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British Naval escort and convoy in the Mediterranean. On board HMS Sheffield, escorting a Malta convoy in the Mediterranean
The youngest stoker in the country. Pictured is 17 years old Marjorie Firth (hard to read caption could also read at Fitch) of Hilary Avenue, Norwich, Norfolk. She is working in a local factory
A view of HMS Howe firing her 14 inch guns near Scapa Flow. The brilliant flash from the guns which precedes the cordite smoke lasts only for a fraction of a second. October 1942
A wounded soldier is transported by jeep back to a Regimental Aid Post, the jeep has a rough journey passing over shell and bomb craters
Picture shows 18 years old grocers assistant, Sidney Wallbutten from Cornwall, strapped to the cockpit of a glider, ready to take off
RAF and WaF personnel at work in the Operations Room of the Atlantic Ferry Service at Prestwick, Ayrshire. June 1942
R. A. F. engineers search an airfield for mines using a magnetic sweep attached to a jeepR.A.F. engineers search an airfield for mines using a magnetic sweep attached to a jeep. December 1944
The march past of the ATC, Regents Park, London. 10, 000 attended the service and parade. Sir Archibald Sinclair took the salute
Picture taken from the deck of the aircraft carrier Furious of the HMS Duke of York and a destroyer. On allied convoy off the coast of Norway. July 1943
Members of a field kitchen staff of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) taking cover in a trench as the alarm sounds for an air raid at Cromer, Norfolk during the Battle of Britain. August 1940
A woman hears the news of the general election in Albert Square, Manchester. 26th July 1945
Royal Ascot 1955, Family of Racegoers wearing Chinese style conical hats, Thursday 14th July 1955
Royal Ascot 1955, Racegoers, Thursday 14th July 1955
Members of an Royal Army Medical Corps (RAMC) Ambulance Company pictured in battle training in the Lake District during the Second World War
Britain builds a fast new 12, 000 ton cargo ship. Furness shipbuilding yard, Middlesborough. The new cargo ship Empire Chieftain is designed for the purpose of transporting the special kind of cargo
HMS Devonshire coming alongside HMS Mauritius to pass the mail. Note the rocket bearing a line crossing the bows of the Devonshire. September 1943
Billowing smoke marks the end of the ammunition ship Mary Luckenbach, seen from the deck of the carrier HMS Avenger, during convoy PQ 18 to Russia. 13th September 1942
The boys of the 61st (Middlesex) A. A. cadets show off their fitness at a display atThe boys of the 61st (Middlesex) A.A. cadets show off their fitness at a display at the London District School of Physical training at Hendon
Royal Navy patrol frigates of the 1st escort group, HMS Affleck and her sister ships Gore, Gould, and Garlies destroyed two German U-boats of the Kriegsmarine in the Atlantic Ocean at Gibraltar
A German U-boat sinking in the Kattegat after an attack by Mosquitos of R. A. FA German U-boat sinking in the Kattegat after an attack by Mosquitos of R.A.F. Coastal Command. The aircraft is led by Squadron Leader A H Gunnis, DFC, of Alloa, Clackmannanshire
The recent heavy rains have taken the creases out of the kilts and Piper Milne of Cainery Road, Aberdeen, and Piper Fraser of Kintore, both of a Scottish military pipe band
Several Women Auxiliary Air Force (WaF) officers flew out direct from England to take up duties in the Northwest African theatre after the fall of Tunisia
A factory worker cutting steel in a tank factory. 26th October 1942
Mother is so busy on the farm that six-month-old baby Betty goes ploughing too. Fellow workers on a Glamorgan farm helped Mrs.Wyatt to sling Bettys cradle securely
Italian MAS (Motor Torpedo Boat) boat attacks: A DIDO class cruiser firing at night against Italian MAS boats. Pictured, HMS DIDO firing at night against Italian torpedo boats of Cape Bon, Tunisia
Side by side with the Royal Navy, unites of Allied fleets re playing their part in the Battle of the Atlantic. These pictures were taken on board the Polish destroyer Piorun - which, in English
Soldiers play darts at the Wayfarers Club with local girls in Liss, Hampshire. 20th January 1941
Royal Ascot 1955, finish of the 3. 45 3rd Race, The Gold Vase (2 miles)Royal Ascot 1955, finish of the 3.45 3rd Race, The Gold Vase (2 miles), Thursday 14th July 1955
Royal Ascot 1955, Racegoers, Mrs B Leaver, Thursday 14th July 1955
Odeon usherettes at Leicester Square in central London are ready for anything in fire fighting after having formed their own fire fighting squad
Cadets of the Wakefield 127 Squadron of the ATC give landing instructions to Corporal Don Nicholson in the cockpit of the home made aeroplane, while Holton looks
Bomb damage to an ambulance in London. 20th March 1941
A group of 10 veteran seaman serving with the training ship HMS Implacable, which, as the French warship Ddugay-Trouin, fought at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805
Group of US Army nurses first to land with the vanguard of American troops on Normandy beachheads, take time for dinner on the site of the Field Hospital
Children from London evacuated to South Wales. October 1940
The first party of Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) attached to the 21st Army Group arrive in Normandy, Northern France following the successful Allied landings on the beaches on 6th June
On board the HMS Duke of York for the concert tour organised by the Council for Encouragement of Music and Art (CEMA) at a Northern Naval base. The series of concerts had record audiences
Royal Ascot 1955, finish of the 3. 5 2nd Race, The New Two Year Old Stakes (5 furlongs)Royal Ascot 1955, finish of the 3.5 2nd Race, The New Two Year Old Stakes (5 furlongs), Thursday 14th July 1955
Anti-invasion exercise in Lincolnshire. September 1942
The burnt out shell of the Gresham Warehouses, Moor Street, Birmingham following a heavy air raid on the city. 21st April 1941
The shattered remains of the Birmingham Evening Mail garage in St Georges Street following a heavy air raid on the city. 19th November 1940
Workmen repair the tramlines at Tyburn Road, Birmingham following an air raid on the city. 3rd September 1940
From dusk to dawn, at an important un-named works in Birmingham, the works Home Guard man a specially built look-out tower
Birmingham furniture store displays in its shop window, a bed air raid protection frame. Designed to stop debris falling on to those bed ridden persons who could not reach an air raid shelter
The Sutton Coalfield Battalion of the Warwickshire Home Guard paraded for inspection. Captain Wilfrid Bigwood the Commanding Officer
Workmen survey the shattered remains of W. H. Smart in Wrentham StreetWorkmen survey the shattered remains of W.H. Smart in Wrentham Street, Birmingham following the air raid of 9th April 1941
The burnt out shell of Carlton House, High Street, Birmingham following the an air raid on the city 21st April 1941
The extent of the damage to New Street and the High Street, Birmingham, caused by the raid on the city on the night of the 9th/10th April
