1941 Collection (#10)

The Kings African Rifles: Nyasalanders from Central Africa who were part of the advance into Abyssinia. 15th April 1941

The 1st South African Infantry Division was an infantry division of the army of the Union of South Africa. During World War II the division served in East Africa (Picture)

Hurricane Aircraft of the RAF amid the trees somewhere in Russia. these men are under the command of wing commander Ingerwood. Picture taken circa 15th October 1941

The Royal Air Force in Russia. A Scottish Pilot tossing the caber. Picture taken 4th November 1941

The Royal Air Force in Russia. Picture taken 18th October 1941

The Royal Air Force in Russia. The Wing of fighter Command (centre) seen showing the Russian Air Force members a British flying magazine. Picture taken 21st October 1941

The Royal Air Force in Russia. The Wing of fighter Command seen examining a knife. The man front and left in the black cap with " bob" written on his hat

Picture shows wing Commander HNG Ramsbottom - Isherwood AFC Commanding the Wing (left) and the Medical Officer, ploughing through the mud at a landing ground in Northern Russia

Spitfire Pilots from the RAF in Scotland wearing their "Mae Wests"
Spitfire Pilots from the RAF in Scotland wearing their " Mae Wests" waiting their hut for an emergency call. Picture taken 6th May 1941

A visit to an army base somewhere in the North of England. Picture shows tanks on armoured cars on a reconnaissance mission. Picture taken 9th May 1941

Army exercise in Water. Training in gun firing whilst in rivers, lanes or seas. Picture taken 13th May 1941

Bren carriers in action while the carriers pass in the background. 25th June 1941

Aircraft carried: Two Supermarine Walrus aircraft (Later removed). HMS Ceylon was a Crown Colony-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy

Following the Italian invasion on 28 October 1940, Greece repelled the initial Italian attack and a counter-attack in March 1941

Brenheim feel applies in North Africa. Serial of these attacks took place during the first week of fighting in Libya and were directed against the enemys feel supplies

A boxing match on the Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary now a troop ship. Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken looking down from the mast. Picture taken 15th October 1941

Part of the Gun Crew on The Cunard White Star Liner Queen Mary. Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 15th October 1941

Mobile Canteen presented to Liverpool in Merseyside, by East Liverpool in Ohio, America. The Lord Mayor Alderman Sidney Jones pictured having his tea. Picture taken 5th June 1941

Terence De Marney in Liverpool, Merseyside. He is in the foreground, right. Terence De Marney was a British film, stage, radio and television actor

HMS Seagull, Halcyon class minesweeper seen here on patrol during the Second World War. 1st December 1941

The British raid on the Lofoten Islands when oil plants were put out of action, oil stocks burnt, prisoners taken and large parties of Norwegian volunteers brought back to serve in the allied forces

Bren gun carriers of a famous Sikh Battalion moving up in Eritrea. Circa April 1941

An Indian soldier mans a Bren Gun in the Western Desert. May 1941

British troops in Iceland. A young child helping a soldier pickaxe the ground. Circa 1941

Men from a Sikh regiment seen fighting in the Western Desert. September 1941

Indian Bren Gun carriers, manned by a famous Sikh Regiment, in the Western Desert. September 1941

The garb of the nun is the age-old symbol of sister of mercy. In a country home of beauty and quietness this nun cares for evacuated children from the bombed areas

By the inglenook fire of an old English mansion, these happy evacuee children from a blitzed area are learning the magic of Alice in Wonderland. Circa November 1941

Damage to the Bank area of London, during The Blitz of World War Two. The December Christmas 1940 Blitz of London hit the city hard, especially in the Bank and St Pauls area

Australian troops in Beirut during Second World War. 31st July 1941

Parachute Troop. special Air Service on ground training. Location suggests Flint, Manchester, on the back of the picture. Picture taken 27th February 1941

Ladies are volunteering their services to join the WaF, (The Womens Auxiliary Air Force). Picture shows a lady signing in at Renshaw Hall, Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 25th June 1941

Canadians at their camp in Hong Kong. 17th December 1941

German graves near the village Malaya Nezhoda in Russia. 2nd February 1941

Field gun in Iceland by soldiers Second World War. 11th June 1941

British soldier in Iceland during Second World War. 13th June 1941

A charming W. A. A. F on a camel in the vicinity of the famous Sphinx in Egypt
A charming W.A.A.F on a camel in the vicinity of the famous Sphinx in Egypt. 4th October 1941

A. T. S. girl uses an identification telescope. 22nd April 1941
A.T.S. girl uses an identification telescope. 22nd April 1941

Canadian troops arrive in England. 26th November 1941

Troop exercise in Iceland during Second World War. 13th June 1941

Picture shows the scene at an operating theatre at The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF) Innsworth, Gloucestershire. Picture taken 30th September 1941

A military band perform some music infant of a row of houses that have been destroyed in The Blitz. A banner with " Cheer Up" is raised in the background

Machine gun battalion in training in the South East of England. 16th August 1941

Hudson Mark III, T9465 of No. 269 Squadron RAF flying out to join a convoy from its base at Wick, Scotland. T9465 was a presentation aircraft

Havoc Mark I (Intruder), BJ496, in flight off the Irish coast after conducting experimental night camouflage trials with the Royal Aircraft Establishment, flying from Aldergrove, County Antrim

Baboon mascots in a South African camp in the Western Desert during the Second World War. 22nd August 1941

Men of the Home Guard taking part in a training exercise with the aid of a Valentine tank. 8th August 1941

Burning coal dumps at Spitsbergen seen from the air. 150, 000 tonnes were burnt to prevent the Germans from using it. Circa September 1941

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