A canteen lounge of the Women War Workers' Club at Darlington House in...
A canteen lounge of the Women War Workers' Club at Darlington House in Wolverhampton, 1943. A busy scene in the canteen lounge of the women war workers' club at Darlington House. The canteen provides hot and c... More
A Canteen, Iceland Art.IWMARTLD1696
A Canteen, Iceland image: a view down a long, thin room with a curved roof in which soldiers are eating at two rows of tables running down either side of the room. There is a war savings poster on the wall.
A Chemist Carries On- the work of Allen and Hanburys in the Production...
A Chemist Carries On- the work of Allen and Hanburys in the Production of Cod Liver Oil, 1942 A van from 'Allenbury's Foods' delivers a large box of cod liver oil compound to a chemist's shop, somewhere in Brit... More
A Churchill Mk VII tank leads a group of Shermans as part of the Royal...
A Churchill Mk VII tank leads a group of Shermans as part of the Royal Tank Regiment's contingent during the London Victory Parade, 8 June 1946. A Churchill Mk.VII tank followed by a Sherman tank. Part of the R... More
A Churchill tank and infantry advancing near Medjez-el-Bab, Tunisia, 8...
A Churchill tank and infantry advancing near Medjez-el-Bab, Tunisia, 8 May 1943. Churchill tank and infantry advance near Medjez-el-Bab, 8 May 1943.
A Churchill tank and other vehicles parade through Tunis, 8 May 1943. ...
A Churchill tank and other vehicles parade through Tunis, 8 May 1943. A Churchill tank and other vehicles parade through Tunis, 8 May 1943.
A Churchill tank halts near infantry of the 1st London Irish Rifles ne...
A Churchill tank halts near infantry of the 1st London Irish Rifles near Tanara during the advance to the River Po, Italy, 23 April 1945. A Churchill tank halts near infantry of the 1st London Irish Rifles near... More
A Churchill tank of 51st Royal Tank Regiment crashes through a hedge d...
A Churchill tank of 51st Royal Tank Regiment crashes through a hedge during the advance across the Italian countryside, 20 July 1944. A Churchill tank of 51st Royal Tank Regiment, moving through the undergrowth... More
A Churchill tank of 79th Armoured Division uses a Churchill Ark to sca...
A Churchill tank of 79th Armoured Division uses a Churchill Ark to scale a sea wall during trials near Saxmundham, 11 March 1944. A Churchill tank uses a Churchill Ark to scale a sea wall, 79th Armoured Divisio... More
A CMP truck and motorcycle of 11th Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable A...
A CMP truck and motorcycle of 11th Royal Horse Artillery (Honourable Artillery Company), 1st Armoured Division, Tunisia, 22 April 1943. An open-topped CMP truck and motorcycle of 11th Royal Horse Artillery (Hon... More
A couple at a British dance hall try out 'jive' steps in 1945. D23826
A couple at a British dance hall try out 'jive' steps in 1945. A couple at a British dance hall try out the new 'jive' steps, whilst the rest of the hall continue with 'old-style' ballroom dancing.
A couple sleeping in a Morrison shelter during the Second World War. D...
A couple sleeping in a Morrison shelter during the Second World War. A Morrison shelter in use.
A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Di...
A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, preparing a meal in front of their vehicle, Normandy, 17 June 1944. A Cromwell tank crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armou... More
A Cromwell tank of 7th Armoured Division, Normandy, 30 July 1944. B818...
A Cromwell tank of 7th Armoured Division, Normandy, 30 July 1944. A Cromwell tank of 7th Armoured Division, 30 July 1944.
A Crusader tank of 4th Light Armoured Brigade in the Western Desert, 2...
A Crusader tank of 4th Light Armoured Brigade in the Western Desert, 20 September 1942. A Crusader tank of 4th Light Armoured Brigade in the Western Desert, 20 September 1942.
A Crusader tank of the 22nd Armoured Brigade returning after action in...
A Crusader tank of the 22nd Armoured Brigade returning after action in the Western Desert, 28 July 1942. A Crusader tank of the 22nd Armoured Brigade returning after action in the Western Desert, 28 July 1942.
A Daimler armoured car opens fire in the gloom of early morning at the...
A Daimler armoured car opens fire in the gloom of early morning at the start of the battle for Tripoli, 18 January 1943. A Daimler armoured car opens fire in the gloom of early morning at the start of the battl... More
A damaged row of houses in Gosport, Hampshire after an air raid on 12 ...
A damaged row of houses in Gosport, Hampshire after an air raid on 12 August 1940. A damaged row of houses in Gosport, Hampshire after a raid of 12 August 1940. One house is destroyed others nearby have suffere... More
A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...
A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day is helped by a female conductor onto the bus that will take her to work. This photograph was probably taken on Fulham Road.
A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, Eng...
A Day in the Life of a Wartime Housewife- Everyday Life in London, England, 1941 Mrs Day runs to greet her husband Lieutenant Kenneth Day at the door of her South Kensington home as he arrives home on leave.
A dummy cruiser tank being assembled at the camouflage school at Beaum...
A dummy cruiser tank being assembled at the camouflage school at Beaumetz, France, 24 April 1940. A dummy cruiser tank being assembled at the camouflage school at Beaumetz, 24 April 1940.
A Fairey Barracuda of 827 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm returns to HMS Furio...
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Fairey Barracuda of 827 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm returns to HMS FURIOUS watched by other pilots who had returned after taking part in the operations.
A female war worker fixes her hair in the bedroom she shares with anot...
A female war worker fixes her hair in the bedroom she shares with another worker at the hostel attached to the Royal Ordnance Factory, Bridgend, in January 1942. A female war worker fixes her hair and checks he... More
A fishing boat crowded with Italian staff officers and soldiers interc...
A fishing boat crowded with Italian staff officers and soldiers intercepted by HMS LEMERTON LAMERTON off Cape Bon in Tunisia, May 1943. In bright sunshine a fishing smack can be seen off Cape Bon, Tunisia, crow... More
A fusilier of the Royal Scots provides covering fire with his Thompson...
A fusilier of the Royal Scots provides covering fire with his Thompson sub-machine gun in the village of Namma in Burma, October 1944. A fusilier of the Royal Scots provides covering fire with his Thompson SMG ... More
A GERMAN SS SIGNALS BATTALION IN TRAINING BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR ...
A GERMAN SS SIGNALS BATTALION IN TRAINING BEFORE THE SECOND WORLD WAR Officers and non-commissioned officers of an SS Signals Battalion undertake a kit inspection outside army barracks in Saxony.
A German Ss Signals Battalion in Training Before the Second World War ...
A German Ss Signals Battalion in Training Before the Second World War Troops of an SS signals battalion service the unit's horse-drawn cable laying wagons following a military exercise in 1937.
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3425
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott volunteers at her local employment exchange for work in a war production factory. The employment officer gives her an introduction ... More
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3440
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott kisses her daughter Heather goodbye at Sunderland railway station as she sets off to start war work elsewhere in Britain, while her ... More
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3448
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 At the entrance to Birmingham New Street railway station, Vera Elliott stands with other new arrivals for factory work as they are split into gro... More
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3449
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott and her new friends travel by coach from the YWCA hostel where they spent the night, to the factory where they will be working. On ... More
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3451
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott sits on a pile of suitcases in the entrance hall of the YWCA reception hostel where she and her fellow new recruits will spend the n... More
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3458
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 After a night at a YWCA hostel, Vera Elliott and her fellow new recruits arrive by coach at the factory where they will begin their war work. Th... More
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3464
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott is welcomed to her billet by her new landlady, Mrs Wright. Mrs Wright is originally from Ireland, is married to an electrical engin... More
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3465
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott sits down to a tea of sardines on toast, mustard and cress, bread and butter, and plain cake, which Mrs Wright has provided for her ... More
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3467
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott helps Brian and Betsy Wright, the children of her new landlady, to play with their wooden blocks in the garden of her new billet. S... More
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3470
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott is up early to get ready for her first day at the factory. Here, she is brushing her hair in front of the mirror in the bedroom she... More
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3473
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Upon arrival, Vera Elliott's ration book and identity card are checked in the factory welfare department.
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3474
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott and a fellow new recruit to this factory are interviewed by a factory welfare officer to identify the most appropriate job for them to do.
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3475
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 After being assigned a job at this factory, new recruit Vera Elliott receives her new overalls from the storeroom.
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3476
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott and another female war worker watch as the foreman of the workshop demonstrates the machine that Vera will be working on at this factory.
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 D3477
A Girl Joins Up- Women's Factory War Work, England, UK, May 1941 Vera Elliott at work on a large piece of machinery at a factory somewhere in the West Midlands.
A graphic line-up of all the personnel required to keep one Avro Lanca...
A graphic line-up of all the personnel required to keep one Avro Lancaster of RAF Bomber Command flying on operations, taken at Scampton, Lincolnshire, 11 June 1942. The personnel required to keep one Avro Lanc... More
A ground crewman helps a pilot of No. 601 Squadron RAF into the cockpi...
A ground crewman helps a pilot of No. 601 Squadron RAF into the cockpit of his Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII at Venafro, Italy, 12 May 1944. A ground crewman helps a pilot of No. 601 Squadron RAF into the cockpi... More
A group of 'walking wounded' British troops evacuated from Dunkirk, in...
A group of 'walking wounded' British troops evacuated from Dunkirk, in front of a railway carriage at Dover, 31 May 1940. A group of 'walking wounded' British troops, in front of a railway carriage at Dover, 31 May 1940.
A group of boys evacuated from London and the Thames Estuary at Totnes...
A group of boys evacuated from London and the Thames Estuary at Totnes in South Devon, 1941. A group of boys evacuated from London and the Thames Estuary lean on a gate to take in the fresh air of Totnes, Sout... More
A group of evacuated mothers and children from London at Bideford harb...
A group of evacuated mothers and children from London at Bideford harbour in North Devon during 1941. A group of evacuated mothers and children chat to each other on the quayside at Bideford harbour in North De... More
A gunner keeps watch at the 9.2 inch gun coastal defence battery at Ca...
A gunner keeps watch at the 9.2 inch gun coastal defence battery at Castle Priory, Tynemouth, 28 November 1940. A gunner keeps watch at the 9.2 inch gun battery at Castle Priory, Tynemouth, England, manned by 5... More
A hangar full of wrecked German aircraft at Schmarbeck airfield, Germa...
A hangar full of wrecked German aircraft at Schmarbeck airfield, Germany, 20 April 1945. In the foreground are Heinkel He 111 and He 177 bombers. A hangar full of wrecked German aircraft at Schmarbeck airfield,... More
A Hawker Hurricane Mk I in flight over Egypt, October 1940. CM131
A Hawker Hurricane Mk I in flight over Egypt, October 1940. A Hawker Hurricane in flight over Egypt, October 1940.
A Hawker Hurricane Mk IV of No. 6 Squadron RAF being serviced at Foggi...
A Hawker Hurricane Mk IV of No. 6 Squadron RAF being serviced at Foggia in Italy prior to a sortie over the Adriatic, 24 July 1944. A Hawker Hurricane Mark IV of No. 6 Squadron RAF being serviced on an airfield... More
A Home Guard section on patrol along the shores of Loch Stack in the H...
A Home Guard section on patrol along the shores of Loch Stack in the Highlands of Scotland, 14 February 1941 A Home Guard section on patrol along the shores of Loch Stack in the Highlands of Scotland, 14 February 1941
A Humber Mk II armoured car and crew of 'B' Squadron, 11th Hussars, Tr...
A Humber Mk II armoured car and crew of 'B' Squadron, 11th Hussars, Tripoli, 2 February 1943. A Humber Mk II armoured car and crew of 'B' Squadron, 11th Hussars - the first vehicle to enter Tripoli, 2 February ... More
A Humber Mk II armoured car of the 12th Royal Lancers on patrol south ...
A Humber Mk II armoured car of the 12th Royal Lancers on patrol south of El Alamein, July 1942. A Humber Mk II armoured car of the 12th Royal Lancers on patrol south of El Alamein, July 1942.
A Humber scout car and Comet tank of 11th Armoured Division in a devas...
A Humber scout car and Comet tank of 11th Armoured Division in a devastated German town, 30 March 1945. A Humber scout car and Comet tank of 11th Armoured Division in a devastated German town, 30 March 1945.
A jeep is loaded aboard a Horsa glider during a large-scale airborne f...
A jeep is loaded aboard a Horsa glider during a large-scale airborne forces exercise, 22 April 1944. A jeep is loaded aboard a Horsa glider during a large-scale airborne forces exercise, 22 April 1944.
A Land Army girl using a Fordson tractor to plough a field at the Agri...
A Land Army girl using a Fordson tractor to plough a field at the Agricultural College at Cannington during the Second World War. The Women's Land Army (WLA): A Land Army girl using a tractor to plough a field ... More
A Landing Ship Tank at the Wharf, St Peter Port, Guernsey - May 1945 A...
A Landing Ship Tank at the Wharf, St Peter Port, Guernsey - May 1945 image: A landing ship with her bow doors open looms over a large crowd assembled on the quay. They are greeting the British soldiers, who ha... More
A large group of men helping to clear a crashed Grumman Hellcat of 804...
The Royal Navy during the Second World War A large group of men helping to clear a crashed Grumman Hellcat of 804 Squadron, Fleet Air Arm from the flight deck of the Escort Carrier HMS AMEER whilst others look ... More
A Lee tank being loaded onto a pontoon ferry by men of the 2nd Divisio...
A Lee tank being loaded onto a pontoon ferry by men of the 2nd Division before crossing the Irrawaddy river at Ngazun, Burma, 28 February 1945. A Lee tank being loaded onto a pontoon ferry by men of the 2nd Div... More
A little girl holding an umbrella watches a despatch rider attempt to ...
A little girl holding an umbrella watches a despatch rider attempt to clear the carbuerettor of his motorcycle in torrential rain, 4 October 1943. A little girl holding an umbrella watches a despatch rider atte... More
A London family from Peckham evacuated to Bideford in North Devon duri...
A London family from Peckham evacuated to Bideford in North Devon during the Second World War. This family of 17 has been evacuated from 53 Bournemouth Road, Rye Lane, Peckham to Bideford in North Devon. They ... More
A Long Range Desert Group Chevrolet 30cwt 1533 truck negotiates the sl...
A Long Range Desert Group Chevrolet 30cwt WB truck negotiates the slope of a sand dune during a patrol in the desert, 27 March 1941. The Axis Offensive 1941 - 1942: A Long Range Desert Group truck negotiates th... More
A lorry mounted anti-tank gun in the Western Desert being manned by Ne...
A lorry mounted anti-tank gun in the Western Desert being manned by New Zealand LRDG troops as they return to Cairo, 27 March 1941. A lorry mounted anti-tank gun in the Western Desert being manned by New Zealan... More
A malaria warning sign on the Anzio front in Italy, advising troops to...
A malaria warning sign on the Anzio front in Italy, advising troops to cover up in the evening to avoid mosquito bites, 10 May 1944. A malaria warning sign at Anzio, advising troops to cover up in the evening t... More
A man draws a line in his bath as part of a British Government's drive...
A man draws a line in his bath as part of a British Government's drive to encourage the public to ration their use of hot water and conserve fuel supplies during the Second World War. A man demonstrates how to ... More
A Marmon-Herrington Mk II armoured car armed with an Italian Breda 20m...
A Marmon-Herrington Mk II armoured car armed with an Italian Breda 20mm gun, near Tobruk, Libya, 8 May 1941. A Marmon-Herrington Mk II armoured car armed with an Italian Breda 20mm gun, near Tobruk, 8 May 1941.
A Matilda tank crew overhauling their vehicle near Tobruk, 1 December ...
A Matilda tank crew overhauling their vehicle near Tobruk, 1 December 1941. A Matilda tank crew overhauling their vehicle in preparation for the next phase of battle near Tobruk, 1 December 1941.
A Matilda tank under camouflage netting in Tobruk 18 November 1941 IWM...
The British Army in North Africa 1941 A Matilda tank under camouflage netting in Tobruk, 18 November 1941.
A medical officer conducts an eye test during medical examinations of ...
A medical officer conducts an eye test during medical examinations of aircrew candidates in London, May 1940. Medical tests for aircrew candidates in London. A medical officer conducts a convergence test on a ... More
A member of No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with his Br...
A member of No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with his Bren gun, 5 March 1944. A member of No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with his Bren gun, 5 March 1944.
A member of the Home Guard demonstrates a rifle equipped to fire an an...
A member of the Home Guard demonstrates a rifle equipped to fire an anti-tank grenade, Dorking, 3 August 1942. A member of the Home Guard demonstrates the EY rifle with No. 68 anti-tank grenade, Dorking, 3 August 1942.
A member of the PAN (Partisan Action Netherlands) guides British troop...
A member of the PAN (Partisan Action Netherlands) guides British troops to German positions near Valkenswaard, 25 September 1944. A member of the PAN (Partisan Action Netherland) helps British troops 'winkle ou... More
A member of the WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) machine-stitching a...
A member of the WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) machine-stitching a patch onto a kite balloon at an RAF station, May 1940. A member of the WAAF machine-stitching a patch onto a kite balloon at an RAF station.
A member of the Women's Land Army milks a cow at the WLA training cent...
A member of the Women's Land Army milks a cow at the WLA training centre at Cannington, Somerset in 1940. A member of the Women's Land Army milks a cow, probably at the WLA training centre at Cannington, Somers... More
A member of the Worcestershire Yeomanry views an amusing roadsign at '...
A member of the Worcestershire Yeomanry views an amusing roadsign at 'Stonehenge Camp' on the Imphal to Kohima road, Burma, November 1944. A member of the Worcestershire Yeomanry views an amusing roadsign besid... More
A message being transcribed into code by Wrens at the Royal Navy signa...
A message being transcribed into code by Wrens at the Royal Navy signal station at Greenock, Scotland, October 1942. A message being transcribed into code by Wrens at the Royal Navy signal station at Greenock, ... More
A message written on rice paper is put into a container and attached t...
A message written on rice paper is put into a container and attached to a carrier pigeon by members of 61st Division Signals at Ballymena, Northern Ireland, 3 July 1941. A message written on rice paper is put i... More
A Mighty Machine of British Workmanship - The Handley Page Halifax II ...
A Mighty Machine of British Workmanship - The Handley Page Halifax II whole: the image occupies the majority, set against a white background. The title is separate and positioned across the bottom edge, in whit... More
A Mite for Right Art.IWMPST16419
A Mite for Right whole: the image is positioned in the upper three-quarters, held within a circular inset. A smaller image is placed in the upper right. The title is separate and located in the upper quarter, i... More
A motorcycle despatch rider delivers a message to the signals office o...
A motorcycle despatch rider delivers a message to the signals office of 1st Border Regiment at Orchies, France, 13 October 1939. A motorcycle despatch rider delivers a message to the signals office of 1st Borde... More
A Mountain Battery - in the mule-lines Art.IWMARTLD4229
A Mountain Battery - in the mule-lines image: Two mules rear up while the groom attempts to grab the reins. Two other mules stand by and watch.
A mule handler of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps shoeing one of t...
A mule handler of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps shoeing one of the mules, during an exercise in the UK, 16 November 1940. A mule handler of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps shoeing one of the mules, 16... More
A No 617 Squadron Lancaster which crashed in the USSR during Operation...
A No 617 Squadron Lancaster which crashed at Kegostrov in the USSR before the attack on the German battleship Tirpitz during Operation Paravane
A nurse with a patient at Sandleford Priory, a country house at Sandle...
A nurse with a patient at Sandleford Priory, a country house at Sandleford in Berkshire, one of many taken over by the Joint War Organisation (of the British Red Cross and Order of St John) to provide convalesc... More
A nurse with a patient at Sandleford Priory, a country house at Sandle...
A nurse with a patient at Sandleford Priory, a country house at Sandleford in Berkshire, one of many taken over by the Joint War Organisation (of the British Red Cross and Order of St John) to provide convalesc... More
A parachute soldier demonstrates the exit point from the tail of a Whi...
A parachute soldier demonstrates the exit point from the tail of a Whitley bomber converted to parachute-dropping, RAF Ringway, January 1941. A parachute soldier demonstrates the exit point from the tail of a W... More
A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire ...
A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire of No. 601 Squadron at Lentini West, Sicily, 7 September 1943. A party of riggers working on the tailplane of a Supermarine Spitfire of No. ... More
A patrol from the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at Anzio, Italy, Ma...
A patrol from the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at Anzio, Italy, March 1944. A patrol of the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers at Anzio, 20-21 March 1944. The men are lightly equipped, and wear cap comforters... More
A patrol of the 2-7th Queen's Regiment enters the village of Pugliano,...
A patrol of the 2/7th Queen's Regiment enters the village of Pugliano, Italy, September 1943. A patrol of the 2/7th Queen's Regiment enters the village of Pugliano, 18-19 September 1943.
A PIAT (Projectile Infantry Anti-Tank) in action at a firing range in ...
A PIAT (Projectile Infantry Anti-Tank) in action at a firing range in Tunisia, 19 February 1943. A PIAT in action at a firing range in Tunisia, 19 February 1943.
A PIAT gunner of the 1st Norfolk Regiment during the advance on Wanssu...
A PIAT gunner of the 1st Norfolk Regiment during the advance on Wanssum, Holland, 26 November 1944. A PIAT gunner of the 1st Norfolk Regiment during the advance on Wanssum, 26 November 1944.
A Picture of a Southern Town- Life in Wartime Reading, Berkshire, Engl...
A Picture of a Southern Town- Life in Wartime Reading, Berkshire, England, UK, 1945 A barman pulls a pint for an American soldier at a typical pub, somewhere in Reading. The photograph is taken from behind the... More
A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typhoo...
A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typhoon Mk IB fighter-bomber at Le Fresne-Camilly in Normandy, 24 July 1944. A pilot of No. 175 Squadron RAF scrambles to his waiting Hawker Typho... More
A Polo Ground in War-time, 1940 Art.IWMARTLD637
A Polo Ground in War-time, 1940 image: A man walks through the gates that lead to an open field behind. He carries a spade over his shoulder and a bucket in his hand. There are mounds of earth dotted over the... More
A portrait by Cecil Beaton of the pilot and co-pilot of a Wellington b...
A portrait by Cecil Beaton of the pilot and co-pilot of a Wellington bomber of No. 149 Squadron in 1941. A portrait of the pilot and co-pilot in the cockpit of their No. 149 Squadron Wellington bomber, probably... More
A portrait of Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park while commanding RAF squ...
A portrait of Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park while commanding RAF squadrons on Malta, September 1942. Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park, a New Zealander who was a principal Royal Air Force commander in the Battl... More
A Priest 105mm self-propelled gun negotiates a hairpin bend on a mount...
A Priest 105mm self-propelled gun negotiates a hairpin bend on a mountain road near Mondaino during the advance through the Gothic Line, Italy, 6 September 1944. A Priest 105mm self-propelled gun negotiates a h... More
A ration book and clothing coupon book as issued to British civilians ...
A ration book and clothing coupon book as issued to British civilians during the Second World War. A ration book and clothing coupon book. Both food and clothing were rationed during the Second World War, as t... More
A Recruit Joins the British Army H17178
A Recruit Joins the British Army Bill Jones, a delivery driver with the retail company John Lewis Ltd, at work prior to joining up.