01436 Collection

RAF personnel off duty in France. September 1944

A German B1E 1 KG Incendiary bomb. The bomb consisted of a cylindrical body, made of magnesium alloy, filled with thermite, an incendiary compound, to which a three-finned steel tail was attached

Picture shows The Sunderland. A new type of sea plane for the RAF

Readings Robin Friday gets a shot in. Circa August 1974

Combined operations exercises. Royal Marine Commandos hidden away in their landing craft. Picture taken during exercises in this country. Circa 1941

Combined operations exercise. Royal Marine Commandos landing from Troop carrying craft during exercises in this country. June 1943

Combined operations exercises. Section of a landing craft flotilla setting off during exercises in this country. June 1943

England World Cup 1950 squad June 1950 just before departing to Brazil Englands squad stand in front of their Lockheed Constellation before their long flight to Brazil

U.s Facility Visit. U. S. Army Air Force camouflage school Men in carefully camouflaged
U.S Facility Visit. U.S. Army Air Force camouflage school Men in carefully camouflaged sniper suits barely discernible from the ground. January 1943

The historic windows of Westminster Hall, London, destroyed after an high explosive bomb attack. September 1940

A striking photograph of HMS Queen Elizabeth, full speed ahead for the Mediterranean after the close of the review. July 1935

Fleet review. HMS Queen Elizabeth leading the line to sea. Circa 1935

Combined operations exercises. Support craft moving into position to make smoke screen for landing craft during exercises. June 1943

Combined operations exercises. Close up of support craft used for making smoke screen for landing craft. June 1943

Reading Standard. Valpy Street, Reading. Cooks prepare dinner at the Reading Home Guard Weekend Camp. 15th June 1942

Street scene in Athens. A civilian in the streets of Athens is caught between two fires during a sweep against ELAS positions

Indian Troops in camp in Derbyshire. They are giving a demonstration in throwing molotov cocktails. A training exercise of throwing what would be ammunition in real warfare

New US Fighter. P 47s (Thunderbolt) planes flying in formation

U.s Facility Visit. No 3, new U.s fighter the P47. March 1943
U.S Facility Visit. No 3, new U.S fighter the P47. March 1943

Cheering crowds line the streets of Sfax to welcome 8th Army tanks. Picture shows, eighth army tank passing along the streets of Sfax amid cheering and enthusiastic crowds. April 1943

HMS Hermes Air Craft Carrier. Throughout out the 1920s HMS Hermes was stationed in the far east, but in World War Two she was assigned to firstly hunt for German -Boats in The Mediterranean

Picture shows The HMS Nelson, in 1935. HMS Nelson (pennant number: 28) was the name ship of her class of two battleships built for the Royal Navy in the 1920s

HMS Orion flagship of Rear Admiral J M Mansfield seen here laying down a naval bombardment on enemy roads and positions at Garigliano in aid of the 5th Army 18th January 1944

The HMS Shropshire. HMS Shropshire was a Royal Navy (RN) heavy cruiser of the London sub-class of County-class cruisers. She is the only warship to have been named after Shropshire, England

A casualty from a minesweeper being lifted on board the British cruiser Orion from a motor launch with brought him to the cruiser. November 1944

Scene at Staple Inn, Holborn, destroyed in a robot flying bomb raid. Second World War. Circa 1944

Greek crowds welcome British troops, Piraeus, Greece. A combined British and Greek fleet is pouring troops ashore at Piraeus the post of Athens

A Parisienne woman in Paris, France. September 1944

Air Office Commander JT Babington presenting The Air Force Medal (AFM) to Pilot Officer Hrncir, a Czech polis at a South Wales station. Internet background on Officer Hrncir suggests the below

The fire services on standby in South Wales, possibly Cardiff during The Second World War

Eighth Army occupies Catania. Early on the morning of August 5, the key Sicilian port of Catania was occupied by Infantry of the Eighth Army. Circa August 1943

US Army nurse lands in Italy. Her overalls rolled above her knees and shoes toed round her neck, a US Army nurse wades ashore at Naples, while her companions come down the gangway of a landing craft

RAF raid Italian bases. Almost daily bombers of the RAF Middle East Command are raiding Italian air bases in North Africa. This picture illustrates a successful raid

On the trail of the nazis in Ortona. Members of a Canadian regiment advancing down a
On the trail of the nazis in Ortona

Moving forward in Italy. Corporal W McLean of Carlyle, Scotland, kicking in the door of a house in Colle, Italy, while it is covered by Private A Hamilton, of Glasgow, Scotland. December 1943

Facility Visit. Overcoming the difficulty of crossing a river without boat or raft shown by members of an RAMC Field Ambulance Coy in training in the Lake District. 22nd November 1943

Letter to the Barry Local Defence Volunteer Force. 26th June 1940

Western Command Facility Visit. In the Blacksmiths shop at a North-West depot of
Western Command Facility Visit

Scenes in Paris, France during World War Two. September 1944

Western Command Facility Visit. Two craftsmen - the new army rank - of the R. E. M. E
Western Command Facility Visit. Two craftsmen - the new army rank - of the R.E.M.E. Corps which is inaugurated this month repairing a number of mincing machines at a north-west depot. September 1942

A dump of enemy equipment knocked out on Route 4, 25 kilometres north of Rome, including two Mark V Panther tanks, a self propelled gun

The second Battle Monte Camino e Fifth Army front - zero hour before the mountain
The second Battle Monte Camino Ð Fifth Army front - zero hour before the mountain offensive. A 25 pounder gun flashes, as the barrage opens, with one gun crew silhouetted in the fore ground

Robin Friday, Cardiff Citys controversial striker from the seen here after leaving the Royal Hotel, Cardiff after appearing before the Welsh F.A. disciplinary meeting. 15th April 1977

Home Guard from North Glamorgan had a realistic test of modern warfare in an exercise held in the Merthyr area recently. Our camera man ran into the enemy column seen here moving into the attack

Cardiff City inside forward, Robin Friday beats Burnley striker Paul Fletcher in the air 30th April 1977

Armoured vehicles of the local Home Guard are flung across the High Street of a un-named South Wales village as a temporary road block. Circa 1942

The Battle of Berlin was a series of attacks on Berlin by RAF Bomber Command along with raids on other German cities to keep German defences dispersed

The American landing craft 349 conveying German prisoners from the Anzio bridgehead to Naples, was thrashed to pieces at daybreak recently on an island off the coast of Italy

Western Command Facility Visit. One of the jobs which comes the way of the handy men of the army, the new R.E.M.E unit - repairing a bacon slicing machine. September 1942

Members of the Home Guard seen here firing Z Battery short range anti aircraft missiles. July 1942

Swansea, South Wales, picture taken after the World War Two had ended. Picture shows how the city has started to rebuild itself after the bombings of 1941. The Swansea Three Nights Blitz

Controversial striker Robin Friday signs for Cardiff City watched by his new manager Jimmy Andrews. 31st December 1976

A regiment from Wales during training in World War Two. It is not clear what
A regiment from Wales during training in World War Two

Robin Friday, Cardiff Citys new striker finds himself in the ideal position to get his head to the ball, during their game against Charlton. 22nd January 1977

Officers and N. C. O.s of a West Wales battalion of the Home Guard pose for the camera
Officers and N.C.O.s of a West Wales battalion of the Home Guard pose for the camera. Circa 1942

All the orchards on the northern side of the Garigliano have been thickly sown with mines - hence this notice. The man in the picture is L/Cpl. A.H

The Mayor of Swansea, (Councillor Tom James) handing out tea to The Auxiliary Fire Service (AFS) men from the mobile canteen donated to Swansea from The Canadian Teachers Association

British troops train in Egypt. 1940

Picture shows The Magdalene Vinnen, ship docked in Wales. Little information is available

Egyptian camel corps train in the desert. 1940

Gunners fill up their cans at a desert water-hole, had their first wash for days, and saved enough to keep them going another 100 miles. Libya. February 1943

Picture shows The SS Vega, The Red Cross Hospital Ship. It is docked in The Channel
Picture shows The SS Vega, The Red Cross Hospital Ship

Houses in South Wales after a Nazi bombing raid. October 1940

Berlin, Germany under Allied occupation. German civilians watch the entry of British forces into Berlin. 4th June 1945

Cardiffs new striker Robin Friday (right), trains with new team mates Ron Healy (left), and Paul Went 6th January 1977

Householders salvaging good from a bombed area in South Wales. Circa 1941

A Blackburn Botha Mark I, L8123 of No. 1 (Coastal) Operational Training Unit, running up its engines at Silloth, Cumberland. January 1941

A queue of soldiers waiting to buy Christmas presents for home at a Brussels store. December 1944

Members of the Civil Defence Services seen here salvaging goods and food from the bombed area of Rogerstone, Wales. Circa 1941

Boys of a tank recovery unit keeping warm in the wintry weather in Belgium. December 1944

Repatriation at Liverpool Docks. The war is over and troops, ships, and warfare returning to The United Kingdom

Beyond Catania, British troops turn Italian cannon on the enemy. Night action pictures from Catania sector where the 8th Army have advanced a good ten miles beyond the chief Sicilian port

Queen Elizabeth and King George VI visit Swansea in South Wales, to comfort and support the local people after the Three Nights Blitz on Swansea a few weeks before

British First Division troops of the 5th Army in Italy are fighting in some of the most difficult country in Europe. In their push through the Apennine Mountains to Bologna and the Lombardy Plains

Russian General Sudakoff dances with a British ATS girl, Private D Cripps at a Corporals Club at a barracks in Cairo. April 1944

Damage in a Welsh rural district when a bomb dropped on a stable. Circa 1941

An RAF Sergeant interpreter discusses domestic business with Portuguese women who have undertaken laundry work for RAF personnel in the tented encampment at Lagens, The Azores

Wadis near Tobruk from the air. Libya. February 1943

A woman and children standing amongst the rubble outside a building in South Wales following an attack by Nazi raiders. Circa 1941

Soldiers of the 24th Guards Brigade give covering fire to a fighting patrol advancing into Rosennano to clear the village of German snipers 9th July 1944

The pyramids, Egypt 1940

Aerial reconnaissance image taken over Mainz, Germany, by No

Reading Striker Robin Friday seen here for a team photo call Circa August 1974

Bomb damage to back premises on the outskirts of a South Wales town. In the corner on the left is a wrecked motor car. Circa 1941

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