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Armistice Day celebrated in Brussels. British soldiers march past the tomb of the unknown soldier. 12th November 1944

A heavy anti-aircraft battery in action on the South East Coast during an air attack. This battery is continually in action against enemy aircraft endeavouring to cross over the South East Coast

The Erla Aircraft factory in Antwerp burning after a U. S. A. A. F
The Erla Aircraft factory in Antwerp burning after a U.S.A.A.F. bombing raid during Second World War. 10th April 1943

Mrs Cecilia Tarrant of 7 Camberwell Grove, London, greets her returning son Charlie with her husband (right) and other five sons left to right: Bob, Frank, Jack, Ted and Fred

Free French Infantry carry off arms and ammunition from a knocked out German truck. 19th September 1944

Women at John I Thorneycroft & Co, Hampton Launch Works, Platts Eyot have just put the finishing touches to a Whaleback boat. 25th April 1943

Burmese civilians and US soldiers help construct a manifold valve as part of a pipeline to China. 4th January 1945

Scene in an RAF rehabilitation centre in England during the Second World War showing wounded air force pilots and crew enjoying an evenings entertainment with dance and song

In India, Ceylon, North and East Africa, the Levant, Malta, Gibraltar and U. S. A. W. R. E. N
In India, Ceylon, North and East Africa, the Levant, Malta, Gibraltar and U.S.A. W.R.E.N.S. officers and ratings are serving overseas

British army gunner Fish and his wife study an exhibit at the Daily Mirror Exhibition of War Photography held in London during the second World War

The Canadian Troops Arrive in Britain, waving as their transport docks at a North Western port. Circa August 1941

Sergeant Betty Dunn, a WaF masseuse, helps Sergeant Wheeler of Tottenham to try out his repaired leg, ready for the day when he will do this in earnest. October 1943

Steel lab progress, Teesside. 1974

A British paratrooper doing a training jump from a static balloon, used during practice jumps as they could fly in weather unsafe for aeroplanes. August 1941

A party of boys from Army Cadets battalions from all parts of Southern England last week spent seven days at an REME School of technical Training near Reading, Berkshire

Picture taken at a Government Training School in Birmingham where women of all ages have set out to learn the skills needed to work in munitions factories

Hong Kong was the first place Canadians fought a land battle in the Second World War. From 8 to 25 December 1941, almost 2

District Officer Coleman explaining the air raid precautions to the members of the Aston Hippodrome Company during their visit to the Central Fire Station in Birmingham

Wounded fighting men from Roehampton Hospital enjoying a trip to the local fair at Putney Heath, accompanied by their friends and families on a visiting day at the end of the Second World War

Firewoman Betty Goodacre, 36 Area Artist with the National Fire Service (NFS) sketching at a lull period fire. 20th March 1945

An impromptu concert in the wardroom of a British ship in a Royal Navy convoy inn the English Channel during the Second World War, given by an officers band

Birmingham factory worker Beatrice Payne, at work making and testing parachute hooks, buckles and D-rings for airmen of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War. 5th May 1942

Two women salvaging the stock after their shop had been burnt out buy incendiary bombs, following an air raid by thew German Luftwaffe on a West Midlands town during the Second world War

Birmingham factory worker Mts Kate Budd at work during the Second World War. 5th April 1943

Birmingham factory worker Mrs Savage of 1 Hamhurst Avenue, Handsworth Wood, at work at a munitions factory during the Second World War. 5th May 1942

Members of the new London Fire Force swing orchestra, all firemen who have been out in the London blitz, get together for a practice at their station at Albert Embankment

Emily Davies (nearest camera) who was blinded following an air raid in the blitz, pictured at work with three other blind women testing aircraft parts at a factory in the West Midlands during

A direct hit from an RAF bomber explodes in a cloud of dust and smoke right in the middle of the tracks at Ye railway yards, Burma. Circa 1945

Mrs Jeanings supervising part timer Mrs Williams at her machine in a Birmingham munitions factory during the Second World War. 28th May 1942

A German explosive conical float washed ashore during Second World War. (Location unknown). 24 July 1941

Sunday work in progress at a munitions factory in Birmingham during the Second World War. Woman at work in the Fuse inspection department of a Birmingham Arms Factory. 26th May 1940

A 4 lb German anti-personnel bomb which the public have been warned not to touch if found, as the explosive mechanism is very sensitive. Circa 1940s

Birmingham factory worker Mabel Evitts, aged 28, of 63 Princes Road, Warley, at work soldering torpedoes at a West Midlands factory during the Second World War. 5th May 1942

A light ack-ack battery (all from Warwickshire) in action on the Caen front. Circa 1940s

Wounded fighting men enjoying a trip to the seaside as part of their recuperation, accompanied by the nurses who are caring for them during the Second World War. April 1944

An advancing Allied column passing a damaged German Panther tank on the Falaise road. Note the bomb crater in the foreground. 20 August 1944

Factory worker Mrs C Kyle at work in a Birmingham munitions factory during the Second World War. 29th January 1941

This crashed German Heinkel bomber is fitted with a "bumper"
This crashed German Heinkel bomber is fitted with a " bumper" device intended to cope with balloon barrage cables. Circa 1940s

Birmingham factory worker Mrs Ann Cottrell of Theodore Street, Birmingham, aged 83, at work at a munitions factory in the West Midlands during the Second World War. 11th September 1941

Wing commander G. R. Isherwood AFC and Russian air officers working out by chart details
Wing commander G.R. Isherwood AFC and Russian air officers working out by chart details of a mixed sortie against the enemy. Circa 1940s

Mrs Knight gets down to some tank parts under the eye of forewoman Mrs Jeanings at a Birmingham munitions factory during the Second World War. 28th May 1942

The first picture showing the British War Cabinet together. Back row, L-R: Sir Kingsley Wood (Secretary of State for Air), Mr Winston Churchill (First Lord of the Admiralty)

The Battle of Madagascar was the British campaign to capture the Vichy French-controlled island Madagascar during World War II

A Supermarine Sea Otter amphibian biplane afloat. The new Births Amphibian biplane Sea Otter Mark I. It is a single-engined amphibian biplane designed for naval spotting

An American armoured car moves through the streets of a town in Belgium. Circa 1940s

Children sketching in part of 35 acres of ground attached to a camp in the West Midlands during the Second World War. 13th August 1940

Interior of the private chapel at Buckingham Palace following a German bombing raid. In the centre, its three legs in the air, is the overturned altar

Seventy two year old factory worker Mrs Slim of 283 Queens road, Londonderry, Smethwick, who works five hours every morning in a Birmingham factory on drilling and milling machines

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