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Serviceman injured in combat during the second World War, use a London bus. to practice walking on their new artificial limbs. Picture shows: Albert Pegrum, Late Royal Fusiliers, assisted by Mr G

Explaining the composition of an incendiary bomb to office girls of a city company who are taking part in a fire fighting course

A German Luftwaffe fighter plane downed by the RAF and resting on the beach at Norfolk. The plane is a Messerschmitt. The Battle of Britain lasted from 10th July 1940 to 31st October 1940 Picture

Air Vice Marshall Sir Richard Peck greets a trans-Atlantic ferry crew after their arrival in Britain. Its mission was to deliver American-built bombers from Canada to defend Britain

The British Army in training with a new field gun. World War Two. A soldier stands holding the priming iron that will be used to clean the gun

Civil Defence stand down in Hyde Park. Picture Shows. Leading fire woman Miss W. E
Civil Defence stand down in Hyde Park. Picture Shows. Leading fire woman Miss W.E. Seddon of A Division Headquarters who has been in the National Fire Service since 1936

Blackout restrictions are lifted towards the end of the Second World War. A scene looking into well lit cafe on Oxford Street, Central London. 23rd April 1945

Australians advance on Bardia, Libya. January 1941

View of bomb damage to the interior of St Anthonys church in South East London, after it was struck by incendiary bombs of the German Luftwaffe in an air raid on the capital. Circa 1941

All fighter pilots most learn how to load their guns in case of emergency. picture shows officer pilots practicing loading their guns on a spare wing. April 1941

Miss Muriel Haddesley, former England woman cricketer and Warwickshire County golfer and hockey player, has been appointed to supervise the physical training

Picture taken on board, one of HMS Escort Vessels during West Coast Convoy shows one of the the bright moments of the day. The Rum Ration is due any moment now. 20th October 1942

A famous RAF fighter station near London runs its own agricultural section for producing pigs, rabbits, ducks and eggs. The labour is provided by the station personnel in their spare time

View of bomb damage Jewin Street in the City of London, after it was struck by bombs of the German Luftwaffe in an air raid on the capital. Circa 1941

Britain prepares for war. A mock accident staged for training purposes shows medics treating the injured person. October 1939

Australians with a captured Italian bomber in Bardia. January 1941

Eighth Army soldiers Sepoy Sardara Singh of Slal Kat District, India and Sepoy Jaawant Singh of District Pattiola, India, both of Indian Division

Picture taken at a battery in the Eastern Command, which is manned entirely by Newfoundlanders. Men bringing up shells for the gun on trolleys. February 1941

Swansea Salute The Soldier Week Circa June 1944. Salute the Solider Week was a national fundraising effort to encourage civilians to place their money in national Savings

WaF band, leading Treforest Trading Estate "Wings for Victory"
WaF band, leading Treforest Trading Estate " Wings for Victory" parade during the Second World War, Circa March 1943

Picture shows bomb damage to Geraldine House, Fetter Lane, off Fleet Street, London, EC1. Home of The Daily Mirror and Sunday Pictorial from 1920 to 1961

General Alan Brooke, The Commander in Chief, Home Forces, visited the Northern Command, and was accompanied on his tour by the Commander In Chief of Northern Command, Sir Ronald Adam

A Machine gun platoon of the West African Infantry Recce Company, West African Frontier Force at Practice, firing a Vickers Machine-gun. August 1942

The first contingent of ground staff volunteers for the RAF have arrived in Britain from the West Indies. Picture shows: A volunteer just back from Stores and well set up. February 1944

Commander George Gilbertson, Royal Navy, of Pontardawe, taking the salute at a parade which marked the opening of Warship Week at Pontardawe. March 1942

Picture taken on 22nd June 1944 behind the fighting line in Normandy, Northern France. While in the Caen / Tilly area British

Admiral Sir Gerald Dickens opening Cardiffs Warship Week. Also In the picture; Col. Gerald Gaskell, Col. Lyttleton, Col. Sir Gerald Bruce, Sir Willie Reardon-Smith, Bt

Corps Commandant Mrs. R. Peake inspected new recruits of the M. T. C. at Cardiff
Corps Commandant Mrs.R.Peake inspected new recruits of the M.T.C. at Cardiff. She is seen talking to some of the officers

Alice Mitchell rescued, her kitten from a bombed house after an air raid by the German Luftwaffe on Cardiff. Circa 1941

Gunner F. E. Tett of the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery
Gunner F.E. Tett of the Heavy Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery, with his wife and daughter who greeted him on his arrival at Cardiff as he returns home from duty in the Far East at he end of

Viscount Gort, Commander in Chief of the British Expeditionary Force with the Duke Of Gloucester and a French officer discussing the movement of troops. Circa 1939

V2 Rocket strike on Duke Street during Second World War. 11th December 1944

Picture shows 8, 441 tons The Domala, an Italian Liner, after it was bombed off the English coast in 1939. Domala was an 8, 441 ton cargo liner which was built in 1920 and launched as Magnava

Picture shows The Domala, an Italian Liner, after it was bombed off the English coast in 1939. Domala was an 8, 441 ton cargo liner which was built in 1920 and launched as Magnava

Two Australians inspect Italian tanks abandoned in the Western Desert. December 1940

Bomb damage in Central London after a German Air Raid during The Blitz. London, England EC4M 8AD. 15th January 1942

Picture shows Geraldine House, Fetter Lane, off Fleet Street, London, EC1. Home of The Daily Mirror and Sunday Pictorial from 1920 to 1961

Dazed patients outside the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital Grays Inn Road, London following a V2 attack on the city. 21st February 1945

Police officers recover a cash register following a V2 attack on Sidmouth Street and Grays Inn Road, London. 21st February 1945

Sweeping the channels into Singapore, one of the most vital and most mined ports in the world, are flotillas of minesweepers manned by Malays

Indian troops have been in the thick of the battles on the 8th Army front. On 2nd December 1943, Indian shock troops were reported pushing forward past Consalvi

Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, (right) addresses a celebratory meeting after the Labour Partys triumph in the general election, August 11, 1945

Rescue workers search the collapsed buildings of the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital Grays Inn Road, London following a V2 attack on the city. 21st February 1945

Dazed patients outside the Central London Ophthalmic Hospital Grays Inn Road, London following a V2 attack on the city. 21st February 1945

Police officers recover a cash register following a V2 attack on Sidmouth Street and Grays Inn Road, London. 21st February 1945

Herbert Morrison (Left) Prime Minister Clement Richard Attlee, (Right) on the stage along with his wife, listen to a speech by Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin

Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin, (right) addresses a celebratory meeting after the Labour Partys triumph in the general election, August 11, 1945

Two pre-fabricated Ports, each as big a a Gibraltar were manufactured in Britain in segments, towed across the Channel and set down off the coast of Normandy

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