Training Collection (page 9)

Members of the Junior Training Corps and the Army Cadet Force undergoing a toughening up course at a Military camp in the North of England, in preparation of their calling up for service

Army motor cycle training. Circa 1940

Members of the L. D. V. seen here completing a course of intensive training to prepare them
Members of the L.D.V. seen here completing a course of intensive training to prepare them as instructors in physical and bayonet training

Wearing oxygen masks and cold-weather flying gear these men are shown in the cold-weather chamber, which tests the reaction of airmen at high altitudes. Circa November 1943

Two Polish pilots training to fly P-51 Mustang fighters. 12th May 1944

Scottish regiment - bayonet practice. Location England. Picture taken 22nd September 1939

"Speed"is the slogan of the Signals, and the Signals are the arteries of
" Speed" is the slogan of the Signals, and the Signals are the arteries of the Army. In the field it is not always easy for the directing staff to know the position

A party of boys from Army Cadets battalions from all parts of Southern England last week spent seven days at an REME School of technical Training near Reading, Berkshire

Ceylon School for Naval Gunners. At a School in Colombo, D. E. M. S
Ceylon School for Naval Gunners. At a School in Colombo, D.E.M.S. Gunners of Allied nations keep up to date with the weapons and methods use to defend their ships

Because Ilford fire-women who are competing in a tug-o -war tournament in Walthamstow on Whit Monday have no team with which to practise

London Fire Service Agility Team training during the Second world War. The Swallow. 2nd July 1942

Army Cadets. August 1943

Members of the Junior Training Corps and Army Cadet Force undergoing a " toughening up" course at a military camp in preparation for their calling up

A light tank in heavy country. during, training exercise somewhere in England. 7th December 1940

British troops in France on training Exercise using Light Tanks. 18th January 1940

British and Indian Parachute troops undergoing an intensive training course. Pictured, RAF jumping instructor makes a final adjustment to the fitting of the parachute before troops enter their

Navy ratings (cadets) at the on land HMS Gordon in Gravesend, Kent. They are learning how to tie different knots Picture taken 17th September 1942

Yugoslav Partisans are making good use of their stay in Malta to learn the use of both Allied and enemy small arms. They are taught by British instructors

Home Guard attacking a tank with a Molotov Cocktail during an exercise. 31st August 1940

Britain new Reconnaissance Corps forms the spearhead of the Armys attack. Theirs is the job of going ahead and harassing the enemy at the same time sending back information to the main forces

Reconnaissance exercise. Location unknown. London 28th September 1942

Swimming is regarded as on essential part of military training. Dunkirk proved the importance of this. A battalion of the Reconnaissance Corps had the idea of embodying in their swimming training

A Reconnaissance Unit of the British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment in training in Northern Ireland during the Second World War

A gun crew jump to action and run towards their gun. Training picture. Picture taken 1st August 1940

Men from a battalion of the Lancashire Fusiliers are undergoing a tough battle training course in Northern Ireland. Cliff scaling

Troop exercise in Iceland during Second World War. 13th June 1941

"Queenie"of a Quartermaster unit awaiting the green light for the invasion of
" Queenie" of a Quartermaster unit awaiting the green light for the invasion of the European contingent somewhere in England

Machine gun battalion in training in the South East of England. 16th August 1941

Before going on night work these Midland workers do half an hours physical culture under their instructress (seen in front of class) Mrs Eve Hanwell. May 1944

The Gibraltar Defence Force was formed time ago, so that volunteers from the younger residents of the colony have a share in their defence of it

RAF Personnel, whose job it is to guard the forward airstrips on the Burma front, keep up to the mark with a periodical course in jungle warfare

American Army Ambulances get ready to drive ashore at Slapton Sands in South Devon as the bow ramps of LCTs drop to the sand during rehearsals for Operation Overlord

British army troops are now under canvas in an area of the Northern Command where they are camped on the banks of a river and being traded in the use of collapsable attack boats

Practical demonstrations of the effect and the methods of combatting gas spray from enemy aircraft are given to British Army troops

Young miners who have been unable to follow their trade training at the North East marine school as part of the munitions industry. 22nd November 1940

Free French Sailors and Naval Commandos pose for the press at their their barracks in Southern England. 5th May 1944

Free French Sailors and Naval Commandos train in unarmed combat at their their barracks in Southern England. 5th May 1944

Senegalese light machine gunner of the French Forces on a training exercise in the Middle East. December 1943

New Zealand medical unit in training. When a soldier in training in the bush fell over a cliff, men of a medical unit put their training into practice

A flying leap before the instructor during the battle agility training demonstration of the R.A.F. Regiment at an R.A.F. Regiment Depot in the North watched by Lord Trenchard. Circa February 1943

The first Wrens to be trained as Balloon operatives have just completed their course. Besides learning how to operate balloons they underwent a course of instruction in their care and maintenance

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

Dario Gradi, Crewe Alexandra Manager conducted a team training session, Thursday 12th November 1992

Every Friday evening 100 housewives on the Lapal Estate at Quinton, Birmingham, stage a strike. They leave their husbands in charge at home and go to keep fit class. 4th February 1945

The National Fire Service Drill given before the Allied Defence Ministers at the Regional Headquarters, Lambeth. Pictured, agility teams giving demonstrations. 17th June 1942

General Sir Bernard C. T. Paget, the Commander In Chief of the Home Forces
General Sir Bernard C.T. Paget, the Commander In Chief of the Home Forces, accompanied by the General Officer Commanding In Chief of Scottish Command Lieutenant General Sir A. F. Andrew N

Tank exercises in South Eastern England. Tanks are seen climbing an extremely precipitous slope in the general advance firing as they go. June 1941

An international class of students of the Officers Training Unit in Palestine, 22 April 1944. Airmen from left to right - South Africa (Army Liaison Officer), Canada, Egypt, New Zealand

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