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VJ Day celebrations in Piccadilly Circus, London after the surrender of the Japanese bring an end to the Second World War. 15th August 1945
World War II Invasion of France Part of the British invasion fleet bound for the Gold Juno and Sword Normandy beaches seen here on the morning of D-day from the cliffs overlooking Folkestone
The reflection of a member of the Home Guard. Seen here in a puddle at an un-named colliery. Circa June 1940
Paratroop Training at RAF Ringway, Manchester. England. Paratroopers checking each others harnesses and packs RAF Ringway was a Royal Air Force station in Ringway, Cheshire, England, near Manchester
A man searches among the debris of his destroyed home in Wavertree, Liverpool following an air raid by the German Luftwaffe on the city
Fifty Metropolitan Police who arrived on the Isle Of Man to act as wardens at the fascist prison camp at Peel, in place of the soldiers who were previously fulfilling the role
Anti-waste appeal slogans decorate a tram car in Glasgow, Scotland during the Second World War. 6th June 1941
Boys make model ships from cardboard in a London hospital ward, being made to keep as souvenir of the ward during the Second World War. 26th March 1942
In the Channel Islands there are abundant cigarettes to be bought with German and other currency. Here is Mr. Maurice Lane serving Mr E
Members of the East and North East London (36 Area) of the National Fire Service. undergo exercises at a training camp in Hadley Wood, Enfield
Home Guard training in the construction of temporary and pontoon bridges whilst on manoeuvres. Circa 1941
A British soldier reads the Sunday pictorial newspaper in some off-duty leisure time the desert of North Africa during the Second World War. Circa March 1943
Commander In Chief of the Allied Forces General Gamelin decorates Lord Gort, Commander In Chief of the British Expeditionary Forces and General Ironside
Avro Lancaster planes of RAF Bomber Command carpet bomb a road junction near Villers Bocage, Normandy, Northern France through which the 2nd
Home Guard being given instruction in the Enfield Rifle whilst on training and manoeuvres. Circa 1941
An impromptu Childrens show using a Anderson shelter for a stage during the London Blitz. Circa October 1940
Army dispatch rider training during the Second World War. Circa 1941
Home Guard seen here in the swimming pool fully clothed during training and manoeuvres. Circa 1941
Home Guard taking rifle practice during a mock gas attack. Circa 1941
Army officers are given a demonstration on how to strip down a Bren Gun. Circa 1941
Home Guard seen here being drilled whilst on training and manoeuvres exercise. Circa 1941
Station Officer Brown of the London Fire Service (LFS) with firemen Munkley and Matthews using breathing apparatus during the Second World War. 17th October 1940
Army training in the scaling of sea cliffs somewhere in the South West of England. Circa 1941
Bomb damage at Invicta Road, East Greenwich, London during the Second World War. Sub station 54 at East Greenwich received a direct by High Explosive bomb
British Army artillery training in the handling of artillery shells during Second World War.shells. Circa 1941
Picture taken at a Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (NaFI) training centre at Woking, Surrey where girls receive one month combined training for a business career as wells the efficient running of
The Union Jack flies over the Guildhall in London which was heavily damaged in an air raid during the Second World War. 29th December 1940
Members of a Midland village Local Defence Volunteer organisation (LDV) receiving their orders during an exercise. 3rd July 1940
Girls who will acts as hostesses at the new Allied Forces Stage Door Canteen, 201 Piccadilly, Central London, seen here being interviewed on the stage of the club during the enrolling process
Home Guard training in the evacuation of casualties during a gas attack whilst on manoeuvres. Circa 1941
Mrs Northwood, a cleaner and volunteer fire watcher at St. Marlborough Street labour exchange, London, during the Second World War. 5th March 1944
Female Argentine recruits who are joining the the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF), Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) and Land Army
The Auxiliary Territorial Service was the womens branch of the British Army during the Second World War. It was formed on 9 September 1938, initially as a womens voluntary service
Home Guard briefing whilst on training manoeuvres during Second World War. Circa 1941
Firemen tackle a blaze near Waterloo Station where a store of phosphorous bombs was set on fire during the second World War. 23rd June 1944
Women during an National Fire Service (NFS) fitness training course at the Regional Reserve Training Station in Tadbridge, Surrey. The class watching the instructor demonstrating a point
V2 rocket incident at Middlesex Street, Aldgate, showing extent of damage. A clothes warehouse was hit (Norwegian Clothing Ltd) and some of the stores caught fire
Home Guard being given instruction in the use of sound location equipment, nick named " War Tubas". Circa 1941
German air raid on the city of London during the Second World War. Devastation to housing caused by German bombs on Joiner Street, Southwark, London. Circa 1941
Valentine tanks on exercise on Salisbury Plain during Second World War. 1st August 1941
A British soldier buying flowers for his wife in central London as he returns home on leave during the Second World War. The flower seller has worked in the same place in the Strand for forty years
Troops clear bomb damage to St Michael Chapel at Canterbury Cathedral after it was damaged in an air raid by the German Luftwaffe during the Second World War Circa June 1942
Damage to a residential street in Stepney caused when an enemy aircraft crashed, causing wreckage to be flung across railway lines and a large number of houses
An Army band plays with wives and girlfriends during some off duty leisure time in the Second World War. 18th February 1941
Miss Gladys Harrison and Mrs. Winterburn in their studio near Oxford Street, making wigs for tank corps and RAF men who have lost their hair through burns. 24th August 1943
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
Captured from the retreating German Army in Libya, Northern Africa, this huge field gun is one of the many items being prepared as exhibits for the Woolwich " Wings For Victory" week
Royal Air Force Acting Squadron Leader Percy Charles Pickard, awarded the DSO for leadership in leading new Czech bomber crews on their initial operations in long distance bombing during the Second
