1944 Collection (page 2)

German Uboat U744 seen being captured after being attacked for over 30 hours with depth charges from HMS Icarus, and the following ships of the Canadian Escort Group; HMCS St

Bristol Beaufighters peels away from a German escort vessel which blew up after receiving cannon and rocket fire, during a combined attack on an enemy convoy south-west of Heligoland by the North

Liverpool - July 1944. Evacuation children at a Liverpool Train Station. It is not clear if they have arrived from London, or are going to London. Picture taken 24th July 1944

Brigadier B. W Leicester D. S. O and Bar, R. M, (wearing steel helmet and lifebelt
Brigadier B.W Leicester D.S.O and Bar, R.M, (wearing steel helmet and lifebelt) with Lieutenant Colonel E.C.E. Palmer D.S.O

A group of Luxembourg Hawks, an organisation which corresponds with the British Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. October 1944

A US marine is assisted onboard a American transport by two Coast Guardsmen after fighting on Eniwetok Island. Circa February 1944

Grimy and weary after 48 hours of fighting on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands, US Marines enjoying coffee aboard a transport ship

Picture shows people celebrating in October 1944. World War Two was still raging, but the people of England still found something to celebrate. Picture taken 1st October 1944. Location is Dover, Kent

Occupational Therapy held at Mill Hill Emergency Hospital. No location mentioned, but there is a Mill Hill in North London which looks correct for this picture

Searching for isolated pockets of resistance and snipers, Canadians move cautiously through a rubble-strewn street of Caen. July 1944

A Short Sunderland of No. 10 Squadron takes off from the water after alighting to rescue 3 survivors from a Vickers Wellington of No

Shepherd Tom Goodban with his sheep. Dover, Kent. Picture taken 1st October 1944

While the ships company of HMS Newcastle are bathing over the side Able Seaman H Leonard, of Charlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, stands by with loaded rifle in case any sharks should approach the ship

Cattle from a field at Waltham Abbey, Essex, seen roaming through the local Fire Station. A common occurrence. Picture taken circa 14th November 1944

A thick columns of black smoke rising from a Japanese train attacked by Bristol Beaufighters at Kokkogon, about 40 miles along the branch line from Pyinmana, on the Rangoon-Mandalay railway, Burma

20mm land based Oerlikon mobile ack-ack gun in action in Italy. Circa October 1944

R. A. F ground crew equipping Typhoons with rocket projectiles at a landing strip in France
R.A.F ground crew equipping Typhoons with rocket projectiles at a landing strip in France. Picture taken 2 weeks after the Normandy Landings. Picture taken 19th June 1944

A deserted village, Stokenham, Devon, England, World War Two. The US Army have taken over the village in South West England, whilst the inhabitants have been evacuated to safety

Photograph taken during the raid on the Gnome-Rhone aero-engine factory at Limoges by Avro Lancasters of No. 617 Squadron RAF on the night of 8/9 February 1944

Washing day in Cruelly where French civilians and British tommies do their washing side by side in the River Seullas. 4th July 1944

Italian partisans with Luigi Piazza, a priest of San Valentino. Circa October 1944

American soldiers being taught how to use PAK-40 Anti-tank gun captured in the Cisternia area in Italy. 8th March 1944

A gyro gunsight (G. G. S. ) is a modification of the non-magnifying reflector sight in which
A gyro gunsight (G.G.S.) is a modification of the non-magnifying reflector sight in which target... The first examples were developed in Britain just before the Second World War for use during aerial

St Andrews Church in Plymouth, Devon, after it was bombed in The Plymouth Blitz of World War Two. The daffodils continue to grow as the light pours in from the sky above

Scenes among the bombed out houses of Silverdale Road in Hull during the Second World War. 25th October 1944

A 7. 2 inch Howitzer of a Heavy Battery of the Royal Artillery in action at Routot against
A 7.2 inch Howitzer of a Heavy Battery of the Royal Artillery in action at Routot against German communication lines. Our Picture shows the powerful recoil of the Howitzer after firing

The Entertainments National Service Association (ENSA) was an organisation set up in 1939 by Basil Dean and Leslie Henson to provide entertainment for British armed forces personnel during World War

Prefabricated Ports, each as big as Gibraltar were manufactured in Britain in sections, towed across the Channel, and set down off the coast of Normandy

Arakan landing: Capture of Razabil British and West African troops made a
Arakan landing:Capture of Razabil British and West African troops made a landing on the Japanese flank in Arakan early March 1944

Air raid this morning in the South of England at Bruce Castle Park, Tottenham, London. (Picture) A causality is bought out of the wreckage. 16th June 1944

British boys for British farms. The Open Door to an Agricultural Career has been considerably helped by a scheme run by the YMCA in co-operation with the Ministry of Agriculture

Soldiers of the 24th Guards Brigade give covering fire to a fighting patrol advancing into Rosennano to clear the village of German snipers 9th July 1944

Flying bomb crashed on flats at Nevern Square, Kensington. 23rd July 1944

The crew of HMS Seadog seen here at their Northern depot 31st July 1944

Moorfields Hospital, City Road, completely flattened after air raid during World War II. 29th June 1944

The Battle of Arnhem. British Tanks advance into Holland. The Battle of Arnhem was a major battle of the Second World War at the vanguard of the Allied Operation Market Garden

The Battle of Arnhem. The British Second Army linked with airbourne troops at Eindhoven on 19th September and drove on another 37 miles towards Nijmege

The Battle of Arnhem. Picture shows bridges across the River Waal (Rhine) The road bridge is on the left, that British troops seized on the 21st September

Professor Albert Einstein in his study at his home in Princeton, New Jersey. 2nd February 1944

First action pictures of the British airborne forces in Holland. (Picture shows) A Bren gun in positions in a wood. The two men are Private Jury of Cardiff and Private Malcolm of Liverpool

Theres a look of keen anticipation on the faces of these Bevin Boys about to make their first descent of the Moirrison Pit. 19th January 1944

A miner enjoying the newly installed showers at Askern Colliery near Doncaster, South Yorkshire. This Bevin Boy is Bill Thomas

A photograph of a group of Bevin Boy miners receiving their equipment on their first day at Askern Coliiery near Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Bevin Boys attendng the Annefield Plain pit school seen leaving the Morrison Pit after descending the mine. 23rd January 1944

Lease-end entertainment. These British boys on an American ships going to the British beaches were entertained by the yankees during the voyage. 8th June 1944

Owing to the ban around the coast, Sea Cadets cannot now attend their usual camps, which are held every year, by the sea. These Cadets have made their camp on a river island at Thames Ditton

The deserted villages of the South Devon coast are battle scarred and shattered after the area had been used as a battle field by American forces in extensive invasion training

Allied troops proceed inland into Northern France on the mission to liberate France and Europe following the Normandy landings of 6th June 1944

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