British Army Collection

British Army Gunner S. R. Gosden of 67 Catherine Street, Reading
British Army Gunner S.R. Gosden of 67 Catherine Street, Reading, seen here in the back row of this group of Royal Artillery men in the Middle East during the Second World War. Circa 1942

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

Men of the East Yorkshire Regiment during the Second World War. Circa 1940

Entertainer Neil Diamond and Lord Tavistock present a cheque to the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, at Chelsea Barracks. The cheque was a " thank you" for the Drums Corps performance at

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

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

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

British Army private serving on the front line in Burma during the Second World War. April 1945

Burma DUKWs (known as Ducks) take supplies and reinforcements from the Chindwin River to forward British troops driving on Mandalay, Burma during the Second World War

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

Madame Scarlett, hotelkeeper of the Hotel Des Fleurs in Les Andrelys on the Seine, France, proudly wearing her blouse made from a Union Jack flag as she welcomes liberating British troops into

Canadian soldiers on the Italian front during the Second World War. New field telephone device but the same " Old Bill"

Men of the East Yorkshire Regiment training in Gloucestershire, Southern England during the Second World War. Circa 1940

Entertainer Neil Diamond and Lord Tavistock (not pictured) present a cheque to the 2nd Battalion, Grenadier Guards, at Chelsea Barracks

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

Queen Elizabeth II visiting Catterick Garrison, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire. 10th July 1975

Queen Elizabeth II visiting Royal Signals, Catterick, Richmondshire, North Yorkshire. 10th July 1975

Men of the Second City Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment leaving Sutton Coldfield, holding Lee Enfield Rifles. July 1915

Parade of Manchester Pals. The Manchester Regiment. World War One. Circa 1915

Emergency in Malaya. The 22nd Special Air Service Regiment seen here sitting calmly in the aircraft before tree parachuting (a technique of low level parachuting)

General Bernard Montgomery seen here posing for a photograph on the El Alamein battlefield quite unconcerned about enemy shells falling close behind him November 1942

First pictures of the British Army entry in to Brussels, Belgium during the Second world War. Photo shows: The Palais de Justice set on fire by fleeing Germans as the British entered the city

Lorries, Bren Carriers and despatch riders all fork part of this long convoy of Canadian men and equipment moving in to Caen during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. July 1944

First pictures after the British entry into Amiens, France during the Second world War. Picture shows: These women had denounced the local resistance and Communists

A British Armoured Division operating near Pyingyaing between Kalewa and Shwebo, assembled armour in strength for the first time in the Burma campaign on Christmas Day and Boxing Day

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

Unopposed capture of valuable Burma Oil fields area is a most pointed indication of Japanese collapse. Troops probing down towards the Yenangyaung Road

Advancing along the Irrawaddy basin road towards Sagaing and Manderlay, British troops of the 14th Army have captured the small Burmese village of Ywathitgyi in the face of fanatical Japanese

A British Army jungle patrol attacks a native "Basha", a bamboo hut
A British Army jungle patrol attacks a native " Basha", a bamboo hut, in a banana grove while on the hunt for Japanese enemy soldiers in the swamps

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

A private of the Kings Regiment stands guard with a sub-machine gun at the entrance of a tunnel network in Gibraltar. Circa 1942

On the Adriatic sector of the Eighth Army front north of Faenza, Italy, Lieutenant G. Sherman, of Sutton, Surrey, in charge of a mortar platoon

Men of the Royal Northumberland fusiliers have recently undergone practice exercises at beach landing on invasion lines. Small boats are brought closely into shore

British troops continue to land on the beach-heads of Normandy, Northern France to support their comrades who made the crossing the previous day as part of the Allied D-Day landings

British and Canadian troops enter the liberated town of Falaise, Northern France. The Falaise Pocket was the decisive engagement of the Battle of Normandy

Private Morris of Acton, London, part of the British Airborne troops in Holland, on guard at Divisional Headquarters. The Airborne flag, bearing Pegasus, the flying horse of Greek mythology

Private J. Connington of Selby, Yorkshire fighting with the 1st Allied Airborne Army in Holland with his Sten Gun. 20th September 1944

Member of the Army Reconnaissance Corps. 27th September 1942

While many people thin the Army is training for defensive action against the enemy, British Army Commanders have other ideas

Brigadier General Maxwell meets Alexander Kirk and senior British officers in Egypt. December 1941

As the great Allied tank drive south of Caen along the Odon valley continues in Northern France, as well as the push east of the city to Trouarn

British and Canadian troops captured the city of Caen in Northern France after a massive assault from air land and sea. The Germans resisted bitterly before the city was entered

Fusilier F. Walsh of Grosvenor Avenue, London packs a doll which he bought in Brussels, Belgium for his daughter Rita for Christmas. Picture taken in an ex- German barracks on the Western Front

Grenadier Guard manning a forward position in France seen in this picture pulling the pin from a grenade. 18th April 1940

Desperate fighting is taking place in the Valley of the Odon river in Normandy, Northern France, A surprise attack towards Every was made by Allied troops at dawn on 16th July 1944

The Reconnaissance Corps, the "armed eyes"of the British Army
The Reconnaissance Corps, the " armed eyes" of the British Army, seek out the enemy and establishes preliminary contact

General Sir John Dill with Czech troops in the Western Command. December 1940

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