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A battalion of the Northumberland Fusiliers on a non-technical machine gun shoot somewhere in the Western Command. Pictured, machine gunners bringing up their weapons ready to go into action

Facility visit to a reconnaissance battalion in North Command, England during the Second World War. British army soldiers take a steep dive in their Bren gun carrier on its progress over rough

British and Canadian troops crossing the River Seine at Elbeuf in Normandy, Northern France. Picture shows: Ferrying bren carriers across the Seine. August 1944

Parachute packers of the W. R. N. S. testing a parachute at a British Naval Air Station
Parachute packers of the W.R.N.S. testing a parachute at a British Naval Air Station. November 1943

R. A. F. airmen prepare a fighter in North Africa. February 1943
R.A.F. airmen prepare a fighter in North Africa. February 1943

Units of General Pattons 11th Armoured Division drive through Kronach, Germany, its centre still blazing after the battle against defenders resisting to the last. 19th April 1945

Brigadier Sherwood Lett, M. C, E. D. Officer Commanding a Canadian Infantry Brigade at
Brigadier Sherwood Lett, M.C, E.D. Officer Commanding a Canadian Infantry Brigade at Dieppe, awarded the D.S.O. for leadership. Circa 1942

Canadian Major General John Hamilton Roberts awarded the D. S
Canadian Major General John Hamilton Roberts awarded the D.S.O for his part in the Dieppe raid. Circa 1942

Fighters of the US 8th Air Force attack rail yards at Guise, about 70 miles north-east of Paris. August 1944

Forward troops of the 8th Army entered the town of Arezzo, Italy on the morning of 16th July 1944 and were followed at mid-day by tanks

Wrens working at a naval operational centre deep underground, sending and receiving morse code. May 1944

Navy W. R. N.s in flying kit. June 1942
Navy W.R.N.S in flying kit. June 1942

Pictured, men of the Suffolks in a sea shore exercise practice the crossing barbed wire defences by means of a mat. March 1941

The Sinking of the British Royal Navy Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal. She was torpedoed on 13 November 1941 by the German submarine U-81 and sank the following day near Gibraltar. November 1941

Men of the Norfolk regiment carrying out a practice assault on a pillbox. Pictured, some of the men leaving their dug-out. August 1940

A typical Wren. January 1943

US tanks and infantry move up near Saint-Jores, France with supporting infantrymen creeping and crawling through a ditch taking protective cover from the foliage along side the route. 17th July 1944

Second Officer H. E. Archdale, better known as Betty Archdale
Second Officer H.E. Archdale, better known as Betty Archdale, who is in charge of the party of Wrens serving in Singapore

W. R. N. S. riveting a submarine web in a Scottish port. May 1943
W.R.N.S. riveting a submarine web in a Scottish port. May 1943

Flight Sergeant Monica Shezall (W. A. A. F. ), who received the British Empire Medal in
Flight Sergeant Monica Shezall (W.A.A.F.), who received the British Empire Medal in the New Years Honours List. January 1942

When the day comes for Britain to invade the enemy territory, one of the problems will be the crossing of rivers when all bridges have been destroyed

When the Canadians stormed a German strongpoint in Normandy many complete weapons fell into their hands. Pictured, a Canadian soldier with a captured Panzerschreck in Normandy. June 1944

York and Lancaster regiments on an amphibious exercise. May 1940

King George VI and Home Guard watch British Paratroopers during a demonstration. 25th May 1941

Airman of the 8th Army prays at a church in England. December 1943

In more than sixty trades the WaF have proved their worth time and time againWherever they are; in the hangar, the cookhouse, the Orderly Room, the Ops Room, or on a Balloon site

British paratroops in a training exercise. November 1942

US troops visit a weapon training school in Britain. Pictured, British troops falling over a trip which was used in the demonstration of booby traps. November 1943

Bren gun carriers from a reconnaissance unit take part in an exercise on the English and Scottish border in which Home Guard took part. It was directed by the G.O.C. Scottish Command

Airborne troops about to take off in a Horsa glider. These airborne troops have already finished their training and are ready for posting to an operation station

Newport has the only two policewomen in Wales, Miss Phyllis Gamble and Miss Joan Bartlett. Miss Gamble before going to Newport served four years in the Metropolitan Police Force. September 1941

General Lord Gort VC, Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary force, with General Joseph Georges, Commander in Chief of the French 9th Army

French refugees rerunning to their homes behind the Allied front line in Normandy, Northern France on an abandoned German motor lorry drawn by two horses. July 1944

Many of these French refugees had not eaten for three or more days. In a field behind the Allied lines in Normandy, NorthernFrance, they rest and receive food from our troops

Mrs. Isolda Jones, a Cardiff housewife, who formally moved the Indicator in Warship Week
Mrs.Isolda Jones, a Cardiff housewife, who formally moved the Indicator in Warship Week, speaking at the ceremony. Warship Weeks were British National savings campaigns during the Second World War

Men of the Australian Imperial Forces practice manoeuvres in the Libya desert. Climbing a desert hill. January 1941

The HMS Thrasher Submarine aground in Falmouth Cornwall. HMS Thrasher (N37) was a T-class submarine of the Royal Navy. She was laid down by Cammell Laird & Co Limited, Birkenhead

Army training. Soldiers training with a machine gun. Location unknown. But picture taken in The United Kingdom. Picture taken circa 1st June 1941

Australian troops advancing towards the defences of Bardia, in the light of the dawn. January 1941

British Troops Land in Albania with the aim to help Marshal Titos Yugoslva Partisan Army and the Albanian patriots in harrassing the German withdrawal from the Balkans

Lord Gort, Inspector General of Training, on a visit to Northern Ireland on a tour of inspection, where he visited various military training centres and units

The British Army in training with a new 25lb field gun. World War Two. Soldiers cleaning the gun with a priming iron. The artillery gun is movable, on wheels

Evacuated children in St Ives present Miss Hunt with gifts on her birthday during the Second World War. May 1945

Major General V. M. Fortune with Gen. Fagalde at Bethune, France. October 1941
Major General V.M. Fortune with Gen. Fagalde at Bethune, France. October 1941

Bomb damage to Queens Street in Central Cardiff after an air raid by the German Luftwaffe. 3rd March 1941

Reggie, Babble and Mary Damerell roll up their sleeves and lend a hand stocking the wheatsheafs while dad drives the three horse team harvesting the field of wheat on Brownston Farm near Yealmpton

Paratroop Training in Manchester. England. World War Two. The regiment on parade. The company are from RAF Ringway. RAF Ringway was a Royal Air Force station in Ringway, Cheshire, England

The usual cook of the Catholic Womens League canteen in Bicester, Oxfordshire, fell ill just after Christmas and Lady Norah Viscountess Torrington rolled up her sleeves

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