1943 Collection (page 6)

Villagers, hamlets and farms will be affected if total evacuation for military purposes is put into effect in a large South West coast area

Ken Sadler, "the happiest man of Petworth"has been totally blind half his life
Ken Sadler, " the happiest man of Petworth" has been totally blind half his life, now makes baskets for this years potato harvest, at his pretty cottage at the foot of Shimmings Hill

Park Modern School, Barking, evacuated to Swindon last September is now at Brean Sands, Somerset, for a holiday for two weeks, both masters and boys. Here are some of them line dup for rations

Just right for Norway, this vest will keep the people warm in the cold northern climate. Picture taken at an exhibition to help allied delegates to see what the British Hosiery

Mr. Robert Bond Walker, a blind masseur, spends three afternoons a week at the Sunshine Home for Blind Children at East Grinstead, giving them physical training exercises and massage

Miss Archer, blind typist, at work in the M. A. P. factory with her dog Sam who waits
Miss Archer, blind typist, at work in the M.A.P. factory with her dog Sam who waits patiently by her office desk to lead her about. 8th May 1943

Testing of the Panjandrum on a beach in Devon. Circa September 1943

An RAF Airman takes a bath in a wooden tub on the cobbles beside the pump and drinking trough in the courtyard of an Italian farm, an RAF camp in Italy. October 1943

RAF Balloon Barrage men were among the first Allied troops to land on the beaches at Salerno, Southern Italy. Their job was to keep low flying enemy aircraft from bombing

Heavy rain continues to hamper operations in Italy but in many points along the 8th. Army front, advance have been made. Heavy armour, supplies

Personnel of No. 2859 La Squadron RAF Regiment leave Gioia del Colle, Apulia, Italy, on board a commandeered Italian lorry, pulling a trailer full of camp equipment, furniture and kitbags

Men of the RAF Regiment keeping out the cold on the Italian front, these men are the most forward RAF personnel serving with the Eighth Army. 6th January 1944

A Kittyhawk squadron of the Royal Australian Air Force have moved into a villa which was once occupied by Bruno Mussolini, the former commanding officer of am Italian bomber squadron

Sicilian civilians hand over arms to British soldiers. 17th August 1943

8th Army mule train in Trigno. A Trigno landscape mule trains are a prominent feature, with roads blocked and bridges blown

British troops enter Sparanise. Sparanise is a small village some 8 miles north-west of Capua. For some days it was the scene of skirmishes between Fifth Army patrols and those of the enemy

Allied landing craft approaching Sicily. 18th July 1943

Royal Artillery guns in action around Monte Camino. 17th December 1943

Troops unloading at Anzio. Men up to their waists in water, unloading stores. Meanwhile beach roads are being prepared for and light traffic. 10th July 1943

Canadians unloading on a beach in Sicily during Second World War. 13th July 1943

The Italian campaign of World War II consisted of Allied and Axis operations in and around Italy, from 1943 to 1945. RAF Mosquito intruders

RAF Baltimores of the Tactical Bomber Force in operation over the Sangro river battle area in Eastern Central Italy, attacked German defensive positions near Lanciano on the Sangro ridge

Sefton Street in Putney, South West, London. Picture shows a lady getting a letter from the front. Her family and neighbours share the moment. Picture taken 18th April 1943

Battle training, British Army Cadets in The Lake District. Picture taken 11th November 1943

The Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), whose members were referred to as WaFs was the female auxiliary of the Royal Air Force during World War II. (Picture) W.A.A.F

A Red Cross youth group training at Fairfield Grammar school in Bristol. Circa 1943

First Pictures of New British Mortar Tank. The work of designing and constructing the devices to breach the stupendous fortifications of the Atlantic Wall was put in hand by the war officer under

Royal Army Service Cadets in training. (Picture) Cadets taking the water jump under battle conditions during training exercise. 8th April 1943

Army Cadets in Liverpool, Merseyside. Picture taken 13th August 1943

American soldiers looking at the wrecked school in London, beside the shattered gate of the infants entrance. 21st January 1943

The Pioneer Corps (East African Division) making adjustments to a Bren Gun Carrier. Picture taken 27th July 1943

The Royal Airforce in Tunisia. The are having some social time and listening to music from the gramophone record player. Picture taken 8th March 1943

RAF Ventura Planes Blitz Ijmuiden Steel Works, Holland, on 13th February 1943 IJmuiden is a port city in the Dutch province of North Holland and is the main town in the municipality of Velsen

Fighter pilots in Malta, quickly dashing to another sortie. Picture taken circa 8th March 1943

Men of the Royal Corps of Signals ploughing in telephone cables in a desert forward area. The RCS are doing a fine job of work in keeping up forward communication

El Hamma road serves as impromptu airfield. A Stimson aircraft takes off from the road after landing a liaison officer. 19th April 1943

RAF Royal Air Force) cup final in Tripoli - earlier games played between desert battles. A football cup final - the final of the FAR Western Desert Football League was played at the Tripoli Stadium

Letters from home for R. A. F. in North Africa. December 18th 1943
Letters from home for R.A.F. in North Africa. December 18th 1943

Two days work by British and Australian airmen turned the Tripolitanian desert into an air base. January 31st 1943

Memorial unveiled in the chapel of Biggin Hill dedicated to pilots killed in the Biggin Hill sector during the Battle of Britain by Group Captain A.G. Malan and Rev. M.H Edwards. 20th September 1943

Retrieving an parachute in North Africa. 8th of April 1943

Tripoli: Trapped ambulance men saved by New Zealanders. During one of the enemys periodical nuisance night raids on Tripoli, driver G.Mackay, RASC

French fly Spitfires in Corsica - Inter-Allied Air Co-Operation. The V sign and the cross of Lorraine badge of General. De Gaulles French army - is stencilled almost everywhere in red blue of

The half-wing badge, with an encircled E approved for wear by flight engineers. 26th January 1943

RAF Rehabilitation Centre in The Wirral on the Cheshire Coast. Picture shows (RIGHT) Flight Sergeants J Thompson, DFM of Woolton

A Russian Surgeon operates on a soldier of the Red Army, in a tent in the snow, with constant snow drifts and often sub zero temperatures. Picture taken 2nd April 1943

Wrecked enemy aircraft on Tunis airfield, after Allied air attacks. One of the first pictures received from North Africa of damage resulting from Allied air attacks on El Aouina Tunis

Mary Churchill, daughter of Winston and officer of the ATS, talking to members of the Canadian Womens Army Corps from the observation platform of the train they drove to take her on a tour of Niagara

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