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General de Gaulle, Commander of the Free French Forces, arriving at the banqueting room at the Council House, Birmingham, for a civic luncheon given by the Lord Mayor
King Haakon of Norway inspects a Guard of Honour by the Birmingham Zone of the Home Guard, during a visit to an un-named Midlands aircraft factory. 8th April 1942
King Haakon of Norway during a visit to an un-named Midlands aircraft factory. 8th April 1942
King Haakon of Norway inspects a Guard of Honour on 8th April 1942, accompanied by Col. J. Clive Piggott (late Capt. Coldstream Guards), Commander of the Birmingham Zone of the Home Guard
American and Canadian troops land on Kiska during the first day of occupation. 29th October 1943
Valentine tanks straight off the production line are put through their paces at Leyland & Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon company at Smethwick. 1st August 1941
Women of the ATS working theEpredictors at an anti aircraft battery in the West Midlands. 12 December 1941
Searchlight School, Birmingham. Soldiers being given training on the 90 cm Projector Anti-Aircraft searchlight. 3rd April 1942
Matilda and Valentine tanks parade through central Birmingham as part of War Production Worker Week. 4th September 1941
Searchlight school, Birmingham. Physical training being given to the soldiers of a searchlight division in the West Midlands 3rd April 1942
Women of the ATS operating a identification telescope at an anti aircraft battery in the West Midlands. 12 December 1941
Women of the ATS who are operate the height finder optics at an anti aircraft battery in the West Midlands. Seen here receiving training on how to fight fires at the barracks 12 December 1941
Home Guard Round Up Enemy"in Birmingham All-Night TestHome Guard Round Up Enemy" in Birmingham All-Night Test. Incidents during the mock invasion operations in the Birmingham area 12th July 1941
Training exercise for the Air Sea Rescue in the Solent. RAF Marine section Air Sea Rescue launch 116 prepares to pick up a downed fighter pilot. Circa June 1941
Russian officer making a phone call in the ruins of the Reich Chancellery, Berlin. 7th July 1945
Picture taken on board one of the Royal Navy Escort Vessels during a West Coast of England Convoy. Some of the crew are watching an exciting game of Ludo on the lower deck during a short off duty
New recruits of the Auxiliary territorial Service (ATS) undergoing training as cooks in South Eastern England during the Second World War. 25th April 1943
About two years ago, men and women of the Barnet National Fire Service (NFS) were turning out in their off duty time, at the rate of many hundreds a week
Picture taken from a reconnaissance Spitfire showing gliders and airborne troops over Holland when the First allied Airborne Army carried out its first great operation of Operation Market Garden
K for King a Lancaster bomber of 405 Squadron Royal Canadian Air Force, a Pathfinder squadron. Seen here at Gransden Lodge airfield before departure on an ill fated flight when here pilot was
An American soldier walks arm in arm with a German civilian in Allied occupied Berlin at the end of the Second world War in Europe. 13th July 1945
British soldiers drive a car carrying the the Union Jack flag down the Champs Elysee toward the Arc de Triomphe in recently liberated Paris. 28th August 1944
Women of the Womens Auxiliary Air Force (WaF) at work in the nerve centre of an Operations Room at an RAF Station in England during the Second World War
Interior of the Sector G Operations Room at Duxford, Cambridgeshire, England during the Second World War. The callsigns of fighter squadrons controlled by this Sector can be seen on the wall behind
Bren Gun Carriers on patrol on the Sussex Downs, England as they keep watch for any attempted parachute landings by the enemy. 16th August 1940
Christmas airmail being loaded on to a British Flying Boat on its way to British forces in the Middle East during the Second World War. 16th December 1941
American Mustang fighters of the Royal Air Force in flight over England during the Second World War. 23rd August 1942
A Bren Gun Carrier makes an almost vertical drop down a hazardous spot during British Army training exercises in World War Two. 11th August 1941
Picture showing how heavy rain in northern Russia hampered the activities of the RAF Wing, the improvised landing ground being frequently water-logged and ankle deep in mud
One-armed Squadron Leader J. A. F. MacLachlan, commanding officer of Number 1 squadronOne-armed Squadron Leader J.A.F. MacLachlan, commanding officer of Number 1 squadron. His new mascot painted on the cowling, the V sign of a busted arm. 26th November 1941
Cooks of the Auxiliary territorial Service (ATS) seen here building a training tunnel on assaults course in England during the Second World War. 20th December 1940
British fighter pilots in the Western desert have a conference before going on patrol in the Second World War. 28th November 1940
A German U-boat caught in a hail of gunfire and bombs dropped by a Sunderland flying boat of RAF Coastal Command in the Bay of Biscay. June 1942
The leader of one of the first RAF Fighter squadrons to destroy 100 enemy aircraft while operating from one station is the famous hurdler Don Finlay who has represented Great Britain at the Olympic
A mechanic of the Auxiliary territorial Service (ATS) busy at work on repairs to a vehicle at a department near Nottingham during the Second World War. 3rd March 1941
Soldiers and girls of Auxiliary territorial Service (ATS) stationed at a farm in Buckinghamshire, England during the Second World War
A British LAC enjoying spare time with a model aircraft kit. 7th December 1944
Tthe first mixed "Ack-Ack"Battery in the North West region of EnglandTthe first mixed " Ack-Ack" Battery in the North West region of England, complemented by men of the British Army Royal Artillery regiment and women of the Auxiliary Territorial service (ATS)
Women of the Auxiliary Territorial service (ATS) in the North West of England during the Second World War. 19th May 1942
The latest recruits carry a poster in a march of the 77th Lancashire (Bootle, Liverpool) Home Guard. 11th August 1941
The first mixed "Ack-Ack"Battery in the North West region of EnglandThe first mixed " Ack-Ack" Battery in the North West region of England, complemented by men of the British Army Royal Artillery regiment and women of the Auxiliary Territorial service (ATS)
Mr W G Marks, manager of the Liverpool Corporation Passenger Transport Depot inspecting a parade company of the departments Home Guard prior to a church parade commencing at Dingle, Liverpool
The countrys first mixed "Ack-Ack"Battery in the North West region ofThe countrys first mixed " Ack-Ack" Battery in the North West region of England. Women of the Auxiliary Territorial service (ATS) at work on height finding with an anti-aircraft gun
Pilotage tricycles being used by potential Officer ratings of the Royal Navy ship HMS Alfred during training in navigation
Men of the British Army Royal Artillery regiment and women of the Auxiliary Territorial service (ATS), cooks in the first mixed " Ack-Ack" Battery in the North West region of England
Sea Cadets from Horley, Surrey training in Shoreham-by-Sea. The visit Shoerham twice a week for practice as there is no sea at Horley
British Army Royal Engineers sapper J W Gould from Leeds, helping US soldier Private Simon Davido of New York unload supplies at Liverpool docks from one of the first American ships to bring supplies
US soldiers see the sights of London from a converted milk wagon. Owner and driver of the wagon is Mr. Walter who runs a daily tour for the troops. 18th November 1943
