Military Collection (page 14)

A. T. S. members taking part in the fortnight shoot for the first time
A.T.S. members taking part in the fortnight shoot for the first time. But for the moment Lance-Corporal Audrey Chaplains satisfied to lend a helping hand to the girl with the gun - Wren T. Brown

Canadians in England playing baseball in Hyde Park during the Second World War. 2nd May 1944

The sinking of the submarine Thetis. Some of the crew from H. M
The sinking of the submarine Thetis. Some of the crew from H.M. submarine Thunderbolt who were involved in the triumph of sinking Thetis. 19th January 1940

Fleet Air Arm parachute packers seen here testing a parachute at an un-named Royal Naval Air Station. Circa August 1943

Onlookers from the seafront at Deal watch the Dutch vessel Nora, after having been beached following damage by a mine, then drifted against the pier, destroying 200 feet of ironwork and capsizing

HMS Ajax returns to the Royal Navy dockyards at Devonport following the destruction of the German Pocket Battleship Graf Spee. 18th February 1940

What started as just a routine August day at Middlesbrough station in 1942 ended in terror. A German daylight raid scored a direct hit on the overall roof, causing it to partially collapse

Officers of HMS Ajax and Exeter enjoying a drink during the interval at the London Palladium. The crews of the two ships are in London for a presentation to the King

Anti aircraft drill aboard a Royal Navy cruiser of the Home Fleet seen here on exercise. Circa October 1939

This is where we go... airmen who may be waiting to join their comrades on the continent study a map of France and the progress of the invasion, in a city bookshop

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery seen here enjoying the play " The Wind of Heaven" at St James Theatre, London. 24th May 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

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

Captain W. R. Patterson, the captain of the Royal Navy battleship King George V which was
Captain W.R. Patterson, the captain of the Royal Navy battleship King George V which was was involved in the hunt for and pursuit of the German battleship Bismarck

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

Famous brothers meet on land: Lieutenant General Sir Alan Cunningham of the British Army, Commander-in-Chief of the British Middle East Command, with his older brother

Home Guard being given instruction in the Enfield Rifle whilst on training and manoeuvres. Circa 1941

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

Army training in the scaling of sea cliffs somewhere in the South West of England. Circa 1941

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

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

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

Home Guard being given instruction in the use of sound location equipment, nick named " War Tubas". 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

A London sergeant and US Military Police on duty guarding the Royal Cinema in central London during the Second World War. 28th April 1944

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

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

Norwegian children and their families arrive in the UK after being evacuated from Spitzbergen. 12th September 1941

V2 explosion at the North East end of Hyde Park close to Marble Arch. The attack happen at 9:31am 18th March 1945 killing three civilians and injuring a further 81. 18th March 1945

Injury merchant sailor being winched down to a launch during the Second World War. 5th October 1941

Floodlights light the scene of a V2 explosion at Smithfield Market, Farringdon Road, London. The attack killed over 100 civilians. 8th March 1945

General de Gaulle shakes the hand of a Home Guard officer, Lt-Col. John H. Lewis. Looking on are the Lord Mayor, Norman Tiptaft, and also Col. Piggott

A crowd gathered in Victoria-square welcomed General de Gaulle, Commander of the Free French Forces, to Birmingham. The General visited the city to inspect a number of factories

Searchlight school, Birmingham. Unarmed training being given to the soldiers of a searchlight division in the West Midlands 3rd April 1942

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