Flag Collection (page 2)

Volunteer Rosemary Smith welcomes the Deltic diesel locomotive to the Stephenson Rail Museum, North Shields on 27th April 1994

The start of the Scottish Semi Finals for the Boy Scouts Soap Box Derby held at Cramind near Edinburgh. June 1951

Cricket World Cup 1992 - Australia: Final: England v. Pakistan at Melbourne. Pakistan won by 22 runs. Pakistan 249-6 (50 over); England 227 (49.2 over)

Stockbrokers and stock jobbers seen here outside the London Stock Exchange before the begining of Trading. October 1963

Senator Edward Kennedy presents Catherine Hamill 9 of Belfast Northern Ireland with an American flag Thursday December 7 1995 that flew over the Capitol earlier that day

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

David Jason actor, holding cocktail and cigar Del Boy in Only Fools and Horses, 1991

Liverpool football fans at 1989 FA Cup Final, a match between Liverpool & Everton at Wembley Stadium May 1989. Final Score: Liverpool 3-2 Everton

Falkland Islands re-visited. War graves - 5th March 1999

Hooker the British Bulldog, pictured outside the European Parliament in Strasbourg, France, April 1995

The lifeboat Tynesider on display at The Royal Show, The Town Moor, Newcastle. It will be the first time that a boat of the RNLI has been exhibited at the Royal

The Tynemouth lifeboat Tynesider approaches Newcastle Quayside for its visit to inaugurate Lifeboat Week. Picture taken 3rd October 1950

The Sunderland lifeboat Edward and Isabella Irwin after her launch by Lady Marr. Picture taken 15th June 1936

RNLI flag at Barry Dock Lifeboat station. Circa 1990s

At 1500 hours each Saturday The Union Flag is hoist at the mast. Guard Parades and Buglers sound the General Salute conforming with the Ritual in the Royal Navy. 6th August 1942

Officers and sailors of the British Submarine Ultor displaying their Jolly Roger which records ships torpedoed and sunk by gunfire. Circa 1940s

Field Marshal Busch, C in C German Armies in North West Europe, meets the man who defeated him, Field Marshall Montogmery, at the latters HQ on Luneburg Heath

British and French forces capture Majunga during Second World War. 10th September 1942

The torn Battle Ensign of HMS Tartar carried in her action with German destroyers in the English Channel. Left to right: Able Seaman E.G. Nurse, W. Weatherall, D.J. Harvey, G. Lilley, and P. Gill

VJ Day Liverpool, Wounded men from Burma and other fronts celebrate at Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, Wednesday 15th August 1945

A view of the observation post which sits high above the frontier at Warre Kafule. Circa September 1941

Some of the officers and crew of HMS Proteus seen here on deck with their jolly roger flag after completing a year of patrols in the Mediterranean sea. 19th October 1942

Some of the officers and crew of HMS Unison seen here on deck with their jolly roger flag, after 16 months patrolling in the Mediterranean sea. 28th September 1943

First Home Guard in Britain to carry the red ensign of official parades will be the Sandhurst Home Guard. Picture shows Mr Kirkland Bridge of the Merchant Navy Comforts Services handing over at a

Attached to the Inniskillings is Chaplain D. Jones-Evans, who lives at Pontllanfraith. As both Mrs. de Luise and the chaplain are Welsh, they had plenty to discuss. Here he is seen with Mrs

A British soldier of 3rd Division makes friends with a young French couple and their baby in a ruined street in Caen following the fall of the town into allied hands. 10th July 1944

The Siege of Tobruk lasted for 241 days in 1941, after Axis forces advanced through Cyrenaica from El Agheila in Operation Sonnenblume against Allied forces in Libya

Following several raids by the S. A. A. F. Afmadow in Somalia was taken from Italian forces
Following several raids by the S.A.A.F. Afmadow in Somalia was taken from Italian forces. 29th April 1941

A crowd of Guernsey Islanders celebrating their liberation. May 1945

The King has approved the institution of flags for the National Fire Service and the Civil Defence (general) Services. The National Fire Service flag is quarterly blue and red

Lieutenant corporal William Pike, his wife and their son William John, outside their bombed out house. He has just returned to Britain after two years away. A union jack proudly flies behind them

Beneath the White Ensign a division, led by their divisional officer, marches past Captain R L B Cunliffe, RN, Commanding Officer of HMS Illustrious on board the aircraft carrier during Sunday

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Stoic returns home to Portsmouth, England after duty in Far Eastern Waters during the Second World War

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Unbroken returns home to Portsmouth, England after 18 months duty in the Eastern waters. Picture shows

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Umbra returns home to Britain after more than 12 months in service in Mediterranean waters under the command of Lieutenant S.L.C

Lieutenant Commander T. H. B. Pounds, R. N. of Putney London
Lieutenant Commander T.H.B. Pounds, R.N. of Putney London, Commanding Officer of the Sloop, with a captured Japanese flag presented to the ship by the Army

British and Soviet troops in Iran, a representative of the Soviet troops conversing with British officers. 23rd September 1941

The Union Jack (top right) still flying after shops had been damaged by a Nazi air raid over Merseyside. It is suggested the picture is taken in Liverpool. Street unknown

Greek engineers place a wreath at the Welsh National War Memorial, Cardiff, in celebration of Greek Independence Day. Picture taken 25th March 1942

Raising the Union Jack at Fort Dufferin, Burma. 1944

The flag of General Milhailovitchs famous Chetnik"guerrilla army
The flag of General Milhailovitchs famous Chetnik" guerrilla army, which constitutes a " third front" in the fastnesses of the Serbian mountains, is black with a white fringe

Liverpool, Merseyside. Demonstration of the home guard. Picture taken 16th May 1943

Citizens of Barcelona, Sicily, welcome US Troops with the US flag. Picture shows, people of Barcelona, one of the Sicilian towns on the Northern Coastal route to Messina

The battle ensign of HMS Mauritius crowning the night scene as the cruisers six inch guns flash out in support of the Fifth Army and the Anzio beach head. Circa February 1944

People seen here putting up bunting, Union Jacks and American flags in support of the Brits and Allies during World War 2. 17th September 1944

Royal Indian Navy hunts Japanese off Arakan Coast. (Picture) As towns along the Kaladan river Arakan are liberated villagers row out to greet our ships flying the Burma flag. 30th January 1945

Troops returning from the biggest ever Combined Operations daylight raid on the German-occupied port of Dieppe, northern France, during the Second World War

How the back streets of Manchester danced, the day before VE Day. 7th May 1945

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