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British soldiers of a tank recovery unit keep warm around a fire in the wintry weather during the Allied Advance in Belgium. December 1944

Royal Air Force night fighter pilots wear darkened goggles in the rest hut so that their eyes will be already adjusted when they go in to the darkness outside

A plane from HMS Furious passing over the aircraft carrier while manoeuvering to alight on the landing deck during exercises off the North Coast of Africa

The British Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal lists badly after being torpedoed by German U-boats 30 miles off the coast of Gibraltar during the Second World War

American assault troops in landing craft huddle behind the protective front of the craft as it nears a beachhead on the Northern coast of France during the Allied D-Day landings

Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery watches General Kienzl the Chief of Staff to German Field Marshal Busch, signing the tdocument for the unconditional surrender of the three German armies operating in

WaFS blackberrying and Tennis WaFS at Hawkings aerodrome say goodbye to wing commander Mike Crossley, a battle of Britain veteran, DFC DSO etc as he leaves the aerodrome to be demobbed today

A salvo of bombs dropping into the sea off a South East coast town during Second World War. 14th August 1940

Some of the British soldiers of the Fourteenth Army who have returned home from Burma, photographed enjoying a sing song. August 1945

British thrust into Holland in the autumn of 1944. General view as British armoury enters Valkenswaard, the first village over the Dutch border. September 1944

First pictures of the Home Guard A. A in action Carrying the rockets to the projectors
First pictures of the Home Guard A.A in action Carrying the rockets to the projectors. 8th July 1942

The Welch contingent of Army men who took part in the Victory Parade in London, marching through the streets of Cardiff on their way to the G.W.R Staton. 8th June 1946

Monmouthshire Home Guard have their own assault course. (Picture) Miner-soldiers crawling under an apron of barb-wire, one of the many stiff obstacles of a mile course. 1st May 1943

A blackboard lecture on parachutists by Lieutenant Ewart Evans to men of the Welch Regiment. Circa January 1942

Major Robert S. Palmer (centre) with officers of the 6th Mumbles Company of Glamorgan H. G
Major Robert S. Palmer (centre) with officers of the 6th Mumbles Company of Glamorgan H.G. Circa 1940s

Pipers playing during an off duty spell to men of the Canadian Forestry Corps, which as been very active in Scotland for the past eighteen months working at full pressure felling trees

Polish paratroops hold a two day exercise in the Scottish command. Picture shows paratroops making their way through barbed wire under fire from live ammunition. 4th September 1942

US Troops and supplies enroute to Normandy, June WW2. A scene at an embarkation base in England as re enforcements of troops, tanks, guns, lorries and more

An RAF squadron recently joined battle with more than twice their number of Italian aircraft over Libya. The British fighters destroyed 15 Italian aircraft during the engagement

Hangers on Kure Airfield on Kyushu, southernmost of the islands of Japan, burn during an attack by American Navy and marine carrier based planes

Picture shows the remains of The Electricity Showroom in Bridlington, Yorkshire. circa 3rd April 1941. The actual location may be New Burlington Road in Bridlington, which was bombed 2nd April 1941

General view of the Japanese surrender ceremonies in the Central Military Academy of Nanking as Chinese General Ho Yin Chin (centre of table facing camera)

World War Two - combined operations exercises. Picture shows support craft moving into position to make smoke screen for landing craft during exercises. Location unknown, though Great Britain

Japanese naval elements in Saigon handed over to the British Navy on 24th November 1945. The surrender was accepted by the youngest naval officer in Saigon

US army facility visit for attention of US Censor. US Army and US Airforce combined exercise. A jeep radio car being loaded into the Douglas C47 (skytrain 118603)

Free French celebrate Bastille Day in London. A kiss from general Le Gentelholmme after he decorated a pilot with the cross of liberation and the legion of honour

A Matilda Tank landing on a beach as she shows out a smoke screen. She has been escorted to the beach on a Lanyard M279 support craft. Location unknown, though Great Britain

Sir James Grigg, the British Minister for War, visits British troops in Western Germany near the end of the Second World War. Pictured here left to right: Lieutenant General Brian G

Picture shows a side view of a Hawker Typhoon in flight. The worlds fastest fighter plane in April 1943. Google images suggests this plane could be ()

Picture shows a Wellington aeroplane, number 5 on the side of the aircraft). Below is a RAF Spitfire breaking off after attacking the Wellington. Picture taken in England. RAF Gunnery School

Congregational Church, Albion Street, Hull, pictured in 1946, shortly after World War Two. The Church was bombed in World War Two

Picture shows combined operations exercise during world War Two Royal Marine Commandos landing from troop carrying craft (LC A 612) during exercises in this country

Picture shows Fire Float, Hull, during World War Two. The city of Hull spent more than 1, 000 hours under alert during raids from 19 June 1940 to 1945, with almost 1

Lieut-Gen D. G Watson reading a message from Sir James Grigg (the war Minister
Lieut-Gen D.G Watson reading a message from Sir James Grigg (the war Minister) at Cardiffs Home Guard Stand Down Parade. Circa 1940

Picture shows a goods warehouse, Hull, Yorkshire, post World War Two. The van shows a sign for Vindec Bicycles. Vindec cycles were made as far back as the late 1800s

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. August 1940. Picture shows the remains of a bomb damaged Post Office, Hull. No actual street name available

Canadian loggers camp in Scotland during the Second World War. These pictures illustrate the off duty life of the Canadian loggers who, at a camp in Scotland, are engaged in felling timber

Aerial picture taken at Scapa of secret Fleet tenders - merchant ships camouflaged with wood and canvas to represent R Class battleships and the aircraft carrier Hermes

The Blitz. Bridlington, Yorkshire. June 1941. The bar and billiard room of The Britannia Hotel, Bridlington, Yorkshire, was destroyed by a German bomb, during the Blitz

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. February 1941. Picture shows Goddard Avenue, Hull. Although the roofs were damaged, the houses were not

Hull, Yorkshire, during World War Two. There are no details or date available for this picture. It shows officials inspecting a motorised contraption

Waterfall Lane, BlackHeath, Black Country, Birmingham, The Midlands, in post war peacetime. February 1949. An Austin Devon van delivers copies of The Birmingham Post and Mail Newspaper

France celebrates Bastille Day in London. Picture shows General Vigarie inspecting the French ATS. (Auxiliary Territorial Service). ***note - some artist pen markings are left on this print

The Blitz. Hull. Yorkshire. November 1940. Picture shows Cottingham Road. There is a suggestion it may have been a nursing home hit

The Fire Boat - used by The Hull Fire Brigade to put out the city fires by sending in water from a boat in nearby water. The officer in the picture is named as Chief Goodrich, (or Goodich)

Group shot taken at the opening of Barrys first British restaurant by the Mayor (Alderman Stanley Awbery). Also in the photo: The Mayoress of Barry Alderman and Mrs D.J Boon, Mr E

Ann Ladbury, Mary Morris, Lucy Morgan, Cherry Marshall, Lynne Inglis and Sylvia Marshall on the set of TV programme Houseparty. 1st June 1980

A bomb aimer in position in the nose of an RAF Stirling bomber during an assault on Berlin in the Second World War. September 1941

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