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Evacuation of Louvain, Belgium. World War Two. On 28 May 1940, the King Leopold III surrendered to the Germans alongside his soldiers
Evacuating a sick man on a wheeled stretcher through Louvain, Belgium. Belgium surrendered to the Germans at the end of May 1940. Picture taken 19th May 1940
Driver Harrison of London inspects the silk stockings that are on sale in the Corps gift shop near the front line. The shop sells perfume, toys
Eddy Merckx, world champion cyclist from Belgium, pictured in 1977 in his hotel in London. In the next few days Eddy will take part in Britains biggest ever track cycling event at Eastway Cycling
Eddy Merckx (right) presents n Eddy Merckx cycle to Daily Mirror competition winner, 17 years old Malcolm White of Romford, Essex
Eddy Merckx is asked to sign his autograph for a fan, as he attends Britains biggest ever profession track cycling event, the 1977 Glenryck Cup at Eastway Cycling Track, Lee Valley near Stratford
First pictures of British entering into Brussels. Resistance fighters in Brussels seeking protection in a doorway from the last Germans to show fight. September 1944
British forces enter Brussels. Greeting first tanks of armour. September 1944
Damage inflicted on the docks at Ostend by the R. A. F. and the Royal NavyDamage inflicted on the docks at Ostend by the R.A.F. and the Royal Navy. What was once an active block of warehouses on the West Quay of the Bassin de la Marine is no longer operative
A Belgian soldier and a British airman examine the wreckage of a Heinkel bomber brought down in Belgium. May 1940
Picture shows the scene of an German Air Raid on a Belgium Town. (no named) Picture taken viral 19th May 1940
Antwerp Docks, Belgium. The docks were captured intactly General Montogmerys 21st Army Group on 4th September 1944. A group of Pioneers on parade are pictured
British Troops march into Belgium. Picture taken circa 12th May 1940
Picture taken (location unknown) during the invasion of Belgium, by Germany. A mother and her three children walk through an area that has been bombed. Picture taken circa 19th May 1940
Liberated Antwerp, Belgium. Picture shows a local woman helping a British soldier escort captured Germans through the streets of her city. Antwerp was liberated by The Allies on 4th September 1944
A soldier buying toys in Brussels for his children back home. Picture taken circa 15th December 1944
Armistice Day celebrated in Brussels. British soldiers march past the tomb of the unknown soldier. 12th November 1944
The Erla Aircraft factory in Antwerp burning after a U. S. A. A. FThe Erla Aircraft factory in Antwerp burning after a U.S.A.A.F. bombing raid during Second World War. 10th April 1943
Free French Infantry carry off arms and ammunition from a knocked out German truck. 19th September 1944
An American armoured car moves through the streets of a town in Belgium. Circa 1940s
US Army Engineers clear ice on the Saar canal with dynamite. 12th January 1945
A Dutch soldier of the Princess Irene regiment (right) and British troops guard the Albert Canal bridge. Circa 1944
The German spearhead, whose objective was Dinant on the River Meuse lost a large number of vehicles before it was halted. A large number of armoured cars, half-tracks
British troops which crossed the Belgian frontier early in the morning of 3rd September 1944, rapidly freed Tournai and swept in north and east to enter the capital city Brussels in the late evening
In their drive to cut the German wedge, US troops advancing towards the Luxembourg border. December 1944
Soldiers of a US tank destroyers unit with the 101st Airborne Division, during its defence of the Belgian town of Bastogne
Tanks of the United States 35th Infantry Division moving through the Belgian town of Bastogne. 18th January 1945
Corporal H Wells of Plumpton, Sussex, wiping ice from the perspex of a Mitchell bomber in Belgium. Ice formed on the panels - inside and out - overnight while the aircraft was at dispersal. L.A.C
The RAF unloading metal runway strips from a Dakota transport plane in Belgium. Thirty seven Dakotas carried seven ships each. Each strip weighs 185 Its and is 6ft by 12ft
Belgian refugees fleeing the German invasion. May 1940
Bombs and incendiary devices explode during a successful raid by Marauders of the Ninth Air Force on the important Nazi railway freight yards at Haine St Pierre, Belgium
A queue of soldiers waiting to buy Christmas presents for home at a Brussels store. December 1944
Boys of a tank recovery unit keeping warm in the wintry weather in Belgium. December 1944
British Troops buying Ice Cream in Brussels. Their regiment is unknown. At this time, between 17Ð25 September 1944, Operation Market Garden saw Allied forces move from Belgium to The Netherlands
Picture shows a World War One cemetery at Pozieres, France. It has been kept neat and tidy. The Battle of Pozieres (23 July Ð 3 September 1916)
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
Group Captain DA Guillaume is reunited with his daughter. Her name reads as possibly Monrealle ?. Picture taken in Brussels
Picture shows a baby in Brussels, Belgium, wearing a bonnet with the British regiment The Royal Engineers name on it, and the colours as a ribbon below
Belgian officer placing a wreath at the execution stake at a Gestapo prison in an old Belgian Fort. It is possible that this is Fort Breedonk, where other pictures in this set were taken
Picture shows an RAF (Royal Airforce) party for children of Belgium, in Brussels. One of the airmen is dressed up as Father Christmas
British Troops buying Grapes in Brussels. Their regiment is unknown. At this time, between 17Ð25 September 1944, Operation Market Garden saw Allied forces move from Belgium to The Netherlands
As British troops enter Brussels an effigy and portraits of Hitler are burnt amid cheers from the crowd. 6th September 1944
German aerodrome close to the Belgian village of Wonbiek camouflaged to look like an extension to the village. October 1944
As British troops enter Brussels local residents celebrate their liberation by dancing a ring-o-roses whilst singing " Hanging out the washing on the Siegfried line". September 1944
Shells bursting in the distance on newly captured ground taken from the main road to Zonnebeke during the Battle of the Menin Road Ridge, part of the Passendaele campaign. 20 September 1917
The Three Musketeers, A Flanders silhouette. 3rd September 1917 The silhouette is suggestive of one of Captain Bairnsfathers pictures
German anti aircraft guns, on show in Belgium, handed over to fulfill Armistice Terms. The Armistice of 11 November 1918 was the armistice that ended fighting on land
Marriage tasting ceremony at Ecaussinnes-Lalaing, Belgium. The village holds a match-making day every year, love seekers were welcomed with a banner " Welcome all bachelors
