Military Collection (page 5)

Two British soldiers, Corporal Cobb and Lance Corporal Salt who marched for 21 days through the jungle of Burma to avoid capture by the Japanese before reaching the 17th Indian Division in the Imphal

At an experimental gunnery camp in Manorbier, Wales, members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) are doing very secret work operating Kine- Theodolite instruments which record the burst of

Driver Don Brinton of the Royal Army Service Corps (RASC) Air Dispatch Service, dressed in the full kit of the service which includes battle dress, roll top pullover, flying suit lined with fur

Pegu, the vital road and rail junction 50 miles north of Rangoon, Burma on the wide Pegu river has fallen to the Allied Fourteenth Army in their sweep Southwards to the Burma coast. Picture shows: R

Australian troops land at Jacquinot Bay in New Britain, Papua New Guinea during the battle in the Far East in the Second World War

One of the most momentous conferences of the war began in January 1943 near Casablanca, Morocco when American President Roosevelt

British Army private serving on the front line in Burma during the Second World War. April 1945

Burma DUKWs (known as Ducks) take supplies and reinforcements from the Chindwin River to forward British troops driving on Mandalay, Burma during the Second World War

First members of the WaF in Berlin, Germany at the end of the Second World War in Europe. Section officer P. hack of Palmers Green, London and Section Officer H

The so called "Tobacco factory"at Carocetto, Italy
The so called " Tobacco factory" at Carocetto, Italy, scene of bitter fighting during the bridgehead battle, fell to British troops on 28th May 1944

The landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) or Higgins boat, a landing craft used extensively in amphibious landings in World War Two

The rifle range of a company of Home Guard on parade in Reading, Berkshire during the Second World War. 29th June 1942

Operation Blackcoc was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands

Chinese workers inspect the fuselage of a Japanese plane, shot down by British a gunners in Malaysia. January 1942

Two De Havilland Mosquito bomber planes from the No. 140 Wing RAF of the Second Tactical
Two De Havilland Mosquito bomber planes from the No.140 Wing RAF of the Second Tactical Air Force attack the Gestapo headquarters housed in the University of Aarhus in Denmark during the Second World

Scottish crew of a Bofors gun in Malta. May 1942

The aftermath of the Battle for Caen. The town fell to Canadian and British troops on the 9th July after a sustained bombardment which caused substantial damage to the town

British Army constructing gun emplacements near Alexandria, Egypt. 15th December 1940

At an aircraft receiving depot, cadets are being x-rayed in modern manner, miniature film being used. The films after development are projected on to a screen and cases of suspected T.B

A sunken enemy ship lies in the harbour of Gaeta on the west coast of Italy near Rome during the Second World War. Circa May 1944

The German battleship Bismarck burns on the horizon approximately 350 miles west of Brest, France in the Atlantic Ocean after being engaged by the British battleships King George V

A flak landing craft equipped with anti-air weaponry. October 1943

Leading Air Mechanic George Shields of Crwys, Cardiff who served aboard the British Royal Navy aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal. November 1941

A French woman slaps a captured Gestapo agent who was the cause of her husband being mutilated during the German occupation in Southern France. 31st August 1944

Number 1 Commando Brigade led the British assault across the Elbe River. They had captured their objective, Lauenburg by dawn on April 29th 1945

Men of C. Company, the Border Regiment, waiting to repulse a German attack, who were barely a hundred yards away during the battle in the Netherlands. 20th September 1944

RADAR equipment used for offensive and defensive purposes. The Radar " Chain Home" station was as one of the first types of radiolocation stations to be erected in the defence of Great

The passage of the convoy from the west to Malta on June 14 / 16 was under the command of
The passage of the convoy from the west to Malta on June 14/16 was under the command of Vice- Admiral Curtesis. It was sighted

Burma, British Infantrymen search village huts on the approach to Meiktila, Burma, Picture Issued 22nd March 1945

The wreckage of a Junkers Ju 88 F1+BT Wk Nr 7188 of III / KG 76 at Wychbold
The wreckage of a Junkers Ju 88 F1+BT Wk Nr 7188 of III/KG 76 at Wychbold. The aircraft was damaged by Sgt Jankowiak of 307 Squadron and also hit by anti aircraft guns in the Liverpool area

The remains of 281 and 283 Hales Lane, Smethwick after Heinkel He 111 1G+KM Wk Nr 1555 of 4./KG 27 was shot down by Defiant N3387 of 151 Squadron and crashed into the houses

A reconnaissance photograph taken by the RAF of the completely destroyed town of Duren, Germany, after the daylight attack by RAF Lancaster Bombers of Nos, 4, 6 and 8 Groups

Operation Blackcock (14th - 26th January 1945) was an operation to clear German troops from the Roer Triangle, formed by the towns of Roermond and Sittard in the Netherlands

A reconnaissance photograph taken by 542 Squadron RAF of the completely destroyed town of Duren, Germany, two days after the daylight attack by RAF Bombers of Nos, 4, 6 and 8 Groups

Wingate - Cochran Expedition, Burma Campaign, Wingate fighters (Major General Orde Charles Wingate, since killed) and Cochran Commandos (Colonel Philip Cochran)

The first British troops to enter Cherbourg were four RAF members of an Embarkation Unit. They entered the town with the Americans and took up their headquarters by the quayside

French civilians stand at attention and an American Army Gl salutes as the American and French flags are unfurled side by side in the centre of the city of Cherbourg

Women at John I Thorneycroft & Co, Hampton Launch Works, Platts Eyot have just put the finishing touches to a Whaleback boat. 25th April 1943

Female munition workers of a London war factory put on their make-up before staging a show to entertain girls of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS)

Six soldiers back from Burma, all from Droitwich, Worcestershire, enjoy a dinner at the Royal Exchange public house back in Droitwich

Members of the Royal Australian Air Force enjoy a dip in the cool sea waters as a refresher from the intense midday heat during a rest period in the Philippines where they are assistant General

A Kittybomber Curtiss P-40 plane of Number 112 Squadron of the Royal Air Force, nicknamed the " Shark Squadron"

The new cap badge of the Parachute Regiment. May 1943

HMS Tigris was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down at Chatham... The submarine had been adopted by the town of Newbury during the Second World War as part of Warship Week

Leander-class light cruiser HMS Ajax which served with the Royal Navy during World War II. She was famous for her part in the Battle of the River Plate, the Battle of Crete

WWII. ROYAL AIR FORCE. EAGLE SQUADRON SHOULDER PATCH. October 19th 1940

A French woman alleged to have collaborated with the Germans, the same Nazis charged with cold blooded murder of 27 men of the French Forces of the Interior in France

Allied steamer being torpedoed by a German U-boat. Circa 1941

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