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The party beneath the Mosque of Omar. Left to right (back row) Major General Sir Hastings Ismay, Sir Charles Portal, Field Marshal Sir John Dill, Admiral King (C-in-C of the US Navy)

Damage to York Road caused by a flying bomb during the Second World War. 24th June 1944

Private C. White after killing five Japanese soldiers who attacked his Bren gun post. 9th October 1944

Allied traffic negotiates heavy rain in Rambervillers after a river in this french town flooded. 21st November 1944

FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Tottenham Hotspur 2 v Leicester City 0. Crowd scenes. 6th May 1961

Civilians attend a show in London during the Second World War. 6th April 1942

Major Sir Jocelyn Lucas, Bart, M. C. leading a hunt in Hertfordshire during Second World
Major Sir Jocelyn Lucas, Bart, M.C. leading a hunt in Hertfordshire during Second World War. Circa July 1942

Flying Officer R. Harvey, Squadron Leader A. G. Williams, Flight Sergeant A
Flying Officer R. Harvey, Squadron Leader A.G. Williams, Flight Sergeant A. Watts and Wing Commander J.M Bazin, all of whom took part in the the final attack on the German battleship Tirpitz

Workers from an aircraft factory in Liverpool demonstrating against their impending discharge. 6th December 1944

The furthest forward R. A. F. Mobile Field Hospital in Burma. Here Sergeant D
The furthest forward R.A.F. Mobile Field Hospital in Burma. Here Sergeant D. Fisher and Sergant H. Schofield dispense medicine. Circa 1940s

A statue of St Joan of Arc surrounded by ruins in Montebourg during Second World War. 14th July 1944

The British 36th Division celebrating St. Andrews Day in Myanmar. 25th December 1944

Naval liberty boats completed in a yard in Nottingham before its launch on the Trent. 1st November 1944

Bomb damage to the Amiens rail yards. (Picture) Section of the Amiens yards. Scores of craters overlap where one of the tracks are, two engine roundhouses (top) are almost comletetly destroyed

Witches celebrate Halloween by trying to eliminate each other. The Warlocks fight on a football pitch in Highgate, London, to decide who will become leader of the occult

Young female factory workers. It is claimed that this team of girls, working at a factory where their job is the inspection of instruments on the secret list of the Admiralty

Miss Lloyd-Davies tries the dishes of her pupils at a cooking school in Suffolk. 1st February 1943

Members of the Heaton Social Service Knitting Party making garments for troops. 16th November 1939

FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. Arsenal v Liverpool. Pictured, crowd scenes. 8th May 1971

King Christian driving from the Rikstag after opening the first Danish parliament for five years. 11th May 1945

Senior Officers of Allied Land Forces South East Asia, leaving 36th Division Headquarters for an inspection of front line troops with Major General F.W. Festing (driving). 16th March 1945

Girls of the Womens Land Army thatching in a field. This is a sewing machine which turns out yards of thatch in a few minutes. Three girls can thatch a stack in four hours after one or two lessons

Greeting the largest convoy of Canadian troops yet to cross the Atlantic in a British port were: Rear Admiral Sir Arthur Bromley and General Sir Robert Gordon-Finlayson

The new Chamber of the House of Commons, which will be opened on the 26th October. All the woodwork is of English oak except the Speakers Chair, the Clerks chairs and the floor

The train now standing on a platform at Finsbury Park serves lunches to top business executives from all over the world. One of the first class carriages from the Brighton Belle (1930s)

The Brighton Belle will bow out in style with eight runs between London and Brighton and a final champagne special. 30th April 1972

Hintons sell canned steam. Circa 1975

Sir Winston Churchill with Lord Beaverbrook leaving official dinner - June 1958

Chelsea 2 - 3 Watford, League Division One match held at Stamford Bridge. 13th October 1984

Sir Max Aitken with his father Lord Beaverbrook - September 1962

John Gordon, editor Sunday Express with Tom Blackburn, chairman Beaverbrook Newspapers, and Peggy Murray, secretary - September 1967

Sir Winston Churchill and Lord Beaverbrook at London airport - August 1958

Anthony Eden and his wife at the memorial service for Lord Beaverbrook, St Pauls Cathedral, London, June 24th 1964

Lord Beaverbrook, former owner of Express Newspapers. Circa 1935

Lord Beaverbrook cuts a cake of a house at Newcastle, New Brunswick where he spent his childhood as two girls dressed as Express Crusaders stand by

Max Aitken (L) and Lord Beaverbrook. Circa 1945

NEWCASTLE, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA - Lord Beaverbrook childhood at Harkins Academy 1893. Back row second from left (youngest looking)

Lord Beaverbrook and Sir Winston Churchill leave a black tie event, 29th May 1958

150 celebrations, Geer at Thornaby. Circa September 1975

Lord Beaverbrook and his son Max Aitken at Heathrow Airport, London - 18th February 1963

Lord Beaverbrook, former owner of the Daily Express Newspaper pictured in July 1958

Lord Beaverbrook unveils his nameplate on a Southern Railway train, BR 34054 / SR No
Lord Beaverbrook unveils his nameplate on a Southern Railway train, BR 34054/SR No. 21C154 - September 1947. The train was built in Brighton and withdrawn from service in September 1964

Lord Beaverbrook at the Manchester office of the Daily Express - 10th November 1941

Lord Beaverbrook, former owner of the Daily Express, celebrating his 83rd birthday at Cherkley Court, Leatherhead, Surrey - May 1962

Lord Beverbrook visiting Winston Churchill, July 1962

Beverly Baxter, Lord Beaverbrook and Karl Ketchum working on the Daily Express during the General Strike, May 1926 - London

St Georges Day parade in Middlesbrough. 23rd April 1975

The Brighton Belle runs for the last time from Victoria Station at 10.30pm as a special champagne farewell excursion. Dame Flora Robson drinks a toast to old times. 30th April 1972

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