Armed Forces Collection

Grenadier Guards, famous the world over, are now, as part of their mechanisation, equipped with motor cycles on which tommy guns are mounted

The Mayor of Reading, Councillor W. E. C. McIlroy, inspecting members of the Auxiliary
The Mayor of Reading, Councillor W.E.C. McIlroy, inspecting members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) at a display in the city centre during the Second World War. 11th June 1942

Tankmen of the Canadian Army rest by their Sherman tanks after the tank battle which took place between the Hitler Line and Gustav Line on the Italian Front battlefield

Smoke and dust billow upward during a successful attack by United States Army Air Force B-17 Flying Fortresses, after five minutes of concentrated bombing on Toulon harbour

Sergeant S. W. Loader of New Barnet climbs into his Spitfire to join a Channel sweep
Sergeant S.W. Loader of New Barnet climbs into his Spitfire to join a Channel sweep during the Second World War. February 1944

Daylight attack on the power station at Pont A Vendin and the factories at La Basse in enemy occupied Northern France during the Second World War

A team of gritty soldiers form Guisborough TA Centre 1st Battalion YorkshireVolunteers us completing a testing 120-mile coast to coast sponsored run in aid of the South Tees Hopsital baby care unit

On the night of 29th - 30th April 1944, RAF Bombers attacked the Clermont Ferrand / Aulnat Airfield in German occupied France

The R. E. M. E. - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is the British Army
The R.E.M.E. - Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is the British Armys newest corps. It has been in operation since October 1st, 1942

Two British soldiers, Corporal Cobb and Lance Corporal Salt who marched for 21 days through the jungle of Burma to avoid capture by the Japanese before reaching the 17th Indian Division in the Imphal

At an experimental gunnery camp in Manorbier, Wales, members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) are doing very secret work operating Kine- Theodolite instruments which record the burst of

A sunken enemy ship lies in the harbour of Gaeta on the west coast of Italy near Rome during the Second World War. Circa May 1944

A flak landing craft equipped with anti-air weaponry. October 1943

Number 1 Commando Brigade led the British assault across the Elbe River. They had captured their objective, Lauenburg by dawn on April 29th 1945

Aerial view of Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircraft and gliders of the 9th Troop Carrier Command, a unit of the Ninth US Air Force

The passage of the convoy from the west to Malta on June 14 / 16 was under the command of
The passage of the convoy from the west to Malta on June 14/16 was under the command of Vice- Admiral Curtesis. It was sighted

Damage to the Rheinmetall Borsig AG plant in Dusseldorf following an attack by bombers of RAF Bomber Command on the night of the 22nd/23rd April 1944

Operation Blackcock (14th - 26th January 1945) was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands

This synthetic oil plant at Bottrop, west of Gelsenkirchen, Germany, produced 100, 000 barrels of oil per month for the German war machine before it was wrecked from the air

Liberators and Flying Fortresses of the US Eighth Air Force struck at the source of the Luftwaffe during Mondays daylight operations, the 21st so far this month

Maria Parpetova who works as a mate aboard a passenger steamer on the Volga River in Russia during theSecond World War. September 1941

The first British troops to enter Cherbourg were four RAF members of an Embarkation Unit. They entered the town with the Americans and took up their headquarters by the quayside

French civilians stand at attention and an American Army Gl salutes as the American and French flags are unfurled side by side in the centre of the city of Cherbourg

Six soldiers back from Burma, all from Droitwich, Worcestershire, enjoy a dinner at the Royal Exchange public house back in Droitwich

Members of the Royal Australian Air Force enjoy a dip in the cool sea waters as a refresher from the intense midday heat during a rest period in the Philippines where they are assistant General

A Kittybomber Curtiss P-40 plane of Number 112 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, nicknamed the " Shark Squadron"

Leander-class light cruiser HMS Ajax which served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She was famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, the Battle of Crete

Yugoslav partisans have been supplied with British Armoured cars and American tanks suited to the difficult country in which they must be used

Yugoslav partisans of Marshal Titos Yugoslav National Liberation Army are making good use of their stay in Malta to learn the use of both Allied and enemy small arms

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Porpoise returns to its base in Portsmouth, England after 14 serving 14 months in the Mediterranean

Three pipers of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers infantry regiment with the battalion mascot " Bill", who seems to be practicing a song to accompany the music. September 1940

"Z for zebra", a Sunderland V flying boat, makes RAF Coastal Command
" Z for zebra", a Sunderland V flying boat, makes RAF Coastal Commands last convoy escort for the Royal Navy. At one minute past midnight on 4th June 1945

Consolidated PBY Catalina, an American flying boat, operating with RAF Coastal Command. Pictured in flight, showing one of the " Blister" gun turrets open. Issued: 12th April 1941

Royal Navy submarine HMS Torbay returns home to Portsmouth, England after her service in the Mediterranean. Picture shows: Members of the Torbays crew with the ships Jolly Roger flags of success

On the night of 29th - 30th April 1944, RAF Bombers attacked the Clermont Ferrand/Aulnat Airfield in German occupied France

The Gnome and Rhone aircraft factories at Limoges in German occupied France, which not only manufactures air engines for the Luftwaffe

A swarm of bees searching for a home, decided to take up their quarters in an aperture in the port rudder of " Q for Queenie" a Halifax bomber at an airfield in the north of England

The flash of US Navy destroyer guns light up the vessels deck and superstructure during a night battle off Vella Lavella in the Central Solomons Islands of the South Pacific

Stephen Purdue, refused by the Merchant Navy because of his tattoos. 24th February 1979

The Royal Engineers Diving Establishment at Marchwood near Southampton. The Flipper Brigade report for training as they pass a sign erected for drivers to warn them. 2nd April 1980

Soldiers of The Royal Engineers build bridges to help local residents after heavy floods in Kent. 17th September 1968

Prince Charles, the Prince of Wales visit to the Royal School of Military Engineering at Chattenden Barracks near Rochester, Kent, where he met soldiers of the Royal Engineers Corp. 20th March 1985

Second World War Veterans, (from left) Albert Dunn, George Russell, Bill Harrison, Gilbert Pearson, Alf Welch and James Connelly

Various celebrities including Dale Winton, Sandi Toksvig, Janis Ian, Elton John, Julian Clary, Michael Cashman. Stonewell concert, Royal Albert Hall, London. 22nd October 1995

The commissioning of the Churchill class nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror at Cammell Lairds shipyard in Birkenhead. The primary role of the submarine will be to hunt enemy submarines

The Churchill class nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror leaves Her Majestys Naval Base, Clyde at Faslane for the final time before being scrapped. Here it is pictured sailing through Rhu Narrows

Petty Officer Cook Alan Pugh (left) and Petty Officer Steward John Young pictured at Seaforth Docks after sailing in on the Churchill class nuclear submarine HMS Conqueror

A Sherman Firefly 1C Tank of the 11th Armoured Division leads a column of tanks through Gemert, Holland. 26th September 1944

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