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Britain army troops training on ski in the snowy mountain ranges at Killin, Perthshire. Number 3 Commando. 22nd March 1942
Photographs showing members of the Royal Scots Fusiliers in training with the most modern and up to date weapons of today, the Bren gun and the Tommy gun
Norwegian troops serving with the Allied forces undergo training exercises in England during the Second World War. Under cover of a smoke screen
The Fifth Army at the Anzio Bridgehead in Central Italy. the Driver Rainer of 101 Mount Road, Gorton, Manchester and Sergeant Bitonti of 7865 Oakman Boulevard, Detroit, Michigan, USA
When a bomb fell near a station in London fire appliances were partially buried under debris - but the personnel who were eating a well deserved breakfast were soon out clearing the way for rescue
British army soldiers training for battle at night during the Second World War. Issued: May 1942
Officers who have received realistic toughening up training, under conditions as near to actual warfare as possible at schools of battle drill
Britain has shook troops, lots of them, who are undergoing a strenuous course of training for the day when they will be needed
An intense assault course has recently been introduced in Cyprus and is run by the Army Physical Training Corps. British, Indian and Cypriot troops are brought together
British Troops leaving for World War II from the United Kingdom. 19th June 1940
The Royal Army Veterinary Corps Hospital for sick horses at the Royal Reserve Veterinary Hospital in the North of England
The work the Royal Corps of Signals extends from the War Office at home as far as the battle headquarters of Infantry and paratroop battalions, tank regiments and beach signal stations
Men of the Royal Corps of Signals at work at a large formation headquarters. The Control, receipt and distribution centres in the signals office are also shown
British nurses and airmen photographed immediately after their arrival somewhere in France. Circa 1940s
A block of flats wrecked in an air raid. Second World War. February 1944
Can i be a paratrooper when i grew up? asks a small boy who has been watching paratroops being dropped from R.A.F. Douglas Dakota Aircraft. 21st May 1944
These men of the Duke of Cornwall Light Infantry are seen on the Sussex Downs under a course of instruction to use Bren guns from the hip. Circa 1944
The Sherwood Foresters. A series f pictures taken with the Sherwood Foresters now serving in the forward ears of the B.E.F. An advance scout, leading a sector through a wood. 2nd May 1940
A south coast town raided during the Second World War. Furniture on the roadside from houses that had been set on fire by incendiary bombs. November 1940
Men of a battalion of the Leicester Regiment in the Middle East. (Picture) Sergeant G.Emmond s, of 17, High St. Enderby Leicester, who has served 18 years in the army, is seen here firing a Bren gun
Eton College bombed. One of the masters houses in the college, showing Eton boys clearing away the wreckage. Second World War. Circa November 1940
British Troops loading up mortar with bombs during Second World War in desert. Circa August 26th 1940s
With the help of the Royal Navy, Allied troops are fighting their way forward on the Fifth Army front in the Naples area. Batteries of British
A new badge which has been approved for distribution to members of the Bomb Disposal units of the Royal Air Force. Issued: January 1941
The new Traffic Control army. This series depicts the duties of a vast, newly formed army initialled Traffic Control. The dire need for this unit has arisen from the road disorder caused by people
During the raid on this country on Saturday 29th January 1944, - several German raiders were accounted for by a Gunners. A mixed battery in the London area were responsible for destroying one of
For some time past, Britains newest anti-aircraft devices, rocket guns, have been in action against the Luftwaffe. These guns
Bomb damage, Plymouth, Devon. Circa 1941
HM the King during a recent tour of the South of England saw how the British Army is being trained in the new form of battle
The badly battered town of Cisterna on the coast road to Rome. 29th June 1944
German merchant shipping in the canal as the Zealous approached one of the famous Kiel bridges. 13th June 1945
Army soldiers sit on a German block buster"(3000 poundersArmy soldiers sit on a German block buster" (3000 pounders) bomb left at a Comiso bomb dump during their rush to leave Sicily. Issued: September 1943
The Allied Airborne troops operating in Western Europe were equipped with Bofors anti-aircraft guns specially adapted for transport by glider. Picture shows: An Ack-Ack seen in a glider
British soldiers of General Andersons First Army at work on the telephone system which links up all the various companies of the battalion in the hills of North Africa. Issued: January 1943
Staveley Road, Chiswick, the site of the first successful V-2 missile attack against Britain. 9th September 1944
Cecil Thomas and HG Bartholomew stand outside the Daily Mirror office, London. surveying damage after fire raid of 10th May 1941
All the year round, Anti Aircraft Batteries stationed in Scotland and North-East England undergo a two to three weeks intensive instruction in Anti-Aircraft Gunnery at a Training
A few hundred yards from the Schonbrunn palace, British Headquarters in Vienna, an AOP landing strip is being built by 198 Pioneer Company
Amy troops bayonet training in England during the Second World War. September 1943
Anti-aircraft gunners of Anti-aircraft Command are undergoing a new series of physical training exercises which involve the use of dummy anti-aircraft shells
Aftermath of a V2 bomb at Ilford, London. 8th February 1945
He 111 shot down, England. 1940
The Eighth Army was a field army formation of the British Army during the Second World War (Picture) The 8th army in action - location Western Desert. 16th July 1942
The Prime Minister recently witnessed a tank demonstration in which he was shown the capabilities capabilities of various armoured fighting vehicles over rough country
Fire appliances trapped and burnt out during the night. 29th December 1940
Herbert Morrison, Minister of Home Security, up a ladder, London. 1942
Heinkel He 111 Mk V, fitted with barrage balloon cutting device brought down on moorland somewhere in Britain. 21st December 1941
A howitzer demonstrated during an exercise by the British Expeditionary Force somewhere in Northern France during the Second World War. Photo shows: A general view of the gun. May 1940
