Military Collection (page 20)

Operating from a landing strip carved by RAF airmen and Yugoslav Partisans with picks and shovels out of vineyards among the rocky hill of a

The 28th November is Independence Day in Albania. On this day 32 years ago, the Albanian people were freed from Turkish rule On this occasion

Father Devine with the British 7th Armoured Division, holds mass in a Roman Catholic church near the army headquarters in Berlin, Germany, where several hundred troops attended

Picture taken in Germany during the Second Word War shows four German parachute troops, as the type used in Crete in May 1941. Circa May 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

A battalion of the Leicester Regiment serving with the British Army in the Middle East during the Second World War. Photo graph shows: Captain R.E

Combined Operations raid on Dieppe on 19th August 1942. Canadian and U. K
Combined Operations raid on Dieppe on 19th August 1942. Canadian and U.K. Special Service Troops carried out the raid with a detachment of a U.S

Belgian people go wild with excitement as the first American troops roll in to Soignies, Belgium. Youngsters how their joy by shaking hands with the American troops of an Armoured Infantry unit as

A battalion of the Hampshire Regiment serving with we British Expeditionary Force in France during the Second World War. Photo shows

WaF Officers of the Photographic Interpretation Branch in Italy visited the much damaged Foggia area to see the work done by bombers before the invasion of Italy

First pictures of the British Army entry in to Brussels, Belgium during the Second world War. Photo shows: The Palais de Justice set on fire by fleeing Germans as the British entered the city

Pilot of a Beaufort bomber, after an attack on the Prinz Eugen Heavy Cruiser, making his report to the Intelligence officer on his return from the attack. 18th May 1942

Aerial view of the 1st US Army Trucks and equipment rolling across a pontoon bridge over the Rhine, towards the Eat bank of the river

Mechanics working on the British Royal Navy aircraft carrier HMS Argus inside the hangar after it had completed 25 years of continuous service with the Royal Navy. September 1943

Lorries, Bren Carriers and despatch riders all fork part of this long convoy of Canadian men and equipment moving in to Caen during the Battle of Normandy in the Second World War. July 1944

The Suffolk Regiment serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France during the Second World War. Photo shows: The mens billet. March 1940

Allied troops in Holland following the liberation of Europe. British troops of Airbourne division who fought heroically at Arnhem

The Hampshire Regiment serving with the British Expeditionary Force in France during the Second World War. Photo shows: A group of men standing as the tea is handed out. March 1940

A battalion of the Middlesex Regiment serving with we British Expeditionary Force in France during the Second World War. Photo shows: A class going through a drill with a Vickers gun. March 1940

Artillery fire from American guns blasted Germans from their positions which they held in the town of Wallendorf, Germany. Furniture has been removed from blazing homes. September 1944

The Battle of Monte Cassino, a series of four assaults by Allied Forces against the Axis held Winter Line during the attempted advance on to Rome, Italy in the Second World War

First pictures after the British entry into Amiens, France during the Second world War. Picture shows: These women had denounced the local resistance and Communists

Scene at the cook house at the Reading Home Guard camp in Berkshire during the Second World War. 15th June 1942

Private R. G. Davis of Plough Lane, Wokingham, sends this snapshot of himself reading
Private R.G. Davis of Plough Lane, Wokingham, sends this snapshot of himself reading the " Reading Standard" to his fiancee in Reading from his base in the Middle East during the Second

The War Cabinet pose for a picture at Downing Street, circa October 1941. Picture shows standing L-R: Sir Edward Bridges, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles F. A

Members of the Home Guard on parade Kidmore End near Reading, Berkshire on Sunday 18th May 1941

Home Guard on parade in Lincolnshire during the Second World War. 1941

March past of the Cardiff sector of the Home Guard at their final parade in Cardiff. The salute was taken by Lieutenant General D. G. Watson G.O.C. in Chief, Western Command. Circa 1941

Members of the Reading Home Guard during the Second World War. Circa 1942

The band of an Army Technical School leads the parade of Officers and men of HMS Garth from the railway station to the Town Hall in Wokingham, Berkshire during the Second World War. 26th January 1945

Trainees at a Royal Engineers Transportation training centre repair locomotive wheels in one of the workshops during the Second world War. 24th August 1943

The cast of the play "The Moon Is Down"which was given by an RAF Amateur
The cast of the play " The Moon Is Down" which was given by an RAF Amateur Dramatic Society at an RAF station in Woodley, Berkshire during the Second World War

Womens Home Guard on parade at St Benedicts Square in Lincoln during the Second World War. 15th May 1944

A group of Reading men serving in Iceland with the Royal Artillery during the second World War. The picture was sent by Gunner F. G. Clements (left, front row). Circa January 1942

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

Princess Mary, the Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood, pictured at an ATS Training depot near Reading during the Second World War

The YMCA have a number of travelling tea cars with the british Expeditionary Force serving in France. They provide tea and light refreshment for the troops

Major John Begg, the Canadian officer second in command during the Dieppe raid of August 1942, for which he won the the Distinguished Service Order at an investiture ceremony on 27th October 1942

Soldiers of an anti aircraft battery at an un-disclosed location close to Birmingham. 12th October 1939

Come to the cookhouse door. Serving out dinner at an anti aircraft battery at an un-disclosed location close to Birmingham. 12th October 1939

The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Sergeant Alfred Clive Hulme of the N. Z. E. F
The Victoria Cross has been awarded to Sergeant Alfred Clive Hulme of the N.Z.E.F. after his actions in Crete. Circa 1941

Thrusting north and east from Eindhoven, Netherlands, british troops crossed the Bois Le Duc canal on 22nd September 1944

Mustang IIIs, the new long range fighter aircraft of the Royal Air Force, fly here in echelon step up formation as they form part of the escort to Allied heavy bombers in daylight operations over

King Haakon of Norway enjoys a joke with Norwegian Naval Cadets at their training college during a recent visit to the Norwegian Naval Depot and Norwegian Naval Units. Plymouth. October 1941

Moving up to the front line. New Zealand infantry marching through the choking sand of the Western Desert. Circa 1943

Milk being distributed, from a mobile canteen, to undaunted Maltese after a severe rain on Valetta, Malta. April 1942

An American Sherman tank on the British front in Normandy, Northern France, mounting a 17 pounder British gun. The conversion has been made in the United Kingdom

These photographs give some indication of what a gigantic task the construction of the two prefabricated ports, their towing across the Channel, and installation off the coast of Normandy entailed

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