01436 Collection (page 2)

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 regiment this is, but its worth noting that two of the main Welsh regiments in World War Two were The Royal Welsh

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. The ship, The Magdalene Vinnen

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 Islands (exactly where is unknown, though see end of caption for details on it being in St Helier)

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. The people of Liverpool are pictured at The Docks

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. 3 Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, showing the area north of the Gutenbergplatz prior to the night raids by Bomber Command on 11/12

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

Aerial photographic-reconnaissance image taken by No 1 PRU, RAF, showing damage to the main diesel-engine assembly workshop in the MAN factory at Augsburg, Germany

Corner of a house damaged by a bomb dropped in a South Wales town. Circa 1941

Anzio Beach Head. On 22nd January the Fifth Army began their landing south of Rome, supported by Allied Air Forces and warships. Our picture was taken during the early stages of the operation

Queen Elizabeth II visits Leicester. 9th December 1993

A shelter in a South Wales area where a child was killed and two other persons injured. Circa 1941

Picture taken from ground level in Hamburg shows - devastation resulting from R. A. F
Picture taken from ground level in Hamburg shows - devastation resulting from R.A.F. and U.S.A.A.F. bomber onslaughts in July and August 1943

Citizens of Barcelona, Sicily, welcome US Troops with the US flag. Picture shows, people of Barcelona, one of the Sicilian towns on the Northern Coastal route to Messina

Despatch rider Bill Jenkins before his ride of terror through the streets of Swansea. Circa 1941

Reichsender Hamburg radio station now under British control. Lieutenant G. H
Reichsender Hamburg radio station now under British control. Lieutenant G.H.Perry, formerly of the " Daily Mirror" of the Psychological Warfare Branch, who does the station announcements

RAMC man fins a new kind of patient. Weighing a Sicilian baby. Men of the RAMC in Sicily are giving help and advice to Sicilian civilians

Aerial photographic-reconnaissance image taken over Hamburg, Germany, showing severe damage to the Rhenania Ossag AG oil refinery (top) and the Ebano Ashpaltwerke AG (lower right)

Blasting the road to Messina. Cluster of bombs bursts directly on the main road of Randazzo during Allied light bomber attacks on enemy roads of retreat to Messina. August 1943

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