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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. Pictured is a biplane, but it is related to the 2 winged plane
Queen Elizabeth II visits Leicester. 9th December 1993
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 camouflagedU.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. The P 47 is a low wing monoplane fitted with Pratt & Whitney 2000 HP engine with four bladed automatic control type propeller
U.s Facility Visit. No 3, new U.s fighter the P47. March 1943U.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. Cardiff, Swansea were hit badly in the World War Two, due to their locations near ports, oil
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 street in Ortona, in the course of house clearing and sniper hunting operations
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 the newly formed Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers where every manner of repair
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. EWestern 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 mountainThe 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
