 'Old Contemptibles' - men who had served in France and Belgium in 1914 - in the Local Defence Volunteers, soon to be renamed the Home Guard, 1 July 1940. H2005

A parade of 'Old Contemptibles' - men who had served in France and Bel...

A parade of 'Old Contemptibles' - men who had served in France and Belgium in 1914 - in the Local Defence Volunteers, soon to be renamed the Home Guard, 1 July 1940. Local Defence Volunteers: 'Old Contemptibles... More

A patrol from the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at Anzio, Italy, March 1944. NA13224

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 patrol of the 2-7th Queen's Regiment enters the village of Pugliano, Italy, September 1943. NA6961

A patrol of the 2-7th Queen's Regiment enters the village of Pugliano,...

A patrol of the 2/7th Queen's Regiment enters the village of Pugliano, Italy, September 1943. A patrol of the 2/7th Queen's Regiment enters the village of Pugliano, 18-19 September 1943.

A PIAT (Projectile Infantry Anti-Tank) in action at a firing range in Tunisia, 19 February 1943. NA756

A PIAT (Projectile Infantry Anti-Tank) in action at a firing range in ...

A PIAT (Projectile Infantry Anti-Tank) in action at a firing range in Tunisia, 19 February 1943. A PIAT in action at a firing range in Tunisia, 19 February 1943.

A PIAT gunner of the 1st Norfolk Regiment during the advance on Wanssum, Holland, 26 November 1944. B12153

A PIAT gunner of the 1st Norfolk Regiment during the advance on Wanssu...

A PIAT gunner of the 1st Norfolk Regiment during the advance on Wanssum, Holland, 26 November 1944. A PIAT gunner of the 1st Norfolk Regiment during the advance on Wanssum, 26 November 1944.

A Polish family registering at No.17 Displaced Persons Assembly Centre in Hamburg Zoological Gardens, 18 May 1945. BU6634

A Polish family registering at No.17 Displaced Persons Assembly Centre...

A Polish family registering at No.17 Displaced Persons Assembly Centre in Hamburg Zoological Gardens, 18 May 1945. The Displaced Persons camp within the grounds of Hamburg Zoo was build by the Blohm & Voss comp... More

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. NA18392

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 Recruit Joins the British Army H17178

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17178

A Recruit Joins the British Army Bill Jones, a delivery driver with the retail company John Lewis Ltd, at work prior to joining up.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17179

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17179

A Recruit Joins the British Army Bill Jones, a delivery driver with the retail company John Lewis Ltd, walks to an army recruiting office to join up.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17180

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17180

A Recruit Joins the British Army The new recruit, Bill Jones, is given a medical examination by an Army doctor and passes A1.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17181

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17181

A Recruit Joins the British Army The new recruit, Bill Jones, is interviewed by an army officer after passing the medical examination.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17182

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17182

A Recruit Joins the British Army The new recruit, Bill Jones, undertakes an agility test to check his suitability for the Army.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17183

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17183

A Recruit Joins the British Army The new recruit, Bill Jones, undertakes a written test to check his clerical abilities.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17184

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17184

A Recruit Joins the British Army The new recruit, Bill Jones, undertakes a general intelligence test as part of his army selection board.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17185

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17185

A Recruit Joins the British Army The new recruit, Bill Jones, undertakes a mechanical ability test as part of his army selection board.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17186

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17186

A Recruit Joins the British Army The new recruit, Bill Jones, undergoes a night vision test as part of his army selection board.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17187

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17187

A Recruit Joins the British Army The new recruit, Bill Jones, undergoes a weapon aiming test as part of his army selection board.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17188

A Recruit Joins the British Army H17188

A Recruit Joins the British Army The new recruit, Bill Jones, behind the wheel of an Army lorry at the beginning of his driving test.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H38584

A Recruit Joins the British Army H38584

A Recruit Joins the British Army At the drill hall in Duke's Road, Euston, London, a prospective recruit undergoes a medical examination.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H38585

A Recruit Joins the British Army H38585

A Recruit Joins the British Army At the drill hall in Duke's Road, Euston, London, a prospective recruit undergoes a medical examination.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H38586

A Recruit Joins the British Army H38586

A Recruit Joins the British Army At the drill hall in Duke's Road, Euston, London, a prospective recruit is interviewed by the commanding officer.

A Recruit Joins the British Army H38587

A Recruit Joins the British Army H38587

A Recruit Joins the British Army At the drill hall in Duke's Road, Euston, London, a prospective recruit is interviewed by the commanding officer.

A recruit jumps from a tower during parachute training at Chesterfield in Derbyshire, 17 September 1942. H22994

A recruit jumps from a tower during parachute training at Chesterfield...

A recruit jumps from a tower during parachute training at Chesterfield in Derbyshire, 17 September 1942. A paratroop recruit jumps from the parachute tower at Chesterfield in Derbyshire, 17 September 1942.

A sapper from 211 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, attached to 44th Infantry Division, carrying 'Molotov Cocktails' made from beer bottles, Woodlands near Doncaster, 3 September 1940. H3641

A sapper from 211 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, attached to 44t...

A sapper from 211 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, attached to 44th Infantry Division, carrying 'Molotov Cocktails' made from beer bottles, Woodlands near Doncaster, 3 September 1940. A sapper from 211 Fiel... More

A sergeant of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps bandages the wounded ear of 'Jasper', a mine-detecting dog at Bayeux in Normandy, 5 July 1944. B6496

A sergeant of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps bandages the wounded ear...

A sergeant of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps bandages the wounded ear of 'Jasper', a mine-detecting dog at Bayeux in Normandy, 5 July 1944. A sergeant of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps bandages the wounded ea... More

A Sherman ARV (armoured recovery vehicle) and other specialised armour moving up to cross the Rhine, 24 March 1945. BU2080

A Sherman ARV (armoured recovery vehicle) and other specialised armour...

A Sherman ARV (armoured recovery vehicle) and other specialised armour moving up to cross the Rhine, 24 March 1945. A Sherman ARV and other specialised armour moving up to cross the Rhine, 24 March 1945.

A Sherman BARV (Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle) and Sherman tanks of 13th-18th Royal Hussars during the regiment's move from Petworth to Gosport, prior to embarking for D-Day, 2 June 1944. H38987

A Sherman BARV (Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle) and Sherman tanks of ...

A Sherman BARV (Beach Armoured Recovery Vehicle) and Sherman tanks of 13th/18th Royal Hussars during the regiment's move from Petworth to Gosport, prior to embarking for D-Day, 2 June 1944. A Sherman BARV and S... More

A Sherman command tank of 13th-18th Hussars, 8th Armoured Brigade, near the River Waal at Nijmegen, 15 October 1944. B10996

A Sherman command tank of 13th-18th Hussars, 8th Armoured Brigade, nea...

A Sherman command tank of 13th/18th Hussars, 8th Armoured Brigade, near the River Waal at Nijmegen, 15 October 1944. A Sherman tank of 13/18th Hussars, 8th Armoured Brigade keeps watch over the River Waal at Ni... More

A Sherman tank and Crusader anti-aircraft tank of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, during Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. B7522

A Sherman tank and Crusader anti-aircraft tank of the Staffordshire Ye...

A Sherman tank and Crusader anti-aircraft tank of the Staffordshire Yeomanry, 27th Armoured Brigade, during Operation 'Goodwood', Normandy, 18 July 1944. A Sherman tank and Crusader AA Mk III of the Staffordshi... More

A Sherman tank being recovered from the river Biferno near Campo-Marino, Italy, October 1943. NA7725

A Sherman tank being recovered from the river Biferno near Campo-Marin...

A Sherman tank being recovered from the river Biferno near Campo-Marino, Italy, October 1943. A Sherman tank being recovered from the river Biferno near Campo-Marino, October 1943.

A Sherman tank crew from 27th Armoured Brigade with a German swastika flag they captured during the attack on Caen, Normandy, 10 July 1944. B6904

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 Sherman tank crew of 'C' Squadron, 13th-18th Royal Hussars rest and write letters home by the side of their vehicle, Normandy, 10 June 1944. B5425

A Sherman tank crew of 'C' Squadron, 13th-18th Royal Hussars rest and ...

A Sherman tank crew of 'C' Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars rest and write letters home by the side of their vehicle, Normandy, 10 June 1944. Sherman tank crew of 'C' Squadron, 13th/18th Royal Hussars, 27th Ar... More

A Sherman tank of 11th Armoured Division passing through Leende, Holland, 22 September 1944. B10255

A Sherman tank of 11th Armoured Division passing through Leende, Holla...

A Sherman tank of 11th Armoured Division passing through Leende, Holland, 22 September 1944. A Sherman tank of 11th Armoured Division passing through Leende, 22 September 1944.

A Sherman tank of 19th Armoured Regiment, 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade supporting infantry of 6th NZ Infantry Brigade, during a reconstruction of the action at Cassino, Italy, 8 April 1944. NA13800

A Sherman tank of 19th Armoured Regiment, 4th New Zealand Armoured Bri...

A Sherman tank of 19th Armoured Regiment, 4th New Zealand Armoured Brigade supporting infantry of 6th NZ Infantry Brigade, during a reconstruction of the action at Cassino, Italy, 8 April 1944. A Sherman tank o... More

A Sherman tank of 23rd Armoured Brigade coming ashore from a landing craft at Anzio, Italy, 22 January 1944. NA11035

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 Arezzo in Italy, 16 July 1944. NA16963

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 Sherman tank of 8th Armoured Brigade in Kevelaer, Germany, 4 March 1945. B15145

A Sherman tank of 8th Armoured Brigade in Kevelaer, Germany, 4 March 1...

A Sherman tank of 8th Armoured Brigade in Kevelaer, Germany, 4 March 1945. Sherman tank of 8th Armoured Brigade in Kevelaer, 4 March 1945.

A sniper applying camouflage face cream at a British sniper school in Normandy, 27 July 1944. B8174

A sniper applying camouflage face cream at a British sniper school in ...

A sniper applying camouflage face cream at a British sniper school in Normandy, 27 July 1944. A sniper applying camouflage face cream at a sniper school in a Normandy village, 27 July 1944.

A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch in position in a ruined building in Gennep, Holland, 14 February 1945. B14626

A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch in position ...

A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch in position in a ruined building in Gennep, Holland, 14 February 1945. A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch , 51st (Highland) Divis... More

A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch, 51st (Highland) Division, in position in the loft space of a ruined building in Gennep, Holland, 14 February 1945. B14628

A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch, 51st (Highl...

A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Battalion, The Black Watch, 51st (Highland) Division, in position in the loft space of a ruined building in Gennep, Holland, 14 February 1945. A sniper from "C" Company, 5th Batta... More

A soldier fires a PIAT near St Martin-des-Besaces, Normandy, 1 August 1944. B8335

A soldier fires a PIAT near St Martin-des-Besaces, Normandy, 1 August ...

A soldier fires a PIAT near St Martin-des-Besaces, Normandy, 1 August 1944. A soldier fires a PIAT near St Martin-des-Besaces, 1 August 1944.

A soldier from 101st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment prepares for D-Day by reading his French handbook at a camp near Portsmouth, 29 May 1944. H38831

A soldier from 101st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment prepares for D-Day b...

A soldier from 101st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment prepares for D-Day by reading his French handbook at a camp near Portsmouth, 29 May 1944. A soldier from 101st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment (12th King's Regimen... More

A soldier from No. 1 Commando climbs up a steep rock face during training at Glencoe in Scotland, 19 November 1941. H15667

A soldier from No. 1 Commando climbs up a steep rock face during train...

A soldier from No. 1 Commando climbs up a steep rock face during training at Glencoe in Scotland, 19 November 1941. A soldier from No. 1 Commando, armed with a 'Tommy gun', climbs up a steep rock face during tr... More

A soldier from the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, emerges from his foxhole armed with a PIAT, 28 December 1944. B13235

A soldier from the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 7th Armoured Division,...

A soldier from the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, emerges from his foxhole armed with a PIAT, 28 December 1944. A soldier from the 1st Battalion Rifle Brigade, 7th Armoured Division, emerge... More

A soldier from the Cameron Highlanders looks through a periscope in the Fort de Sainghain on the Maginot Line, 3 November 1939. O228

A soldier from the Cameron Highlanders looks through a periscope in th...

A soldier from the Cameron Highlanders looks through a periscope in the Fort de Sainghain on the Maginot Line, 3 November 1939. 51st Highland Division in the Maginot Line: A soldier from the Cameron Highlanders... More

A soldier of 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers, 15th (Scottish) Division, searches wrecked buildings in Blerick, a suburb of Venlo in Holland, 5 December 1944. B12527

A soldier of 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers, 15th (Scottish) Divisi...

A soldier of 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers, 15th (Scottish) Division, searches wrecked buildings in Blerick, a suburb of Venlo in Holland, 5 December 1944. A soldier of 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers, 15... More

A soldier of the 7th Battalion, The Black Watch, cuts through barbed wire during training at Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands, 20 April 1941. H9025

A soldier of the 7th Battalion, The Black Watch, cuts through barbed w...

A soldier of the 7th Battalion, The Black Watch, cuts through barbed wire during training at Sumburgh in the Shetland Islands, 20 April 1941. A soldier of the 7th Battalion, The Black Watch, cuts through barbed... More

A soldier standing in the ruins of Kleve in Germany, reading a German poster calling for civilians to conserve fuel supplies for the war effort, 13 February 1945. B14572

A soldier standing in the ruins of Kleve in Germany, reading a German ...

the poster English: A soldier standing in the ruins of Kleve, reading a German poster calling for civilians to conserve fuel supplies for the war effort. Deutsch: Ein Soldat in Ruinen von Kleve schaut sich da... More

A South African Marmon-Herrington armoured car crew stops to take a compass bearing during a patrol in the Western Desert, 13 April 1942. E10601

A South African Marmon-Herrington armoured car crew stops to take a co...

A South African Marmon-Herrington armoured car crew stops to take a compass bearing during a patrol in the Western Desert, 13 April 1942. A South African Marmon-Herrington armoured car crew stops to take a comp... More

A squad of Home Guard soldiers training to defend a street with 'Molotov cocktail' petrol bombs, March 1941. H8128

A squad of Home Guard soldiers training to defend a street with 'Molot...

A squad of Home Guard soldiers training to defend a street with 'Molotov cocktail' petrol bombs, March 1941. The Home Guard: A squad of Home Guards prepare to deal with an invader by means of Molotov cocktails ... More

A symbolic photograph of British soldier standing guard on a beach in southern England, 7 October 1940. H4610

A symbolic photograph of British soldier standing guard on a beach in ...

A symbolic photograph of British soldier standing guard on a beach in southern England, 7 October 1940. Symbolic photograph of a sentry standing guard on a beach in southern England, 7 October 1940.

A Union Flag hangs defiantly from a building in the aftermath of the air raid which devastated the centre of Coventry on the night of 14-15 November 1940. H5598

A Union Flag hangs defiantly from a building in the aftermath of the a...

A Union Flag hangs defiantly from a building in the aftermath of the air raid which devastated the centre of Coventry on the night of 14/15 November 1940. A Union Flag hangs defiantly from a building in the aft... More

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 B9869

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

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 des Fleu B9869

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

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 des Fleurs. B9869

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

A Universal Carrier and mortar team of the Indian 6th Royal Frontier Force in Italy, 13 December 1943. NA9785

A Universal Carrier and mortar team of the Indian 6th Royal Frontier F...

A Universal Carrier and mortar team of the Indian 6th Royal Frontier Force in Italy, 13 December 1943. Universal carrier and mortar team of the Indian 6th Royal Frontier Force, between Lanciano and Osogna on th... More

A Universal Carrier crew of the 2nd Sherwood Foresters fire a 2-inch mortar from their vehicle in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, April 1944. NA13646

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

A Valentine tank crew in Tunisia reading letters by the side of their vehicle, December 1942. NA285

A Valentine tank crew in Tunisia reading letters by the side of their ...

A Valentine tank crew in Tunisia reading letters by the side of their vehicle, December 1942. A Valentine tank crew reading letters by the side of their vehicle, December 1942.

A veteran sergeant in the Dorking Home Guard cleans his Tommy gun at the dining room table, before going on parade, 1 December 1940. H5850

A veteran sergeant in the Dorking Home Guard cleans his Tommy gun at t...

A veteran sergeant in the Dorking Home Guard cleans his Tommy gun at the dining room table, before going on parade, 1 December 1940. The Home Guard: Seated at the dining table with his wife, a Sergeant of the D... More

A Vickers machine gun of 2-7th Middlesex Regiment in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 8 March 1944. NA12616

A Vickers machine gun of 2-7th Middlesex Regiment in the Anzio bridgeh...

A Vickers machine gun of 2/7th Middlesex Regiment in the Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 8 March 1944. A Vickers machine gun of 2/7th Middlesex Regiment in the Anzio bridgehead, 8 March 1944.

A Vickers machine-gun in action near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 5 December 1944. BU1452

A Vickers machine-gun in action near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 5 Decembe...

A Vickers machine-gun in action near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 5 December 1944. A Vickers machine-gun in action near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944.

A Vickers machine-gun team of 7th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 59th (Staffordshire) Division in position in a field of corn at Someren in Holland, 21 September 1944. BU1086

A Vickers machine-gun team of 7th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 59th...

A Vickers machine-gun team of 5th Royal Northumberland Fusiliers, 59th (Staffordshire) Division in position in a field of corn at Someren in Holland, 21 September 1944. A Vickers machine-gun team of 7th Royal N... More

A view looking towards Cassino, Italy, 17 March 1944. NA13010

A view looking towards Cassino, Italy, 17 March 1944. NA13010

A view looking towards Cassino, Italy, 17 March 1944. A view looking towards Cassino, 17 March 1944.

A view of 'Pegasus Bridge' over the Caen Canal at Benouville, 12 July 1944. Two of the Horsa gliders that brought the 'coup de main' force in on the night of D-Day can be seen in the background. B7032

A view of 'Pegasus Bridge' over the Caen Canal at Benouville, 12 July ...

A view of 'Pegasus Bridge' over the Caen Canal at Benouville, 12 July 1944. Two of the Horsa gliders that brought the 'coup de main' force in on the night of D-Day can be seen in the background. A view of 'Pega... More

A Westland Lysander of No. 13 Squadron RAF based at Hooton Park, Cheshire, provides aiming practice for members of the Home Guard, at the Western Command Weapons Training School at Altcar, near Formby, 17 Septe H4209

A Westland Lysander of No. 13 Squadron RAF based at Hooton Park, Chesh...

A Westland Lysander of No. 13 Squadron RAF based at Hooton Park, Cheshire, provides aiming practice for members of the Home Guard, at the Western Command Weapons Training School at Altcar, near Formby, 17 Septe... More

A working party of the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders at Aix in France, November 1939. O225

A working party of the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders a...

A working party of the 1st Battalion Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders at Aix in France, November 1939.

A wounded British officer being helped through the snow to a dressing station during the Vaagso Raid, Norway, 27 December 1941. N495

A wounded British officer being helped through the snow to a dressing ...

A wounded British officer being helped through the snow to a dressing station during the Vaagso Raid, Norway, 27 December 1941. A wounded British officer being helped through the snow to a dressing station.

A wounded soldier, evacuated from Normandy, enjoys a cup of tea on a hospital train, 7 June 1944. H39254

A wounded soldier, evacuated from Normandy, enjoys a cup of tea on a h...

A wounded soldier, evacuated from Normandy, enjoys a cup of tea on a hospital train, 7 June 1944. A wounded soldier, evacuated from Normandy, enjoys a cup of tea on a hospital train, 7 June 1944.

A wrecked bus stands among a scene of devastation in the centre of Coventry after the major Luftwaffe air raid on the night of 14-15 November 1940. H5593

A wrecked bus stands among a scene of devastation in the centre of Cov...

A wrecked bus stands among a scene of devastation in the centre of Coventry after the major Luftwaffe air raid on the night of 14/15 November 1940. A wrecked bus stands among a scene of devastation in the centr... More

A13 Cruiser Mk IVA tank being checked over shortly after arrival in Egypt, 1 November 1940. E1004

A13 Cruiser Mk IVA tank being checked over shortly after arrival in Eg...

A13 Cruiser Mk IVA tank being checked over shortly after arrival in Egypt, 1 November 1940. A13 Cruiser Mk IVA tank being checked over shortly after arrival in Egypt, 1 November 1940. Note 'Caunter' camouflage.

Abyssinian Patriots Attacking the Fort of Derba Marcos E2472

Abyssinian Patriots Attacking the Fort of Derba Marcos E2472

Abyssinian Patriots Attacking the Fort of Derba Marcos Part of a sequence of images showing Patriot Troops attacking the fort before capturing it. They take every advantage of the natural cover, even in trees.

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma H17387

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma H17387

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma Chief of Combined Operations: Mountbatten inspecting naval ratings who participated in the Bruneval raid.

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma IND5295

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma IND5295

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma Viceroy of India: Lord and Lady Mountbatten at their investiture ceremony in New Delhi.

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma IND5298

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma IND5298

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma Viceroy of India: Lord and Lady Mountbatten with Mahatma Gandhi.

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma IND5302

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma IND5302

Admiral of the Fleet Earl Mountbatten of Burma Viceroy of India: Lord and Lady Mountbatten meet Mr Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the future leader of Pakistan.

After the Battle Around Tel-el-eisa E14744

After the Battle Around Tel-el-eisa E14744

After the Battle Around Tel-el-eisa The graves of two German airmen decorated with the Swastika insignia taken from the Stuka in which they were shot down at Tel-el-Eisa.

Air Raid Damage in Great Britain during the Second World War H8799

Air Raid Damage in Great Britain during the Second World War H8799

Air Raid Damage in Great Britain during the Second World War Firemen tackling fires following an air raid on Great Yarmouth.

Air Raid Damage in Great Britain during the Second World War H8803

Air Raid Damage in Great Britain during the Second World War H8803

Air Raid Damage in Great Britain during the Second World War A view of the fires raging following an air raid on Great Yarmouth, taken from the docks.

Air Raid Damage in London during the Second World War H36089

Air Raid Damage in London during the Second World War H36089

Air Raid Damage in London during the Second World War Damage in the drawing room at 10 Downing Street, London, after a bomb had fallen on Horse Guards Parade on 20 February 1944.

Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H5603

Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H5603

Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 The ruins of Coventry cathedral two days after the German Luftwaffe air raid on the city on the night of 14 November 1940.

Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H8138

Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H8138

Air Raid Damage in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 British troops of Western Command clearing up bomb damage in Birkenhead, Cheshire, 15 March 1941.

Airborne troops admire the graffiti chalked on the side of their glider as they prepare to fly out as part of the second drop on Normandy on the night of 6th June 1944. H39178

Airborne troops admire the graffiti chalked on the side of their glide...

Airborne troops admire the graffiti chalked on the side of their glider as they prepare to fly out as part of the second drop on Normandy on the night of 6th June 1944. Airborne troops of 6th Airlanding Brigade... More

Airborne troops cross back over the Rhine in a captured German Kubelwagen car, March 1945. BU2549

Airborne troops cross back over the Rhine in a captured German Kubelwa...

Airborne troops cross back over the Rhine in a captured German Kubelwagen car, March 1945. Airborne troops cross back over the Rhine in a captured German Kubelwagen car, 24 - 25 March 1945.

Airborne troops fire a 3.7-inch mountain howitzer, 13 October 1942. H24559

Airborne troops fire a 3.7-inch mountain howitzer, 13 October 1942. H2...

Airborne troops fire a 3.7-inch mountain howitzer, 13 October 1942. Airborne troops fire a 3.7-inch mountain howitzer, 13 October 1942.

Airborne troops of 'C' Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade descending on Megara in Greece, October 1944. NA19340

Airborne troops of 'C' Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade d...

Airborne troops of 'C' Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade descending on Megara in Greece, October 1944. Airborne troops of 'C' Company, 4th Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade descending on Megara to pr... More

Airborne troops smile from the door of their Horsa glider as they prepare to fly out as part of the second drop on Normandy on the night of 6th June 1944. H39182

Airborne troops smile from the door of their Horsa glider as they prep...

Airborne troops smile from the door of their Horsa glider as they prepare to fly out as part of the second drop on Normandy on the night of 6th June 1944. Airborne troops smile from the door of their Horsa glid... More

Airborne troops training with a 3-inch mortar, December 1942. H25882

Airborne troops training with a 3-inch mortar, December 1942. H25882

THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45. Airborne troops training with a 3-inch mortar, December 1942. Airborne troops training with a 3-inch mortar, December 1942.

Aircraft of Fighter Command on display for the press at Grangemouth in Scotland, 25 April 1941. In the foreground is a Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 315 (Polish) Squadron; in the background a Bristol Blenheim M H9179

Aircraft of Fighter Command on display for the press at Grangemouth in...

Aircraft of Fighter Command on display for the press at Grangemouth in Scotland, 25 April 1941. In the foreground is a Hawker Hurricane Mk I of No. 315 (Polish) Squadron; in the background a Bristol Blenheim M... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- De Havilland Dh 86. H18552

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- De Havilland Dh 86. H18552

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- De Havilland Dh 86. DH.86B, X9441, VIP transport of No. 24 Squadron RAF based at Hendon, Middlesex, prior to flying the Commander-in-Chief, Scottish Command, and his p... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Miles M.38 Messenger B7065

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Miles M.38 Messenger B7065

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Miles M.38 Messenger Field Marshal B L Montgomery standing in front of his personal Messenger Mark I, RG333, at a landing ground in Normandy. His pilot, Flying Offic... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Miles M.9b-m.19 Master. H31737

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Miles M.9b-m.19 Master. H31...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Miles M.9b/m.19 Master. Master Mark II glider tug of an unidentified unit, on the ground at Bodney, Norfolk, during airborne forces Exercise SNAFFLE, 9 August 1943. Th... More

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-handley Page Hp.50 Heyford. H6500

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-handley Page Hp.50 Heyford. ...

Aircraft of the Royal Air Force 1939-1945-handley Page Hp.50 Heyford. Heyford Mark III towing a General Aircraft Hotspur glider during a demonstration by airborne troops near Camberley, Surrey. This aircraft i... More

Airspeed Horsa - British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H39086

Airspeed Horsa - British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 H39086

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-1945 Horsa gliders and troops of the 6th Airborne Division prepare for take off from Harwell, Oxfordshire in the run-up to D-Day.

Airspeed Horsa - British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H37694

Airspeed Horsa - British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H37694

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 A jeep and motorcycle unloaded from a Horsa glider during a large-scale airborne forces exercise, 22 April 1944.

Airspeed Horsa - British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H39087

Airspeed Horsa - British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 H39087

The British Army in the United Kingdom 1939-45 Horsa gliders waiting to be loaded for D Day, 4 - 5 June 1944.

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