2-inch mortar team of the 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, kee...
The British Army in Burma 1944 A 2-inch mortar team of the 2nd Battalion, East Lancashire Regiment, keep up covering fire during the advance on Pinbaw, December 1944.
A Bofors gunner writing a Christmas card for home, Holland, 8 December...
A Bofors gunner writing a Christmas card for home, Holland, 8 December 1944. Bombardier Finley of Glasgow, a Bofors gunner in Holland, writing a Christmas card for home, 8 December 1944.
A British infantry sergeant during the advance into Germany near Geile...
A British infantry sergeant during the advance into Germany near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944. The face of battle: an infantry sergeant during the advance into Germany near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944.
A British jeep passes a sign warning against looting on the outskirts ...
A British jeep passes a sign warning against looting on the outskirts of Ravenna, Italy, 7 December 1944. A British jeep passes a sign warning against looting on the outskirts of Ravenna, Italy, 7 December 1944.
A group of cheerful men from the Royal Artillery display chickens acqu...
A group of cheerful men from the Royal Artillery display chickens acquired for their Christmas dinner, Venray in Holland, 24 December 1944. A group of cheerful men from the Royal Artillery display chickens acqu... More
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 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 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.
AFPU photographer Sergeant E.E. Miller in action with the 5th Indian D...
AFPU photographer Sergeant E.E. Miller in action with the 5th Indian Division during the drive on the Rangoon in Burma, December 1944. Sergeant E.E. Miller in action with the 5th Indian Division during the driv... More
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Supermarine Spitfire. CF12...
Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1939-1945- Supermarine Spitfire. Spitfire PR Mark XI, T, of No. 681 Squadron RAF based at Alipore, India, taking off from Chittagong, India.
Bailey bridge over the Chindwin River near Kalewa, December 1944
The British Army in Burma 1944 A Bailey bridge over the Chindwin River near Kalewa, December 1944.
Bomb Damage in London, England, April 1945 CH15115
Bomb Damage in London, England, April 1945 Aerial view from the north-west of the damage resulting from a V2 rocket missile which exploded in Mackenzie Road, Islington, London N7, England on the evening of 26 D... More
British infantry in action in the streets of Geilenkirchen, Germany, D...
British infantry in action in the streets of Geilenkirchen, Germany, December 1944 Infantry in action in the streets of Geilenkirchen, December 1944.
British infantry march through a German village near Geilenkirchen, 5 ...
British infantry march through a German village near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944. Infantry march through a German village near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944.
British Medical Services in the Second World War SE2697
British Medical Services in the Second World War Medical Transport: A casualty is helped from a Stinson L4 medical evacuation aircraft at Kalewa in Burma, December 1944. Light aircraft such as the L4 brought ca... More
British soldiers serving food to Dutch children at a St Nicholas Day p...
British soldiers serving food to Dutch children at a St Nicholas Day party in Holland, 7 December 1944. Soldiers serving food to Dutch children at a St Nicholas Day party in Holland, 7 December 1944.
Bwrs Christmas Gifts Distributed To London's East Enders- American Aid...
Bwrs Christmas Gifts Distributed To London's East Enders- American Aid To the Canning Town Settlement, London, England, UK, December 1944 Miss Constance Holland, the warden of Canning Town settlement, (centre) ... More
Bwrs Christmas Gifts Distributed To London's East Enders- American Aid...
Bwrs Christmas Gifts Distributed To London's East Enders- American Aid To the Canning Town Settlement, London, England, UK, December 1944 Miss Constance Holland (left), warden of Canning Town settlement, helps ... More
Bwrs Christmas Gifts Distributed To London's East Enders- American Aid...
Bwrs Christmas Gifts Distributed To London's East Enders- American Aid To the Canning Town Settlement, London, England, UK, December 1944 Two young children at Canning Town settlement choose a toy each from the... More
Bwrs Christmas Gifts Distributed To London's East Enders- American Aid...
Bwrs Christmas Gifts Distributed To London's East Enders- American Aid To the Canning Town Settlement, London, England, UK, December 1944 At the Canning Town settlement, Derek Cunningham receives a Christmas ca... More
Cesena - Cooks of a Basuto Pioneer Company preparing the midday dinner...
Cesena - Cooks of a Basuto Pioneer Company preparing the midday dinner on Christmas Day, 1944 image: the cooks work around various stoves and fires under a wooden roof. Some are chopping wood with axes while ot... More
Cheering crowds greet British troops entering Brussels, 4 September 19...
Cheering crowds greet British troops entering Brussels, 4 September 1944. Crossing the Seine and the advance to the Siegfried Line 24 August - December 1944: The inhabitants of Brussels greet British and Belgia... More
Christmas Music Party For American Troops- Celebrations in London, Eng...
Christmas Music Party For American Troops- Celebrations in London, England, UK, December 1944 Accompanied by Dorothea Aspinall on the piano, soprano Eve Maxwell Wright sings "I Saw Three Ships" at a small conce... More
Christmas Music Party For American Troops- Celebrations in London, Eng...
Christmas Music Party For American Troops- Celebrations in London, England, UK, December 1944 Dorothea Aspinall plays a grand piano at a small concert for American troops in a flat in Buckingham Gate, Westminst... More
Christmas Music Party For American Troops- Celebrations in London, Eng...
Christmas Music Party For American Troops- Celebrations in London, England, UK, December 1944 Choirboys from St Margaret's, Westminster, hold candles as they sing at a small concert for American troops at a fla... More
Christmas Party For Trooper Devereux's Daughter- Christmas in Wartime,...
Christmas Party For Trooper Devereux's Daughter- Christmas in Wartime, Pinner, Middlesex, December 1944 Outside the main entrance to Selfridge's department store on Oxford Street, representatives of the YMCA lo... More
Christmas Party For Trooper Devereux's Daughter- Christmas in Wartime,...
Christmas Party For Trooper Devereux's Daughter- Christmas in Wartime, Pinner, Middlesex, December 1944 Mrs Devereux and her 12 year old daughter Jean sit quietly together beside the Christmas tree to read a bo... More
De Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI of No. 544 Squadron RAF based at Benso...
De Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI of No. 544 Squadron RAF based at Benson, Oxfordshire, December 1944. Mosquito PR Mark XVI, NS502 M, of No. 544 Squadron RAF based at Benson, Oxfordshire, in flight.
De Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI of No. 544 Squadron RAF based at Benso...
De Havilland Mosquito PR Mk XVI of No. 544 Squadron RAF based at Benson, Oxfordshire, December 1944. Mosquito PR Mark XVI, NS502 M, of No. 544 Squadron RAF based at Benson, Oxfordshire, in flight.
Douglas Dakota Mk III of No. 267 Squadron RAF based at Bari in Italy, ...
Douglas Dakota Mk III of No. 267 Squadron RAF based at Bari in Italy, 27 December 1944. Dakota Mark III, FD857 S, of No. 267 Squadron RAF based at Bari, Italy, flying along the Balkan coast line. Note the Sq... More
Gunner Jack Ward of 9th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, holds aloft ...
Gunner Jack Ward of 9th Medium Regiment, Royal Artillery, holds aloft two geese destined to become Christmas dinner, near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 19 December 1944. Gunner Jack Ward of 9th Medium Regiment, Royal... More
Leading Aircraftman Fred Fazan dressed as Santa Claus hands out presen...
Leading Aircraftman Fred Fazan dressed as Santa Claus hands out presents to Dutch children at No. 122 Wing's airfield at Volkel, Holland, 13 December 1944. Santa Claus (Leading Aircraftman Fred Fazan from Londo... More
Midget Submarines. 17 and 18 December 1944, Rosythesay Bay. Midget Sub...
Midget Submarines. 17 and 18 December 1944, Rosythesay Bay. Midget Submarine Officers, Men, Craft, and Parent Ship. Midget Craft Crew. Left to right: A/B J J Magennis, Bradford, Yorks, diver; Lieut I E Fraser, ... More
Paras from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, tak...
Paras from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, take cover on a street corner in Athens during operations against members of ELAS, 6 December 1944. Paratroops from 5th (Scots) Parachute Batta... More
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
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command CL1699
Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Fighter Command Atrocious weather in the winter of 1944 turned airfields in Belgium and the Netherlands into quagmires. This No 127 Squadron Spitfire XVIE (RR255/9N-Y) has its daily i... More
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. CH13716
Royal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Leading Aircraftwoman Lilian Yule tractors Avro Lancaster B Mark III, DV238 'EA-O', of No. 49 Squadron RAF to its dispersal slot at Fiskerton, Lincolnshire. DV238 lat... More
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. CH14694
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945. Wing Commander H A C Bird-Wilson, when leader of the Bentwaters Wing, standing by the tail of his North American Mustang Mark III, KH500 'HB-W', at Bentwaters, Suffol... More
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. ...
Royal Air Force- Italy, the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. Squadron Leader E D "Rosie" Mackie, Commanding Officer of No. 92 Squadron RAF, photographed at Canne, Italy, when his score of victories sto... More
Royal Air Force- Italy,the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. C...
Royal Air Force- Italy,the Balkans and South-east Europe, 1942-1945. British soldiers and Yugoslav partisans transferring parachute containers and bundles of supplies from a lorry to Handley Page Halifax Mark I... More
Royal Artillery cooks preparing Christmas dinner near Geilenkirchen, G...
Royal Artillery cooks preparing Christmas dinner near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 25 December 1944. Royal Artillery cooks preparing Christmas dinner near Geilenkirchen, 25 December 1944.
Soldiers of the 11th East African Division crossing the River Chindwin...
Soldiers of the 11th East African Division crossing the River Chindwin by ferry before moving towards the village of Shwegyin, Burma, December 1944. Askaris of the 11th East African Division crossing the River ... More
Sub Lieutenant K C J Robinson, at the controls of an X-Craft midget su...
Sub Lieutenant K C J Robinson, at the controls of an X-Craft midget submarine in Rothesay Bay, Scotland, December 1944. Sub Lieutenant K C J Robinson, RNVR, of Crosby, Liverpool, a Commanding Officer in an X-cr... More
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 BU6...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Crossing the Seine and the advance to the Siegfried Line 24 August - December 1944: British soldiers lie on the banks of the Seine, giving thei... More
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 CL1...
The Allied Campaign in North-west Europe, 6 June 1944 - 7 May 1945 Crossing the Seine and the advance to the Siegfried Line 24 August - December 1944: A forty-foot circle hole in the roof of a U-boat pen in Bre... More
The British Ambassador To Italy, 12 December 1944 TR2615
The British Ambassador To Italy, 12 December 1944 The British Ambassador to Italy, Sir Noel Charles and Lady Charles, listen to the nine o'clock news from London on the radio at the British Embassy in Rome with... More
The British Ambassador To Italy, 12 December 1944 TR2616
The British Ambassador To Italy, 12 December 1944 The British Ambassador to Italy, Sir Noel Charles and Lady Charles pose in the entrance hall of the British Embassy in Rome.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE1019
The British Army in Burma 1944 A Chevrolet CMP lorry of 36th Infantry Division enters the town of Tigyiang (now probably Htigyaing) during the advance down the Irrawaddy (Ayeyarwady) Valley towards Mandalay, 22... More
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE1348
The British Army in Burma 1944 Stuart tanks of 50th Indian Tank Brigade prepare to cross the Kalapanzin River at Buthidaung, 18 December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE2716
The British Army in Burma 1944 Lieutenant General Sir William Slim with Lady Slim at Imphal where he was knighted by the Viceroy of India, Field Marshal the Viscount Wavell, 16 December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE2747
The British Army in Burma 1944 Troops at a Christmas dinner in Burma, 18 December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE2758
The British Army in Burma 1944 Troops move up after crossing the Chindwin River in the Sittaung area, December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE2815
The British Army in Burma 1944 Lieutenant General Sir William Slim being knighted by the Viceroy of India, Field Marshal the Viscount Wavell, near Imphal, December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE2889
The British Army in Burma 1944 Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 36th Infantry Division, move forward on a jungle path near Pinbaw, December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE375
The British Army in Burma 1944 Major General Sir Collin Jardine and Major General F W Festing check the progression of advance patrols of the 36th Infantry Division in North Burma, December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE611
The British Army in Burma 1944 Men of the East Lancashire Fusiliers move up onto the perimeter of the Pinwe area with bullock carts, December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE733
The British Army in Burma 1944 Soldiers inspect 'pin-ups' at the Royal Welsh Fusiliers' temporary camp near Indaw, 11-13 December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE735
The British Army in Burma 1944 Troops of 36th Infantry Division enter the ruined town of Indaw, 11-13 December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE750
The British Army in Burma 1944 36th Infantry Division troops attend Mass in the jungle, Pinwe, December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE835
The British Army in Burma 1944 A view of the 1,100ft bailey bridge across the Chindwin River as it nears completion, less than 12 hours after the 14th Army captured Kalewa, 2 December 1944.
The British Army in Burma 1944 SE838
The British Army in Burma 1944 A lorry loaded with pontoons arrives at the site of the 1,100ft floating bailey bridge over the Chindwin River, built after the capture of Kalewa, 2 December 1944.
The British Army in Greece 1944 NA20518
The British Army in Greece 1944 Sherman tanks and troops from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, during operations against members of ELAS in Athens, 6 December 1944.
The British Army in Greece 1944 NA20863
The British Army in Greece 1944 A paratrooper from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, takes cover on a street corner in Athens during operations against members of ELAS, 18 December 1944.
The British Army in Greece 1944 NA20934
The British Army in Greece 1944 A rifleman acts as 'tail-end Charlie', guarding the commander of a Sherman tank from snipers during operations against ELAS in Athens, 18 December 1944.
The British Army in Greece 1944 NA20937
The British Army in Greece 1944 Sherman tanks and troops from 5th (Scots) Parachute Battalion, 2nd Parachute Brigade, during operations against members of ELAS in Athens, 18 December 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA20334
The British Army in Italy 1944 Sexton 25pdr self-propelled gun of 1st Royal Horse Artillery, operating as part of 'Porter Force' on the Adriatic coast near Ravenna, 1 December 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA20339
The British Army in Italy 1944 M3 half-tracks mounting 75mm guns of the King's Dragoon Guards, operating as part of 'Porter Force' on the Adriatic coast near Ravenna, 1 December 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA20341
The British Army in Italy 1944 An amusing message chalked on the side of an M3 half-track mounting a 75mm gun of the King's Dragoon Guards, operating as part of 'Porter Force' on the Adriatic coast near Ravenna... More
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA20459
The British Army in Italy 1944 Men of the 27th Lancers, part of 'Porter Force', in Ravenna, 5 December 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA20531
The British Army in Italy 1944 A 25pdr of 266 Battery, 67th Field Regiment in use as a mortar near San Clemente, 2 December 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA20533
The British Army in Italy 1944 A 25pdr of 266 Battery, 67th Field Regiment in use as a mortar near San Clemente, 2 December 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA20692
The British Army in Italy 1944 25pdr gunners of 43rd Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, with geese and turkeys destined for the pot at Christmas, near San Cassiano (Italy), 10 December 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA21002
The British Army in Italy 1944 A seasonal message is displayed by a 56th Division 40mm Bofors anti-aircraft gun crew, 24 December 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA21006
The British Army in Italy 1944 5.5-inch gun of 178th Medium Regiment in action in the snow, 24 December 1944.
The British Army in Italy 1944 NA21102
The British Army in Italy 1944 A Churchill Crocodile flamethrower in action during a demonstration near Faenza, 30 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12331
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Men of 607th Railway Construction Company, Royal Engineers, queuing for rations in the railyard at Weerts, Holland, 1 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12339
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A reconnaissance patrol from 1st Suffolk Regiment return to the lines during operations to capture a castle on the banks of the Maas near Geijsteren, 1 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12419
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Field Marshal Montgomery and senior officers cross a Bailey bridge over the Maas at Berg, 3 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12455
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Infantry of the 1st Suffolk Regiment rest during a patrol east of the Maas near Geijsteren, 4 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12586
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 'St Nicholas' arrives on a Sherman ARV as part of St Nicholas Day celebrations in Rucphen, near Roosendaal in Holland, 6 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12617
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 3-inch mortar of 7th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 53rd Division, 8 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12683
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A dejected Lance-Bombardier Davis and Gunner Carey of 319th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, shelter from the rain and sleet in Holland, 10 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12685
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Two soldiers from the Royal Engineers, wrapped up against the rain, patrol a road through Horst in Holland, 10 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12737
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A military policeman on traffic duty waves a motorcycle despatch rider through the traffic in Holland, 11 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12745
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A small boy helps a motorcycle despatch rider negotiate a muddy road in Holland, 11 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12820
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Men of 'C' Company, 4th King's Own Scottish Borderers move up to attack a pillbox, Holland, 11 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12824
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Private J Donald, a sniper with 'C' Company, 4th King's Own Scottish Borderers, Holland, 11 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12906
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Gunners with 'A' Troop, 45th Battery, 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, preparing 5.5-inch shells near Sittard, 14 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12909
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 5.5-inch gun of 107th Medium Regiment, RA (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) firing at enemy gun batteries, 14 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12913
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Gunners with 'A' Troop, 45th Battery, 107th (South Nottinghamshire Hussars Yeomanry) Medium Regiment, ram a 5.5-inch shell into the breech during counter-battery fi... More
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12983
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Mobile Bofors gun of 89th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment at Elst in Holland, 15 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B12991
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 The crew of a Cromwell artillery observation post tank keep watch on the enemy, near Gangelt in Holland, 16 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13004
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Bofors gun in the main square of Maeseyck in Holland, 16 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13017
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Men of 1/5th Welch Regiment, 53rd (Welsh) Division, sit down to their Christmas dinner, near Baexem in Holland, 19 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13036
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 "Come and get it!" Gunner H S Hadlow of 15th (Scottish) Division in Holland, announces that the Christmas pudding is ready, 19 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13053
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A DUKW is used to rescue Dutch civilians in flooded Oostkepelle, 21 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13119
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A litle Dutch boy helps to refuel a Sherman tank near Sittard, 20 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13120
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 A 7th Armoured Division lorry being recovered after crashing into an exposed cellar, near Sittard, 20 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13124
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Rifleman Corker of 1st Rifle Brigade enjoys Christmas lunch in his foxhole on the front line, Nieuwstadt, 25 December 1944.
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 B13125
The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Rifleman Clarke of the 1st Rifle Brigade, 7th Armoured Division's motor battalion, peeling potatoes in preparation for the unit's Christmas dinner, near Geilenkirch... More