World War Two Collection (#11)

British Parachute Squadron (actual regiment unknown) training group. Picture taken 2nd March 1942

The new Air Sea Rescue boat. The RAF vessel 2558. Location unknown. Picture taken 12th July 1943

Liverpool - July 1944. Evacuation children at a Liverpool Train Station. It is not clear if they have arrived from London, or are going to London. Picture taken 24th July 1944

At the War Office Selection Board school. All candidates for promotion from the ranks undergo a three days course to determine whether they have the qualities necessary to make a good officer

Members of the Army from all commands are to broadcast tomorrow. Major Basil Brown (centre) and Captain. Frederick G Lloyd, a well known producer of the Main Of The Mountains

A blind man plays darts. His name is not known Picture taken 30th April 1945

Canadian soldiers on the Italian front during the Second World War. New field telephone device but the same " Old Bill"

Picture taken early in 1944 on the 14th Army front in Arkan. Japanese infiltration groups trying to reach Imphal, Manipur, suffered very heavy casualties at the hands of British and Indian troops

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

Brigadier B. W Leicester D. S. O and Bar, R. M, (wearing steel helmet and lifebelt
Brigadier B.W Leicester D.S.O and Bar, R.M, (wearing steel helmet and lifebelt) with Lieutenant Colonel E.C.E. Palmer D.S.O

A group of Luxembourg Hawks, an organisation which corresponds with the British Boy Scouts and Girl Guides. October 1944

A US marine is assisted onboard a American transport by two Coast Guardsmen after fighting on Eniwetok Island. Circa February 1944

Grimy and weary after 48 hours of fighting on Eniwetok Atoll in the Marshall Islands, US Marines enjoying coffee aboard a transport ship

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

The British destroyer HMS Fury refuels from the cruiser HMS Trinidad despite heavy seas and falling snow whilst on patrol in the North Atlantic. 9th March 1942

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

Brigadier Clarence Churchill Mann, awarded the D. S. O. for his part in the Dieppe raid
Brigadier Clarence Churchill Mann, awarded the D.S.O. for his part in the Dieppe raid. Circa 1942

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

American troops of the 34th Infantry Division landing on the beaches at Surcouf, twenty miles east of Algiers. Operation Torch signalled the American entry into the Mediterranean War

Searching for isolated pockets of resistance and snipers, Canadians move cautiously through a rubble-strewn street of Caen. July 1944

A Royal Engineer bulldozer seen here on Gold beach. June 16th 1944

The Qattara Depression was created by the interplay of salt weathering and wind erosion. Some 20 kilometres west of the depression lie the oases of Siwa in Egypt

Bill Teasdale (left) who is now walking about with a broken neck. Surrey Military Hospital. His " horse collar" makes it impossible for him to turn his head. 25th September 1945

Survivors of a downed Wellington pictured just before their rescue in the Bay of Biscay. They are rescued by a Sunderland of RAF Coastal Command. 27th August 1944

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

"Z for zebra", a Sunderland V flying boat, makes RAF Coastal Command
" Z for zebra", a Sunderland V flying boat, makes RAF Coastal Commands last convoy escort for the Royal Navy. At one minute past midnight on 4th June 1945

Borys Karnicki, captain of the famous Polish submarine "Sokol"
Borys Karnicki, captain of the famous Polish submarine " Sokol" after its return from the Mediterranean. July 1942

A Short Sunderland of No. 10 Squadron takes off from the water after alighting to rescue 3 survivors from a Vickers Wellington of No

A Christening in an Air Raid Shelter. The Blitz, (September 1940-May 1941), nighttime bombing raids against London and other British cities by Nazi Germany during World War II

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

HMS Kelly returns to the River Tyne after being torpedoed off the coast of Norway on the 10th May 1940

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

While the ships company of HMS Newcastle are bathing over the side Able Seaman H Leonard, of Charlton-cum-Hardy, Manchester, stands by with loaded rifle in case any sharks should approach the ship

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

Crusader tanks get ready for action in Tunisia during the North African campaign of World War Two. December 1942

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