1945 Collection (page 2)

German child soldiers captured near Kulmbach, Germany by the US 3rd Army. They were being marched to the Czech border, and though issued with army uniforms had not been given any arms. April 1945

American landing craft on Okinawa. Landing craft nose inshore to land troops and supplies as the American invasion of Okinawa, Ryukyu island less than too miles from the Japanese homeland

August 1945. Peacetime for Europe. Picture shows the Berlin, and the ATS (The Auxiliary Territorial Service) on Bank Holiday

Victory in Europe Day. (VE Day) in Portsmouth, Hampshire. A sailor accompanied by the WRENS (The Womens Royal Naval Service) celebrate in the street

Golfer Joe Phillips of Liverpool hitting a ball from the gun site which is in the middle of the course. L-R Trevor Williams of Bootle

The Civil Defence Stands down. 1945. Cardiff. South Wales. Civil Defence members acted to make living in war time Britain as safe as possible

V. 2 bomb incident, Chingford Road, Walthamstow. What remains of a surface shelter in
V.2 bomb incident, Chingford Road, Walthamstow. What remains of a surface shelter in which eight people were killed. 8th February 1945

The wreckage of the San Demetrio. MV San Demetrio was a British motor tanker, notable for her service during the Second World War. She was built in 1938 for the Eagle Oil and Shipping Company

German Tiger tank destroyed by aircraft of the Desert Air Force in Italy. 24th May 1945

The first ATS of SouthEast Asia Command arrive in Ceylon during the Second World War. Pictured awaiting transport after their arrival. 16th July 1945

Ladbroke Grove day nursery. The "Twos"Threes"and "Fours"
Ladbroke Grove day nursery. The " Twos" " Threes" and " Fours" go to town for the day. Richards wins and pulls hard on the rope. All across safely. July 1945

Picture shows The SS Vega, The Red Cross Hospital Ship. It is docked in The Channel Islands (exactly where is unknown, though see end of caption for details on it being in St Helier)

Aerial photographic-reconnaissance image showing a carpet of bomb craters and severe damage to the marshalling yards and surrounding town area at Rheine

Heroes of ROF Royal Ordnance Munitions Factory Explosion in Kirkby, Liverpool, on 15th September 1944, receive their awards. LEFT TO RIGHT are

Picture shows "Herald"the Champion Bull, of Maple Lodge, Guernsey
Picture shows " Herald" the Champion Bull, of Maple Lodge, Guernsey, The Channel Islands, aged 6 years and 7 months, owned by E. D. Falla of Castel

The Mayor of Neath starting the paper shredding machine at Neath Book and Salvage Drive and Exhibition. A notice near the machine gives the invitation

The Youth Hostel Association has fitted the 16th Century Elizabethan Houghton Mill on the River Ouse, near St Ives, Cambridgeshire, to accommodate 56 hostellers

The Queens West Surrey Regiment receives The Freedom of Guildford, Surrey. During the march down the historic High Street, Mrs Violet Turner with her little daughter Gabriel

Hull Victory Parade. Among those at the saluting base when Sheriff (Ald. H. W
Hull Victory Parade. Among those at the saluting base when Sheriff (Ald. H.W. Jackson) and the Lord Mayor (Coun. Herbert Harrison). June 1945

Street party in Birch road, Higher Crumpsall, Manchester to celebrate VJ Day. Picture shows a lady on the left in a white coat

Image shows British actors Sir Laurence Olivier and his wife, Vivien Leigh, reading the script for Thornton Wilders play, The Skin of Our Teeth, on stage at the Globe Theatre, London

Picture shows Field Marshal Sir Bernard L Montgomery wearing his red beret with badge of the Parachute Regt, also the jumping jacket

View of Geraldine House, headquarters of the Daily Mirror newspaper in Fetter Lane, London, decked out in flags and bunting ahead of the VJ Day celebrations in London at the end of World War Two

Farmer Harold Robert Mapstone with Mr Green and Jack Humphreys on hay wagon Glastonbury 1945

WW2 - British soldiers of Second Army Front in Reichwald Forest with Pte Harold Portlock (left) Pte Walter Holloway of Oxford (right) and Pte Norman Vincent of Birmingham. 17th February 1945

WW2 ll British prisoners homecoming 4 / 45 arriving at Marylebone station being
WW2 ll British prisoners homecoming 4/45 arriving at Marylebone station being greeted by two policemen WW2

Operation Blackcock was a World War II operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands and Heinsberg in Germany

30 Year Old Pte Jim Kavangh of Edward Street Birmingham could not get home for VJ Day so the children waited until he did return before having their peace day celebration

WW2 Ruins of Neuss Germany captured by the US 9th Army - Dusseldorf can be seen in the background March 1945

VE day celebrations at Piccadilly Circus at end of WW2 crowds fill the square on this historic occasion. 8th May 1945

WW2: RAF fighter pilot Douglas Bader and wife Patsy attending party. 29th May 1945. Bader was one of Britains greates heroes of WW2

A street party in the Newton Heath district of Manchester during VE Day celebrations, Tuesday 8th May 1945

Engelbert Nadermayer (right) who was formerly in charge of the notorious crematorium at Dachau, shown in his cell alongside a former SS trooper who is also on the list of war criminals to be tried

Mr Herbert Morrison Deputy Leader of the Labour Party seen here leaving 10 Downing Street on VJ Day. 15th August 1945

Soldiers of the 8th Army parade in front of the Siegessaule Victory Column, Berlin after entering the city for the first time. 7th July 1945

Rescue workers dig through the rubble after a V2 missile exploded at the junction of Wanstead Park Road and Endsleigh Gardens, Cranbrook, Ilford, London, 8th March 1945

Rescue workers search the rubble of Audrey Road, Ilford, following a V2 missile attack. 20th February 1945

One of the activities on this North-Eastern gun sight is learning how to become brick layers, and house builders. Solders leaning brick laying skills during Second World War 13th April 1945

Workmen search through the rubble following a V2 attack on Camberwell. Circa March 1945

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery seen here back stage with Emlyn Williams following a performance of " The Wind of Heaven" at St James Theatre, London. 24th May 1945

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery seen here enjoying the play " The Wind of Heaven" at St James Theatre, London. 24th May 1945

VJ Day celebrations in Piccadilly Circus, London after the surrender of the Japanese bring an end to the Second World War. 15th August 1945

V2 explosion at the North East end of Hyde Park close to Marble Arch. The attack happen at 9:31am 18th March 1945 killing three civilians and injuring a further 81. 18th March 1945

Floodlights light the scene of a V2 explosion at Smithfield Market, Farringdon Road, London. The attack killed over 100 civilians. 8th March 1945

Bridge across the Rhine at the German town of Breisach during the Second World War. 1st February 1945

Russian officer making a phone call in the ruins of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin. 7th July 1945

Joan Wheaton, winner of the Sunday Pictorial 1943 Factory Girl Contest, leads her fellow aircraft workers in a keep fit class. 8th May 1945

Civic authorities arrive at the Hall of Memories, Centenary Square, Birmingham, for a service of thanksgiving following the allied armies victory in Europe. 9th May 1945

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