Training Collection (#11)

The Sherwood Foresters. Night manoeuvres and march during training in forward areas. 26th April 1940

Training picture. The British Army on a training exercise. Somewhere in England. Location unknown Picture 22nd May 1944

British Parachute Troops in Training. In this picture paratroops are shown toughing up. They use every means to make themselves fit as possible. 14th May 1941

R. A. M. C. personal are the unsung heroes of many battlefields
R.A.M.C. personal are the unsung heroes of many battlefields. In the thick of the battle they move about collecting and attending to the wounded

The Suffolk Regiment was an infantry regiment of the line in the British Army with a history dating back to 1685. It saw service for three centuries, participating in many wars and conflicts

The work the Royal Corps of Signals extends from the War Office at home as far as the battle headquarters of Infantry and paratroop battalions, tank regiments and beach signal stations

These men of the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry are seen on the Sussex Downs under a course of instruction to use Bren guns from the hip. Circa 1944

The Sherwood Foresters. A series f pictures taken with the Sherwood Foresters now serving in the forward ears of the B.E.F. An advance scout, leading a sector through a wood. 2nd May 1940

Men of a battalion of the Leicester Regiment in the Middle East. (Picture) Sergeant G.Emmond s, of 17, High St. Enderby Leicester, who has served 18 years in the army, is seen here firing a Bren gun

Life saving equipment who are forced to bale out over sea. 21st June 1941

Mr S. R. Johnson (left) and Miss V. S. Bowers inspecting the rubber dinghy which their firm
Mr S.R. Johnson (left) and Miss V.S. Bowers inspecting the rubber dinghy which their firm presented to the crew of the bomber. 20th February 1942

New life jacket for Airmen. 21st June 1941

Lancaster crews in dinghy drill during Second World War. 30th August 1943

Polish paratroops on a training exercise. Picture possibly taken in Scotland, where the Polish air force was stationed in World War Two. Picture taken 27th September 1941

Explaining the composition of an incendiary bomb to office girls of a city company who are taking part in a fire fighting course

All fighter pilots most learn how to load their guns in case of emergency. picture shows officer pilots practicing loading their guns on a spare wing. April 1941

Miss Muriel Haddesley, former England woman cricketer and Warwickshire County golfer and hockey player, has been appointed to supervise the physical training

Marines in Ceylon train for battle. The 11th Battalion Royal Marines battle course. (Picture) Units of the Royal Marine group mobile naval base defence organisation in training. 25th November 1943

Britain train glider pilots in night flying. The Intense training received by pilots at an R.A.F. Brize Norton where glider training is undertaken

A training exercise in Harrow, Middlesex, with the cadets of the Lower School of John Lyon. British cadets learn how to arrest and bring in German soldiers. The cadets are dressed in German uniform

Picture shows a training exercise at a Home Guard School. During May 1943 - World War Two. The picture is from The Liverpool Echo

A tanks with its crew waiting to go into action during an exercise routine. 23rd June 1941

Bomber Command Battle School. (Picture) Airman crossing a fire trench. 11th October 1943

RAF recruits during training. Learning how to put out a fire, wearing his asbestos suit. Picture taken somewhere in England. Exact location not known. Picture taken 11th December 1941

The Admiralty hand over a 72 ft drifter to Birkenhead Sea Cadets to use in their training, at West Float, Birkenhead. May 1944

Home Guard during an exercise. 14th August 1941

A Cheshire Home Guard Battalion during an exercise with 6 pounder gun. 10th June 1943

Home Guard during an aerial attack exercise. 12th July 1941

Home Guard during an aerial attack exercise. 21st July 1941

As an experiment more than 100 school boys from various Public Schools are undergoing Army training at a Junior Leaders School in the South Eastern Command

Light Aid detachments of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers, the youngest Corps in the British Army, training under realistic battle conditions at a Battle school in the South Eastern

During their two weeks intensive training at the South Eastern Command Battle School, students are attacked by low-flying aircraft and at the same time

Boy cadets of 14-17 years old are learning the complex craft of modern soldiering. They study map reading and field strategy, and handle the armys up-to-date instruments and weapons

Britains army of today trains under war conditions. Although only a small of number of Britains huge army have received their baptism of fire in real war, Army Commanders

While many people thin the Army is training for defensive action against the enemy, British Army Commanders have other ideas

Officers and NCOs receive realistic toughening-up training under conditions as near to actual warfare as possible at Schools of Battle Drill established throughout the country

Britain!s shock troops- lots of them, who are undergoing a strenuous course o training for the day when they will be needed Picture taken in Northern Ireland shows Anti Tank riflemen taking part in a

At a school of bridging and watermanship in Northern Ireland, British Army troops are given instruction in the construction of temporary bridges and in watermanship generally

At a Battle school in the Western Command, students undergo a course in modern battle tactics on Commando lines. Charges are fired during practice assaults to give added realism

Newspaper correspondents nave recently visited one of the large ammunition depots in the country. Here they saw personnel handling ammunition of all sizes

Picture taken at a Battle School give some idea of the tough training men undergo. Exercises for soldiers and officers of the Allied armies as well as the British Army are carried through with

A party of factory workers recently visited an anti-tank regiment where they saw the guns for which they had helped to make various parts

A small West Country arms firm has produced one million trench mortar bombs so quickly that they have received a Ministry of Supply telegram of congratulation and, as a reward

Thousands of factory workers and their families were guests of the Northern Command and the Ministry of Supply when they saw fighting troops using weapons they help to make

Soliders of the Yugoslav Partisan Army, at a station somewhere in the Middle East, are undergoing a 30-day period of intensive training in mechanical warfare prior to Joining Marshal Titos forces in

Preparing for assault course training. Circa 1940

National Fire Service dispatch riders of No. 36 Fire Force area, practising on a Chigwell
National Fire Service dispatch riders of No.36 Fire Force area, practising on a Chigwell, Essex, assault course which has bomb craters

The AFS go about their training. World War Two. Hull Yorkshire. Caption suggests they are taking part in one kind of contest

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