Allies Collection

Visit of the American president John F Kennedy and his wife Jackie to London, England. Pictured leaving London Airport in open top car with British Prime Minister Harold MacMillan. 4th June 1961

A Bren Carrier being guided through barbed wire during the first stages of the offensive against the Axis Forces in Libya, North Africa in World War Two. December 1941

Corporal Arthur Toman (note to editors spelling hard to read - reads as Toman
Corporal Arthur Toman (note to editors ** spelling hard to read - reads as Toman, though cannot see the name Toman on Forces Records) makes friend with a baby in Caen, France

Pegu, the vital road and rail junction 50 miles north of Rangoon, Burma on the wide Pegu river has fallen to the Allied Fourteenth Army in their sweep Southwards to the Burma coast. Picture shows: R

First members of the WaF in Berlin, Germany at the end of the Second World War in Europe. Section officer P. hack of Palmers Green, London and Section Officer H

WW2 South East Asia Burma Pinbaw battle 1944 Soldiers from the 1st Royal Scots Fusiliers with the 14th Army fight on the approaches to Pinbaw a Japanese village which eventually fell to the allied

British soldiers leave for France during the WW2

WW2 British Scottish Soldiers wearing army tunics and kilts with their kit prepare to leave for France during WW2. Circa September 1939

Operation Market Garden fought in the Netherlands from 17th to 25th September 1944. The airborne part of the operation was undertaken by the First Allied Airborne Army

The RAF Spitfire squadron "County of Surrey"
The RAF Spitfire squadron " County of Surrey", known as " Churchills Own", of which the Prime Minister is honorary Air Commodore, arrived in India in 1942

British troops of the 6th Airborne Division reached the Baltic Coast of Wismar, due north of Schwerin, Germany on 3rd May where they made contact with a Russian armoured squadron which had pushed

American paratroopers pictured in the C-47 of the Troop Carrier Air Division of the 12th Air Force, en route to dropping zones in Southern France during the Second World War

At a football match held at Delivrand, in Normandy, a Scottish Pipe band, (Black Watch) entertained the crowd of French civilians and British troops who had gathered to watch the match

The recent heavy rains have taken the creases out of the kilts and Piper Milne of Cainery Road, Aberdeen, and Piper Fraser of Kintore, both of a Scottish military pipe band

General Eisenhower, newly appointed Supreme Allied Commander of the British and Expeditionary Forces organising in the United Kingdom for the liberation of Europe

The 28th November is Independence Day in Albania. On this day 32 years ago, the Albanian people were freed from Turkish rule On this occasion

Father Devine with the British 7th Armoured Division, holds mass in a Roman Catholic church near the army headquarters in Berlin, Germany, where several hundred troops attended

British Army battery claims honour of the last shot on the Eighth Army battle front. The last shell in the hands of the man who fired it, Gunner Vernon Walker of Hampshire, Sussex

Before Bizerta fell to the Allied forces, a good deal of resistance had to be overcome in the streets of the town. French and US. troops fought battles in the streets all day long

American General Dwight D. Eisenhower, accompanied by General Henri Giraud, leader of the Free French Forces, inspects a Guard of Honour formed by British Army soldiers during victory celebrations in

Russian ships arrive at a British port with a cargo of timber during the Second World War. They will return loaded with materials for the Soviet Army to aid their counter-offensive campaign against

Canadian troops arrive in Britain, where they were welcomed by Admiral Bromley and General Sir Robert Gordon Findlayson. Location unknown, though many Canadian troops did sail into Liverpool Docks

Carrying out constant sorties against the enemy from bases in India, RAF Hurricanes, Bleinheims, Hudsons and Liberators have done much to disrupt supplies

Crews and pilots of RAF Wellington bombers and USaF. Flying Fortresses are working in close co-operation. As the Forts" return from their day operations the Wellies" are already rowing up

The Canadian Troops Arrive in Britain, waving as their transport docks at a North Western port. Circa August 1941

Infantry of the US 9th Army pass a chow-line in the streets of Neuss, Germany after its capture. Tanks can be seen in the background. 6th March 1945

RAF evacuate wounded partisans from Yugoslavia during the Second World War. As well as dropping supplies on a large scale to Marshal Titos forces

Royal Air Force Halifax aircraft of the Balkan Air Force have played a greet part in keeping Partisan Groups in occupied countries well supplied with guns, ammunition and other vital material

British troops of the 6th Airborne Division reached the Baltic Coast of Wismar, due north of Schwerin, Germany on 3rd May where they made contact with a Russian armoured squadron which had pushed

Soldiers of the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry advance through Vassy to take up holding positions. 15th August 1944

RAF and USaF Give Germans 24 hour bomb service in Italy during the Second World War. RAF Wellington bombers and USaF Flying Fortresses operating from the same airfields in Italy are bombing the same

Soldiers of the 49th Division Passing a wrecked farm cart near Rauray 29th June 1944

Men of the Dorsets firing their 3 inch Mortars at the enemy at Hottot. No. 3 Platoon, 1 Dorsets, 231 Brigade, 50 Division. 11th July 1944

Preparations for the Allied invasion of Sicily, codenamed Operation Husky, in which the Allies took the island of Sicily from the Axis powers (Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany)

Picture taken on the Western Desert of Egypt. Polish Officer who is 2nd in command (left) studying the maps, which an offer from The Free Free French Unit is on the telephone

Polish Troops, co-operating with The British Forces, shared in the fighting in the Western Desert and the picture shows a motorised Polish column on the road. Picture taken circa 15th December 1940

A reconnaissance photograph taken after a major night raid by a mixed force of United States Air Force and RAF aircraft on the German submarine base at Lorient, France

Shortly before the Royal Navys successful action against the Scharnhorst, Admiral Sir Bruce Fraser, Commander in Chief of the Home Fleet visited Soviet waters in his flagship " Duke of York

The British Navys Gift to Russia during the Second world War. This picture was taken when the British battleship HMS Royal Sovereign, together with 4 British submarines- Ursula

British Committees for Soviet Air include, among the sterner war necessities sent to the USSR, a supply of the small comforts and luxuries such as chocolates, cigarettes

British troops in Southern India were present at some of the celebrations held to mark the festival of " Dusserah" in honour of the Indian god Rama

Picture taken at an old (unamed) Belgian fort which had been used as a Gestapo Prison. Rough wood coffins left by The Nazis being examined by Allied officers

Supreme Allied Commander General Dwight D Eisenhower shakes hands with a woman from the crowd that has mobbed his car. Eisenhower was in London to meet with Prime Minister Winston Churchill in

Picture taken from the Mediterranean Sea taken on board USS Mackenzie, one of the escorting US destroyers, during the successful bombardment of enemy batteries, dumps and roads to the west of Gaeta

British Prime Minister Winston Churchill on his visit to Paris, France in the Second World War. Here he is pictured with General Charles de Gaulle at the French Armistice day parade

Ranger training preparing US troops for the invasion of Europe during the Second World War. Two combatants toss each other about while their companios battle it out as American troops in England go

American paratroopers file along with full equipment to board their transport plane for the allied invasion of Nazi occupied Europe on D-Day. 6th June 1944

Spring festival at Hindhead. American soldiers tug their hand at the Marypole with the kids at the spring festival. June 1942

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