01445 Collection (page 9)

A toast to the King during a Christmas party in the ward room of HMS Westminster, whilst the destroyer was docked at Rosyth. 14 December 1941

The advance to Mawlu, Burma. Men of the Royal Scots Fusiliers and East Lancashire together with British and Chinese artillery swept a roadside through the jungle

West Africans on push in the Arakah. West African soldiers and Indian troops on a mountain Battery beside a stream in Kaladan. December 31, 1944

A Hudson crew operating over Burma. In a jungle clearing an RAF engineer briefs a Hudson crew before operations over Burma. June 16, 1943

Below deck of HMS George V, a line of seamen queue to collect the daily rum ration for their mess. Each man is holding a jug or bucket

The Battle of Yenangyaung. Night picture of oil equipment blazing at the Yenangyaung oilfield in Burma. 11th May 1942

The German battleship Bismarck burns on the horizon approximately 350 miles west of Brest, France in the Atlantic Ocean. After being engaged by the British battleships King George V

A Punjabi soldier with tommy-gun on the lookout for Japanese snipers. March 2, 1944. Arakan (now known as Rakhine) Front in Burma

Vice Admiral Sir James Somerville, KCB, DSO, and the Captain of HMS Ark Royal, Captain L E H Maund, RN, on the flight deck of HMS Ark Royal. Circa October 1941

British civilians evacuated by RAF aircraft. Women and children shelter from the sun under the wing of an RAF aircraft on an aerodrome in Burma, while waiting to be evacuated by air. April 14, 1942

Lieut J Stevens, the First Lieutenant on the bridge of HMS Thunderbolt after returning from patrol Circa December 1940

Home Guard at a shoot on an artillery range. Home Guards including many old gunners of the last war are now taking over field artillery for local defence in the West Country

In a Combined Operation on the night 27th and 28th February 1942, joint forces of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force attacked an destroyed an important German radio location post at

In a Combined Operation on the night 27th and 28th February 1942, joint forces of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force attacked an destroyed an important German radio location post at

Land-Air co-operation is an essential of victory in this modern war of 3 elements. Planes act as " flying artillery" in the van of attacking forces

In a Combined Operation on the night 27th and 28th February 1942, joint forces of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force attacked an destroyed an important German radio location post at

The task of a Tactical Reconnaissance pilot - the eyes of the army - is three fold. To keep Headquarters informed as to the enemys movements and equipment

In a Combined Operation on the night 27th and 28th February 1942, joint forces of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force attacked an destroyed an important German radio location post at

In a Combined Operation on the night 27th and 28th February 1942, joint forces of the Royal Navy, the Army and the Royal Air Force attacked an destroyed an important German radio location post at

Among the equipment with which the British Army blasted its way into France and which it is now using are flame throwers. Chief among these are the " Lifebuoy", a man carried weapon

British flame throwing crocodile (MK-7) tanks in demonstration on German soil against a knocked out Nazi self propelled gun. Three tanks are firing on target. Issued: December 1944

A battalion of the Queens Own Cameron Highlanders shown training in the snow in their native highlands. They are stationed at an Infantry Training Centre in Scotland

Benghazi harbour in Libya is so frequently bombed by the RAF that the pilots have named the sorties to this target " The Mail Run" Picture shows

National Fire Service (NFS) in their own church within the fire station at St Johns College, Highbury, North London. Picture taken 19th March 1944

Picture shows a boy scout bathing a baby. Newcastle. Tyne and Wear. Picture taken 10th April 1944

Post VE Day, May 1945, Clothing being returned or purchased in this demob period for the armed forces. The name A H Spencer appears not eh caption - but not clear what it refers to

National Fire Service (NFS) in their own church within the fire station at St Johns College, Highbury, North London. Picture taken 19th March 1944

A thanksgiving celebration at The Queensbury Club, Soho, London, after war is over. Picture shows the wounded soldiers. Picture taken 25th November 1945

Tests of the new table-type indoor air raid shelter. A two-storey house was brought down by explosives to reproduce the collapse of such a house caused by a heavy bomb falling close by

Members of the volunteer Overseas Contingent of the National Fire Service have issued with special kit in readiness for service

Firefighters busy on board HMS Formidable after a Japanese suicide plane had crashed on to the flight deck whilst she was operating off the Sakishima Islands in support of the Okinawa landings

With the fall of the Abyssinian fortress of Dessie, located between Addis Ababa and Amba Alagi, Italian resistance in Abyssinia is virtually at an end

A bomb damage scene. Folkestone in Kent. The house is in ruins in the background. Picture taken 3rd October 1944

While British Troops under Lieutenant General Cunningham were occupying Addis Ababa, the Patriot Forces of Abyssinia led by their Emperor were capturing the strongly-held Italian post at Debra

Should the enemy attempt to land seaplanes on Lake Windermere, one of Britains largest lakes, he will meet with strong and effective resistance from the Home Guard " marines"

Members of the volunteer Overseas Contingent of the National Fire Service have issued with special kit in readiness for service

Utility dresses modelled at Selfridges. They are made by top designers including Norman Hartnell. Picture taken 10th October 1942

Home Guard at a shoot on an artillery range. Home Guards including many old gunners of the last war are now taking over field artillery for local defence in the West Country

Invasion-trained Canadian forces, who made assault landings on Sicily in co-operation with American Forces in July 1943, went through months of gruelling training in preparation for the operation

Benghazi harbour in Libya is so frequently bombed by the RAF that the pilots have named the sorties to this target " The Mail Run" Picture shows

Among the equipment with which the British Army blasted its way into France and which it is now using are flame throwers. Chief among these are the " Lifebuoy", a man carried weapon

Among the equipment with which the British Army blasted its way into France and which it is now using are flame throwers. Chief among these are the " Lifebuoy", a man carried weapon

Among the equipment with which the British Army blasted its way into France and which it is now using are flame throwers. Chief among these are the " Lifebuoy", a man carried weapon

Pictures taken at Tunis Aerodrome on 12th November 1942, following an attack the previous day by Beaufighters of the Royal Air Force on enemy targets

Among the equipment with which the British Army blasted its way into France and which it is now using are flame throwers. Chief among these are the " Lifebuoy", a man carried weapon

The Battle of Cape Matapan naval engagement between British Imperial and Axis forces, fought from 27th to 29th March 1941, on the south-west coast of the Peloponnesian peninsula of Greece

The 11th Battalion Royal Marines Battle course. Units of the Royal Marine Group Mobile Naval base Defence Organisation in training at their Chatham Camp base in Colombo, Ceylon

A Coastal command Liberator was damaged by blast after attacking a German U-boat. It was brought back over 800 miles of sea during which time it persisted in climbing despite the efforts of both

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