Second World War Collection (page 6)

Yugoslav partisans of Marshal Titos Yugoslav National Liberation Army are making good use of their stay in Malta to learn the use of both Allied and enemy small arms

The Sunday shift at Burnley Aircraft Products factory during Second World War. 1st November 1945

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Porpoise returns to its base in Portsmouth, England after 14 serving 14 months in the Mediterranean

Three pipers of the Kings Own Scottish Borderers infantry regiment with the battalion mascot " Bill", who seems to be practicing a song to accompany the music. September 1940

Bomb damage to the Bank underground station, London during the night of 11th January 1941

Picture shows people celebrating in October 1944. World War Two was still raging, but the people of England still found something to celebrate. Picture taken 1st October 1944. Location is Dover, Kent

Occupational Therapy held at Mill Hill Emergency Hospital. No location mentioned, but there is a Mill Hill in North London which looks correct for this picture

Women of the W. A. C. I - Women s. Auxiliary Corps, India
Women of the W.A.C.I - Women s. Auxiliary Corps, India, equivalent of the British ATS are releasing fighting men by doing many skilled

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Utmost returns home to HMS Forth, Holy Loch in Britain after 12 months of service in Mediterranean waters

Women Royal Navy Service training at the rifle range during the Second World War. A group of Wrens taking aim during shooting practice. December 1940

British assault craft reaching the shores of Toamasina, Madagascar during Second World War. 16th October 1942

After spending 11 hours in the sea, an RAF Hurricane pilot who had been shot down in combat over the retreating enemy, walked in to an aerodrome near El- Daba

Canteens conducted by the various services of the Army are " homes from home" for Canadian lads in uniform. Here they gather in the evening to join in song

In a Combined Operation on the night 27th and 28th February 1942, joint forces of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force attacked an destroyed an important German radio location post at

Lady MacRobert of Douneside, Tarland, Aberdeenshire has presented the RAF with four Hurricanes which will soon be in action in the Middle East. Three are named after airman sons killed in action

British forces entered Addis Ababa on 5th April 1941 having advanced more than 1800 miles in less than 60 days. Picture shows

Fashion - hats. In the style of a steel helmet. Picture taken 19th October 1940

Shepherd Tom Goodban with his sheep. Dover, Kent. Picture taken 1st October 1944

Consolidated PBY Catalina, an American flying boat, operating with RAF Coastal Command. Pictured in flight, showing one of the " Blister" gun turrets open. Issued: 12th April 1941

Operation Pedestal. A general view of the convoy under air attack showing the intense anti-aircraft barrage put up by the escorts

Royal Navy submarine HMS Torbay returns home to Portsmouth, England after her service in the Mediterranean. Picture shows: Members of the Torbays crew with the ships Jolly Roger flags of success

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Sceptre returns home to Holy Loch, Scotland after her latest exploits against a German convoy off the coast of Norway

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Statesman smashes a Japanese convoy in surface action in Far Eastern waters during the Second World War

British Royal Navy submarine HMS Ursula returns home to Britain after spending the last six days and nights sailing " blind" with her periscope smashed after being rammed by an enemy

HMS Truant has returned to Britain after an absence of 21 years in the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and Java Seas. As she came alongside the depot ship

A famous Scottish Regiment on manoeuvres in Malaya during the Second World War. The troops show how they have adapted themselves to the conditions of warfare which would prevail in Malaya by cutting

The 11th Battalion Royal Marines Battle course. Units of the Royal Marine Group Mobile Naval base Defence Organisation in training at their Chatham Camp base in Colombo, Ceylon

The World War II British airborne forces consisted of the Parachute Regiment, the Glider Pilot Regiment, the air landing battalions and from 1944 the Special Air Service Brigade

Picture shows "The Victory Dress"- possibly
Picture shows " The Victory Dress" - possibly (not confirmed as caption hard to read) - but possibly from Jeanette of London - 84 Newman Street, London

Cattle from a field at Waltham Abbey, Essex, seen roaming through the local Fire Station. A common occurrence. Picture taken circa 14th November 1944

British soldiers of General Andersons First Army at work on the telephone system which links up all the various companies of the battalion in the hills of North Africa. Issued: January 1943

The Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) under instruction for a drill. Caption suggest the male is Sergeant Withers. Picture taken 3rd October 1941

British U-class submarine prepares to go on patrol, North Sea, April 1943

Womens Land Army Girls, womans work is never done, especially when a girl needs a stitch in the seat of her pants, its her number one priority, October 1943

A German Luftwaffe fighter plane downed by the RAF and resting on the beach at Norfolk. The plane is a Messerschmitt. The Battle of Britain lasted from 10th July 1940 to 31st October 1940 Picture

Female workers, possibly munition workers on their break time. Far right is Annie Rowley, eating her boiled egg. Her three colleagues look at her in amazement. Picture taken 1st February 1943

Troops in Bridport, Devon, are entertained in a mobile theatre. Picture taken 27th March 1941

Taken during an attack by Bostons of the Lorraine French Squadron on the Mur De Bretagne Transformer Station near Querledan Brittany

The Lancashire Fusiliers in Burma. In the swamps and jungle of Burma the Lancashire Fusiliers are fighting with courage. (Picture) Troops at a jungle cookhouse. 22nd March 1943

Scenes inside Dambacha Fort after it was captured by patriots of Abyssinian Emperor Haile Selassie and Sudanese troops. Picture shows: Troops

With the fall of the Abyssinian fortress of Dessie, located between Addis Ababa and Amba Alagi, Italian resistance in Abyssinia is virtually at an end

The Royal Navy County Class cruiser HMS London on Atlantic patrol during the Second World War. January 1944

Bangor class minesweeper of the Royal Navy HMS Beaumaris at sea during the Second World War. December 1941

HMS Wayland, a depot repair ship of the Royal Navy, pictured during the Second World War. January 1943

Victory in Europe Day. (VE Day) in Portsmouth, Hampshire. A sailor accompanied by the WRENS (The Womens Royal Naval Service) celebrate in the street

HMS White Bear is one the Hydrographic survey vessels serving with the East Indies Fleet. She acts as headquarters for smaller vessels which penetrate small creeks

Huge underground ammunition depot, Southern Command. (Picture) Storage bays for shells in the completed section of the underground ammunition depot. 23rd November 1943

Fireman from The London Fire Brigade seen here at Camberwell, London, during a raid on the city on the 8th - 9th December 1940

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