Guns Collection (page 2)

A group of recruits for the Reading Home Guard Ant-Aircraft Battery pictured on parade observed by NCOs and Officers during the Second World War. 1st June 1942

A French tank fires at an enemy position on the outskirts of Belfort, France, while infantry pick of running targets from cover at the side of the road

These two- men had a tough task : they had to breach a mine field barring the approach to Brachelen, Germany. They camouflaged their M.1. rifles with adhesive tape to avoid being seen by the enemy

A party of six Canadian members of Parliament Messrs. W Ross Macdonald, A. G. Slaght, A. Fournier, H. Jackman, H.J. Coldwell and J.H. Blackmore recently saw the cross channel guns

Soldiers manning one of the thousands of coastal defence guns against possible German invaders somewhere in England during the Second World War. August 1940

Glyn Jones of the Newport Home Guard during the Second World War. Circa 1941

A veteran from the previous war gives instructions on how to use a Tommy gun at a Home Guard camp near Cardiff. September 1941

Soldier taking advantage of cover as he fires his gun in a South Wales training exercise during the Second World War. October 1941

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

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

Naval ratings undergoing training with Tommy guns for the first time. 29th November 1940

A stack of rifles and light machine guns captured from the Japanese at Sanananda, Papua New Guinea. The Japanese are being driven steadily north wards, by the Allies

Abyssinian patriot soldiers fighting against the Axis occupation forces of the German and Italian armies in Abyssinia, East Africa during the Second World War. 27th January 1941

The solider in the corner waited quite a while for this bus, Why?, Well, hes just home on leave and the conductress is his wife, He is Corporal Hugh Cameron of the RASC, Royal Army Service Corps

A Chinese mule team hauls a Chinese Howitzer over the mountainous terrain of the Burma Road to the fighting front against the Japanese in China. November 1944

British troops began work on the erection of defences immediately after arriving upon the Greek shores. Photo shows: General Sir Archibald Wavell, G.O

The Royal Air Force Air Transport service follows closely the advance of the Allied Forces, even to airfield operating within sounds of gunfire

RAF Regiment Corporal L Ratchford of Piercebridge near Darlington manning his Browning Machine Guns on a roof top in Naples shortly after downing a German JU88 which had attempted to bomb the citys

Canadian soldiers take over Guard duty at Buckingham palace during the Second World War. 18th April 1940

Royal Air Force Halifax aircraft of the Balkan Air Force have played a greet part in keeping Partisan Groups in occupied countries well supplied with guns, ammunition and other vital material

When Caen was captured by British and Canadian forces on 9th July 1944, Sherman tanks took a large part In the attack. Picture shows: Royal Riglneers engaged on mine clearing

An Ack-Aok gunner manning a twin Browning gun, brought down one 51 the pilotless planes during a recent raid over Southern England. The P Plane was sighted

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 Gibraltar Defence Force was formed time ago, so that volunteers from the younger residents of the colony have a share in their defence of it

Working on two shifts in the twenty four hours, the entire Fire Brigade at a large Ministry of Supply factory in the South of England are assembling rifles instead of idly waiting for the fire alarm

Anti Aircraft Defence of Naples during the Second World War. Photo shows:The pattern of lights made by anti-aircraft fire during a recent Nazi raid on the city off Naples in Southern Italy

In a recent exercise in the Southern Command, members of the Home Guard collaborated with units of the Royal Marines and a squadron of Polish pilots

A very interesting exercise, involving some three to four hundred Home Guards, recently took place in a mining area in the North of England

A War Office Travelling School is touring the country, instructing home guards. Pictures taken in the Eastern Command. A demonstrator shows how to use a sticky bomb. August 1941

Picture showing individual gunners who helped support the British infantry in the capture of the Dutch village of Zetten on 21st January 1945

Deep snow on the Eighth Army Front near Castel Frentano on the Italian Front during the Second World War. Bombardier Holt of Watford spots for enemy planes through his binoculars

General Sir Bernard C. T. Paget, the Commander In Chief of the Home Forces
General Sir Bernard C.T. Paget, the Commander In Chief of the Home Forces, accompanied by the General Officer Commanding In Chief of Scottish Command Lieutenant General Sir A. F. Andrew N

Defences of the East Coast of Great Britain during the second World War. Picture shows the battery firing. July 1940

British and Canadian armed forces occupy Iceland during the Second World War. Pictures of British Army soldiers on the island. August 1941

It is now possible to reveal the Interesting story behind the shooting down of a JU 83 from Fair Island off the North of Scotland

The smoke had barely cleared away when this picture of a US Marine 105 mm gun crew in action on New Britain island was taken

Soldiers of a US tank destroyers unit with the 101st Airborne Division, during its defence of the Belgian town of Bastogne

A pile of captured Italian rifles at Addis Ababa. June 1941

Artillery in action during the British advance in the Western Desert. Circa 10th December 1941

With the help of the Royal Navy, Allied troops are fighting their way forward on the Fifth Army front in the Naples area. Batteries of British

A captured Italian anti-aircraft gun, the pit of which is being used as an observation post by British Officers. December 1941

All fighter pilots most learn how to load their guns in case of emergency. picture shows officer pilots practicing loading their guns on a spare wing. April 1941

Eighth Army soldiers Sepoy Sardara Singh of Slal Kat District, India and Sepoy Jaawant Singh of District Pattiola, India, both of Indian Division

Picture taken at a battery in the Eastern Command, which is manned entirely by Newfoundlanders. Men bringing up shells for the gun on trolleys. February 1941

General Alan Brooke, The Commander in Chief, Home Forces, visited the Northern Command, and was accompanied on his tour by the Commander In Chief of Northern Command, Sir Ronald Adam

A few miles out to sea "somewhere in the Northern Command", is an island fort
A few miles out to sea " somewhere in the Northern Command", is an island fort, manned by batteries of an Royal Artillery Coastal Regiment who receive a rigorous training

Constant exercises by night and day keep the coastal defence batteries of the Royal Artillery in a high state of efficiency Pictures taken somewhere on the South coast of England showing a sentry

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