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Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 DB17

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 DB17

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 The interior of the drawing office. Workers can be seen concentrating on various plans.

Germany Before the First World War 1890 - 1914 HU68390

Germany Before the First World War 1890 - 1914 HU68390

Germany Before the First World War 1890 - 1914 Construction of the Kiel Canal, 1887 - 1895. The Baltic Lock at Holtenau opens to shipping, 30 September 1894. The Kiel Canal, a 61 mile long waterway linking th... More

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU3694

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU3694

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Troops pose on a railway wagon loaded with an abandoned German V-2 rocket, 16 April 1945.

RAF Bassingbourn - 379th Bombardment Group - B-17 42-30298

RAF Bassingbourn - 379th Bombardment Group - B-17 42-30298

Ground personnel watch a B-17 Flying Fortress (FR-M, serial number 42-30298) nicknamed "Ragin' Red II" of the 379th Bomb Group start up in snow at Bassingbourn, January 1945.

RAF Fowlmere - Flightline

RAF Fowlmere - Flightline

A ground crewman works on a P-47 Thunderbolt beside P-51 Mustangs, (5Q-O, serial number 42-106886) nicknamed "Swede" and (6N-O, serial number 44-14776) nicknamed "Arrow Head", of the 339th Fighter Group at Mount Farm.

Commandos of 48 (RM) Commando coming ashore from landing craft at St Aubin-sur-Mer on Juno Beach, 6 June 1944. B5217

Commandos of 48 (RM) Commando coming ashore from landing craft at St A...

Commandos of 48 (RM) Commando coming ashore from landing craft at St Aubin-sur-Mer on Juno Beach, 6 June 1944. Commandos of 48 RM Commando coming ashore from landing craft at St Aubin-sur-Mer on Juno Beach, 6 June 1944.

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902

Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany - 1902

Head and shoulders portrait of Kaiser Wilhelm II by Court Photographer T. H. Voigt of Frankfurt, 1902.

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914. Q80519

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914. Q80519

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914. Portrait of George Vincent Fosbery, awarded the Victoria Cross: India, Umbayla Campaign, 30 October 1863.

339th Fighter Group - Officers

339th Fighter Group - Officers

Four United States Army Air Force officers standing in front of a Nissen hut. Handwritten on slide: "Paul Fickel, Bernie Allen, Anthony Hawkins, Ethelbert Graham 503FS Fowlmere James G. Robinson"

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - P-47 Thunderbolts

Duxford Aerodrome - 78th Fighter Group - P-47 Thunderbolts

P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft of the 78th Fighter Group at Duxford. Handwritten on slide casing:"3-12".

A Short Sunderland Mk I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, based at Oban in Scotland, August 1940. CH839

A Short Sunderland Mk I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, based at Oban in Scot...

A Short Sunderland Mk I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, based at Oban in Scotland, August 1940. Short Sunderland Mark I, P9604 'RB-J', of No. 10 Squadron RAAF Detachment based at Oban, Argyll, about to take off from Oban Bay.

Airborne troops cross back over the Rhine in a captured German Kubelwagen car, March 1945. BU2549

Airborne troops cross back over the Rhine in a captured German Kubelwa...

Airborne troops cross back over the Rhine in a captured German Kubelwagen car, March 1945. Airborne troops cross back over the Rhine in a captured German Kubelwagen car, 24 - 25 March 1945.

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5014

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B5014

The British Army in Normandy 1944 A DUKW carrying supplies of ammunition leaves a landing ship tank before making its way towards the invasion beaches, 6 June 1944.

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU851

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU851

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Guards Armoured Division Sherman tanks pass an abandoned German 88mm anti-tank gun in the village of Heusden, 12 September 1944.

Aerial photographs - Heinkel over Wapping

Aerial photographs - Heinkel over Wapping

Operations: A German Luftwaffe Heinkel He 111 bomber flying over Wapping and the Isle of Dogs in the East End of London at the start of the Luftwaffe's evening raids of 7 September 1940. Copy negative of part... More

339th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-14070

339th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-14070

A P-51 Mustang (5Q-H, serial number 44-14070) of the 339th Fighter Group in snow at Bassingbourn, January 1945. Written on slide casing: '5Q:H 414070 Bassingbourn, 1/45.'

The Wright Brothers; first powered flight HU98267

The Wright Brothers; first powered flight HU98267

The Wright Brothers The Wright Flyer airborne during the first powered flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, United States of America, 17 December 1903. Orville Wright is the pilot while Wilbur Wright runs alongside.

A British infantry sergeant during the advance into Germany near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944. BU1434

A British infantry sergeant during the advance into Germany near Geile...

A British infantry sergeant during the advance into Germany near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944. The face of battle: an infantry sergeant during the advance into Germany near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944.

Infantry of the York and Lancaster Regiment in the village of Fontenay-le-Pesnel, Normandy, 25 June 1944. B5942

Infantry of the York and Lancaster Regiment in the village of Fontenay...

Infantry of the York and Lancaster Regiment in the village of Fontenay-le-Pesnel, Normandy, 25 June 1944. Infantry of the York and Lancaster Regiment in the village of Fontenay-le-Pesnel, 25 June 1944.

The Ridley Tragedy Art.IWMART3075-high

The Ridley Tragedy Art.IWMART3075-high

The Ridley Tragedy image: A BE2C biplane of the Royal Flying Corps sits stationary on arid, rocky ground in Palestine. Two RFC men lie dead on the ground, one in a shadow under the plane's wing, the other lyin... More

50th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts

50th Fighter Group P-47 Thunderbolts

P-47 Thunderbolts, including (2N-U, serial number 42-25904) nicknamed "Lethal Liz II", of the 50th Fighter Group, with cows at Carentan Airfield (A-10), France, Summer 1944

Defence of Albion (Art. IWM ART LD 1933)

Defence of Albion (Art. IWM ART LD 1933)

A Sunderland flying boat on a stormy sea off the coast of Portland. Part of a U-Boat is visable in front of the plane. Large quarried stones are stacked on the shore.

Germany Before the First World War 1890 - 1914 HU68385

Germany Before the First World War 1890 - 1914 HU68385

Germany Before the First World War 1890 - 1914 The construction of the Kiel Canal, 1887 - 1895. The huge Baltic Lock at Holtenau under construction. This lock controlled access between the Baltic Sea and the ... More

The Abyssinian Expedition, Ethiopia 1868 Q69832

The Abyssinian Expedition, Ethiopia 1868 Q69832

The Abyssinian Expedition, Ethiopia 1868 The Naval Brigade parade beside Goon-Goona Rock.

The Scottish Women's Hospital - in the Cloister of the Abbaye at Royaumont. Dr. Frances Ivens inspecting a French patient. Art.IWMART3090 (detail)

The Scottish Women's Hospital - in the Cloister of the Abbaye at Royau...

The Scottish Women's Hospital - in the Cloister of the Abbaye at Royaumont. Dr. Frances Ivens inspecting a French patient. Art.IWMART3090 (detail)

The Road To War Q81806 - Public domain portrait

The Road To War Q81806 - Public domain portrait

The Road To War Von Moltke the younger Public domain photograph of 20th-century male portrait painting, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

359th Fighter Group - P-47 Thunderbolts

359th Fighter Group - P-47 Thunderbolts

P-47 Thunderbolts (LJ-B, serial number 42-8381, "War Weary") nicknamed "Little One" and (LJ-D, serial number 42-7896, "War Weary") and RAF AT-6 Texans at East Wretham, home of the 359th Fighter Group. Assoicate... More

359th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustangs

359th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustangs

P-51 Mustangs (CS-E, serial number 44-13893) nicknamed "Caroline", (CS-L, serial number 44-14733) nicknamed "Ruggie's Ruthie" , (CS-F, serial number 44-13795) nicknamed "Marg" and (CS-K, serial number 44-13966)... More

Duxford Aerodrome - Main Enterance

Duxford Aerodrome - Main Enterance

The main entrance to Duxford airfield, Spring 1945. Officers and enlisted men are walking from the living site areas across the A505 Royston-Newmarket public road. The Officers’ Mess building is on the extreme ... More

GERMAN TROOPS ADVANCING PAST ABANDONED AMERICAN EQUIPMENT

GERMAN TROOPS ADVANCING PAST ABANDONED AMERICAN EQUIPMENT

Panzergrenadier-SS Kampfgruppe Hansen in action during clashes in Poteau against Task Force Myers, 18 December 1944.

Crimean War 1854-56 Q71600 - Public domain photogrpaph

Crimean War 1854-56 Q71600 - Public domain photogrpaph

Crimean War 1854-56 Sergeant J. Breeze,11th Hussars, Sergeant B. Owen, Grenadier Guards, Bombadier Henry Linsden, Royal Artillery, Corporal Chas. Motton, Scots Fusiliers, Private Andrew Robins, Royal Artillery ... More

The Outbreak of the First World War, 1914 Q81832

The Outbreak of the First World War, 1914 Q81832

The Outbreak of the First World War, 1914 Crowds outside Buckingham Palace cheer King George, Queen Mary and the Prince of Wales (who can just be seen on the balcony) following the Declaration of War in August 1914.

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC347

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC347

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 Lieutenant Alexis Charles Doxat, 3rd Battalion, Imperial Yeomanry, awarded the Victoria Cross, near Zeerust, South Africa, 20 October 1900.

359th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustangs 2

359th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustangs 2

P-51 Mustangs, including (CS-H, serial number 44-14979) and (CS-C, serial number 44-72208) nicknamed "Delectable" of the 359th Fighter Group lined up at East Wretham. Associated caption: 'Line up of P-51s start... More

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC776

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC776

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 Lieutenant Hector Lachlan Stewart Maclean, Staff Corps and Corps of Guides, Indian Army, awarded the Victoria Cross, Nawa Kili, Upper Swat, Tirah Campaign, India, 17 August 1897.

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC800

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC800

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 Sergeant Horace Robert Martineau, Protectorate Regiment (North West Cape Colony), South African Forces, awarded the Victoria Cross, Game Tree, near Mafeking, South Africa, 26 De... More

Study for 'shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Using the Bevi Art.IWMARTLD6008139

Study for 'shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Using the Bevi Art.IWMARTLD600...

Study for 'shipbuilding on the Clyde' - Using the Bevi image: A group of five men using a 'bevi' (or bevelling iron) on a steel frame in the plater's shed. Two other men are hammering in the iron 'dogs' used t... More

NLS Haig - Repairing one of our guns for use in the continued advance

NLS Haig - Repairing one of our guns for use in the continued advance

IWM caption : THE THIRD BATTLE OF YPRES (PASSCHENDAELE) 31 JULY - 10 NOVEMBER 1917 Description: Battle of Polygon Wood 26 September - 3 October: A new barrel is lowered into position on an 8 inch howitzer by th... More

An Incident on the Western Front Art.IWMART2660

An Incident on the Western Front Art.IWMART2660

An Incident on the Western Front image: A view of a dogfight involving five aircraft. In the upper foreground a biplane of the RAF flies towards a stricken German biplane, which is falling towards the ground l... More

Blackburn Skua landing on HMS Ark Royal

Blackburn Skua landing on HMS Ark Royal

The Royal Navy during the Second World War A Blackburn Skua landing on HMS ARK ROYAL.

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 DB143

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 DB143

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 A close up portrait of a plater's helper who is looking away from the camera.

Me 323 under attack off Corsica 1943

Me 323 under attack off Corsica 1943

A Messerschmitt Me 263 powered glider under attack off Cape Corse, Corsica, by a Martin Marauder Mark I, flown by the Commanding Officer of No. 14 Squadron RAF, Wing Commander W Maydwell. The aircraft crash-lan... More

Winston Churchill in a jeep outside the German Reichstag during a tour of the ruined city of Berlin, 16 July 1945. BU8950

Winston Churchill in a jeep outside the German Reichstag during a tour...

Winston Churchill in a jeep outside the German Reichstag during a tour of the ruined city of Berlin, 16 July 1945. Prime Minister Winston Churchill sits in a jeep outside the Reichstag during a tour of the ruin... More

359th Fighter Group - Pilots

359th Fighter Group - Pilots

Pilots of the 370th Fighter Squadron, 359th Fighter Group on the flying field at East Wretham. Associated caption: 'Group of 370th pilots & personnel on flying field, second from right is Caskey.'

RAF Bottisham - 361st Fighter Group - P-51B Mustang 42-106875

RAF Bottisham - 361st Fighter Group - P-51B Mustang 42-106875

A P-51 Mustang (E2-D, serial number 42-106875) nicknamed "Queen Jean" of the 361st Fighter Group prepares for take off at Bottisham.

RAF Thurleigh - 306th Bombardment Group - B-17 Flying Fortress

RAF Thurleigh - 306th Bombardment Group - B-17 Flying Fortress

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 306th Bomb Group Public domain photograph of propeller aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5671

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 B5671

The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944 5th Battalion Welsh Guards, Guards Armoured Division, moving up to the front line, 17 June 1944.

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC408

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC408

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 Sergeant James Firth, 1st Battalion, The Duke of Wellington’s (West Riding) Regiment, awarded the Victoria Cross, Plewmans Farm, near Arundel, Cape Colony, South Africa, 24 February 1900.

Edward Roche - a head melter at a Sheffield munition factory Art.IWMARTLD2483

Edward Roche - a head melter at a Sheffield munition factory Art.IWMAR...

Edward Roche - a head melter at a Sheffield munition factory image: A head and shoulders portrait of Edward Roche wearing protective glasses pushed up onto his forehead.

359th Fighter Group - External Fuel Tanks

359th Fighter Group - External Fuel Tanks

Fuel tanks for attaching to the wings of aircraft are neatly stacked at the 359th Fighter Group base at East Wretham.

56th Fighter Group - P-47D Thunderbolt 42-8487

56th Fighter Group - P-47D Thunderbolt 42-8487

Captain Walker "Bud" Mahurin of the 56th Fighter Group standing on the port wing of his P-47 Thunderbolt aircraft, conversing with its crew chief, Staff Sergeant John E. Barnes.The aircraft had been "bought" c... More

HMS Ben-my-Chree (1915) during World War I

HMS Ben-my-Chree (1915) during World War I

HMS Ben-my-Chree (cica 1915) Public domain image of a British navy ship, steamship, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

William Orpen – The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versailles 1919, Ausschnitt

William Orpen – The Signing of Peace in the Hall of Mirrors, Versaille...

A view of the interior of the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles, with the heads of state sitting and standing before a long table. Front Row: Dr Johannes Bell (Germany) signing with Herr Hermann Muller leaning ov... More

British supply trucks crossing a Bailey bridge over the Maas in full flood at Maeseyk in Holland, 25 November 1944. B12119 (cropped)

British supply trucks crossing a Bailey bridge over the Maas in full f...

British supply trucks crossing a Bailey bridge over the Maas in full flood at Maeseyk in Holland, 25 November 1944. Lorries crossing a Bailey bridge over the Maas in full flood at Maeseyk in Holland, 25 November 1944.

An SAS jeep manned by Sergeant Schofield and Trooper Jeavons of 1st SAS near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 18 November 1944. B11921

An SAS jeep manned by Sergeant Schofield and Trooper Jeavons of 1st SA...

An SAS jeep manned by Sergeant Schofield and Trooper Jeavons of 1st SAS near Geilenkirchen, Germany, 18 November 1944. A jeep manned by Sergeant A Schofield and Trooper O Jeavons of 1 SAS near Geilenkirchen in ... More

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC784

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC784

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 Surgeon William Job Maillard, Royal Navy, awarded the Victoria Cross, HMS HAZARD, Crete, 6 September 1898.

359th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-13893

359th Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-13893

P-51 Mustangs (CS-E, serial number 44-13893) nicknamed "Caroline", (CS-L, serial number 44-14733) nicknamed "Ruggie's Ruthie"of the 359th Fighter Group. Associated caption: 'Front view of Caroline CS-E.'

359th Fighter Group -Mechanics on D-Day

359th Fighter Group -Mechanics on D-Day

Crew Cheif Roy Taylor works on the exposed engine of a P-51 Mustang (CS-E, serial number 44-13893) nicknamed "Caroline" at East Wretham. Caption on reverse: '359th FG Photos

Chalgrove Airfield - 7th Reconnaissance Group - F-5 Lightning taxxing

Chalgrove Airfield - 7th Reconnaissance Group - F-5 Lightning taxxing

An F-5 Lightning of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group at Chalgrove

RAF Bottisham - 361st Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-13704

RAF Bottisham - 361st Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-13704

A P-51 Mustang (B7-H_, serial number 44-13704) nicknamed "Ferocious Frankie" of the 361st Fighter Group prepares for take off at Bottisham.

Flying Officer Bolesław Henryk Drobiński of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the cockpit of his Spitfire

Flying Officer Bolesław Henryk Drobiński of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squ...

Flying Officer Bolesław Henryk Drobiński of No. 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the cockpit of his Spitfire.

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. BU4123

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

Cecil Beaton Photographs- General; British Army, Long Range Desert Group CBM2264

Cecil Beaton Photographs- General; British Army, Long Range Desert Gro...

Cecil Beaton Photographs- General Travels in the Middle East 1942: Two Yezidee recruits to the Iraqi Levies with plaited hair and Arab head-dresses and robes.

Cheering crowds greet British troops in Paris, 26 August 1944. BU21

Cheering crowds greet British troops in Paris, 26 August 1944. BU21

Cheering crowds greet British troops in Paris, 26 August 1944. Cheering crowds greet British troops in Paris, 26 August 1944.

Rear-admiral Sir Christopher Cradock Q69171

Rear-admiral Sir Christopher Cradock Q69171

Rear-admiral Sir Christopher Cradock Rear-Admiral Sir Christopher "Kit" George Francis Maurice Cradock KCVO CB SGM. Unit: Royal Navy, 4th Squadron, HMS Good Hope. Death: 01 November 1914.

359th Fighter Group - Airfield

359th Fighter Group - Airfield

Personnel of the 359th Fighter Group sit on the back of a crew truck at East Wretham. Printed caption on reverse: '359th FG Photos

Chalgrove Airfield - 7th Reconnaissance Group - F-5 Lightning landing

Chalgrove Airfield - 7th Reconnaissance Group - F-5 Lightning landing

An F-5 Lightning of the 7th Photographic Reconnaissance Group Public domain photograph of a bomber aircraft, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

RAF Bassingbourn - 91st Bombardment Group - B-17 43-38083

RAF Bassingbourn - 91st Bombardment Group - B-17 43-38083

A B-17 Flying Fortress (OR-Q, serial number 43-38083) of the 91st Bomb Group at Bassingbourn January 1945.

RAF Bury St Edmunds - 94th Bombardment Group - B-17 44-83494

RAF Bury St Edmunds - 94th Bombardment Group - B-17 44-83494

A B-17 Flying Fortress (XM-H, serial number 44-83494) of the 94th Bomb Group with a P-51 Mustang at Chalgrove Airfield.

RAF Bury St Edmunds - 94th Bombardment Group - B-17 taking off

RAF Bury St Edmunds - 94th Bombardment Group - B-17 taking off

A B-17 Flying Fortress of the 94th Bomb Group takes off April 1945.

RAF Chelveston - 305th Bombardment Group - B-17 Elizabeths Own

RAF Chelveston - 305th Bombardment Group - B-17 Elizabeths Own

Elizabeth with airmen of the 306th Bomb Group and a B-17 Flying Fortress nicknamed "Elizabeth's Own", that has been named in her honour, 18 January 1945.

British supply trucks crossing a Bailey bridge over the Maas in full flood at Maeseyk in Holland, 25 November 1944. B12119

British supply trucks crossing a Bailey bridge over the Maas in full f...

British supply trucks crossing a Bailey bridge over the Maas in full flood at Maeseyk in Holland, 25 November 1944. Lorries crossing a Bailey bridge over the Maas in full flood at Maeseyk in Holland, 25 November 1944.

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 DB65

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 DB65

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 Shipbuilding: A girl welder with protective head gear raised from her face. In the background a ship under construction in a slipway can be seen.

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B5110

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 B51...

D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Sherman tanks and other vehicles of 13th/18th Royal Hussars, 27th Armoured Brigade, aboard LCT 610 approaching the French coast, 6 June 1944. T... More

Germany Before the First World War Q81727

Germany Before the First World War Q81727

Germany Before the First World War A military parade along Unter den Linden, Berlin shortly before the First World War.

Sherman tanks, carriers and infantry during Operation 'Charnwood', Normandy, 9 July 1944. B6759

Sherman tanks, carriers and infantry during Operation 'Charnwood', Nor...

Sherman tanks, carriers and infantry during Operation 'Charnwood', Normandy, 9 July 1944. Sherman tanks, carriers and infantry during Operation 'Charnwood', 9 July 1944.

The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain CH1537

The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain CH1537

The 303 Polish Fighter Squadron in the Battle of Britain In the summer of 1940 the first Polish squadrons were formed in Fighter Command. No 303 'City of Warsaw' Squadron was the top-scoring RAF unit in Septemb... More

The Indian Mutiny 1857-1859 Q112129

The Indian Mutiny 1857-1859 Q112129

The Indian Mutiny 1857-1859 British soldiers on the roof of the Alumbagh, a large walled enclosure situated on the outskirts of Lucknow near the Cawnpore Road. It contained a palace, mosque and gardens. Durin... More

Victoria Cross Winners of the Indian Mutiny 1857 - 1858 Q82414

Victoria Cross Winners of the Indian Mutiny 1857 - 1858 Q82414

Victoria Cross Winners of the Indian Mutiny 1857 - 1858 Portrait of Harry Hammon Lyster, awarded the Victoria Cross: Indian Mutiny, 23 May 1858.

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC63

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 VC63

Victoria Cross Winners- Pre 1914 Trooper Frank William Baxter, Bulawayo Field Force, awarded the Victoria Cross, Matabeleland, Rhodesia, 22 April 1896.

359th Fighter Group -Mission Board

359th Fighter Group -Mission Board

370th Fighter Squadron Pilots stand with a board outlining details of their last mission at East Wretham, home of the 359th Fighter Group. Printed caption on reverse: '359th FG Photos Description: #55 a flight ... More

Chalgrove Airfield - 25th Bombardment Group - Mosquito MM 388

Chalgrove Airfield - 25th Bombardment Group - Mosquito MM 388

An airman of the 25th Bomb Group with a Mosquito (H, serial number MM 388). Written on slide casing: 'MM 388 H- 654 BS.'

RAF Bottisham - 361st Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-13704 Bombing

RAF Bottisham - 361st Fighter Group - P-51D Mustang 44-13704 Bombing

A P-51 Mustang (B7-H_) nicknamed "Ferocious Frankie" of the 361st Fighter Group, flown by Lieutenant Colonel Wallace Hopkins, releases two bombs during a mission.

A Wellington Bomber awaiting Camouflage (1942) (Art.IWM ART LD 2605)

A Wellington Bomber awaiting Camouflage (1942) (Art.IWM ART LD 2605)

A women working on the side of a Wellington bomber inside a hanger; other workers visable at tables in the background.

A Cecil Beaton photograph of the navigator working at his chart table in an RAF Stirling bomber, 1941. D4738 2

A Cecil Beaton photograph of the navigator working at his chart table ...

A Cecil Beaton photograph of the navigator working at his chart table in an RAF Stirling bomber, 1941. 1940s vintage exhibition print of Cecil Beaton photograph D 4738. A Royal Air Force navigator working at h... More

An abandoned Messerschmitt Bf 109G and a pair of Ju 88G night-fighters in a hangar at Wunstorf airfield in Germany, captured by 6th Airborne Division, 8 April 1945. BU3260

An abandoned Messerschmitt Bf 109G and a pair of Ju 88G night-fighters...

An abandoned Messerschmitt Bf 109G and a pair of Ju 88G night-fighters in a hangar at Wunstorf airfield in Germany, captured by 6th Airborne Division, 8 April 1945. Me 109 and Ju 88G aircraft in a hangar at Wun... More

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Political and Military Personalities; Feisal II, King of Iraq CBM2392

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Political and Military Personalities; Feisal...

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Political and Military Personalities Political Personalities: King Feisal II of Iraq lying on a mosaic floor, looking up at the camera.

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Women's Horticultural College, Waterperry House, Oxfordshire, 1943 DB264

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Women's Horticultural College, Waterperry Ho...

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Women's Horticultural College, Waterperry House, Oxfordshire, 1943 A horticultural school for women now training students in all branches of agriculture and horticulture with special r... More

Crimean War 1854-56 Q71085 photograph by Howlett and Cundall

Crimean War 1854-56 Q71085 photograph by Howlett and Cundall

Crimean War 1854-56 Crimean War casualties with amputated legs who were seen by HM Queen Victoria when she visited Chatham Hospital. Left to right - William Young, Henry Burland and John Connery. John Connery i... More

Infantry of 15th (Scottish) Division advance through waist-high corn, supported by Churchill tanks of 7th Royal Tank Regiment during Operation 'Epsom', Normandy, 28 June 1944. B6119

Infantry of 15th (Scottish) Division advance through waist-high corn, ...

Infantry of 15th (Scottish) Division advance through waist-high corn, supported by Churchill tanks of 7th Royal Tank Regiment during Operation 'Epsom', Normandy, 28 June 1944. Infantry of 15th (Scottish) Divisi... More

Invasion of Walcheren Island (westkapelle) BU1282

Invasion of Walcheren Island (westkapelle) BU1282

Invasion of Walcheren Island [westkapelle] The occupation of Walcheren Island is going fast. Flushing is in the hands of the British and troops fanning out to the West are close to the Marine Commandos coming d... More

Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944 B5207

Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944 B5207

Operation Overlord (the Normandy Landings)- D-day 6 June 1944 The Final Embarkation: Three British soldiers of 51st Highland Division, aboard a landing craft, pass the time by reading the booklet on France whic... More

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8791

The British Army in Normandy 1944 B8791

The British Army in Normandy 1944 L/Cpl Phillips, Pte Best, Pte Watson and Cpl Walter of 6th Airborne Division investigate the remains of a German self-propelled gun which they knocked-out, 5 August 1944. (SdKf... More

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU1416

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 BU1416

The British Army in North-west Europe 1944-45 Sherman tank advancing near Geilenkirchen, 5 December 1944.

The Indian Mutiny 1857-1859 Q69827

The Indian Mutiny 1857-1859 Q69827

The Indian Mutiny 1857-1859 Aftermath of the Siege of Cawnpore. Soldiers of the 1st Madras Fusiliers seated amongst the remains of the British entrenchment de fences to barracks at Cawnpore which General Sir ... More

Entering Scapa Flow - A black and white photo of ships in the water

Entering Scapa Flow - A black and white photo of ships in the water

Internment at Scapa Flow 24 November 1918 - 20 June 1919: SMS EMDEN, FRANKFURT and BREMSE entering Scapa Flow.

Tonks, Henry - Saline Infusion- An incident in the British Red Cross Hospital, Arc-en-Barrois, 1915 - Google Art Project

Tonks, Henry - Saline Infusion- An incident in the British Red Cross H...

Public domain photograph related to Great Britain in World War One, military conflict, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War- the work of Samuel Franklin Cody in Airship, Kite and Aircraft Aeronautics 1903 - 1913 RAE-O488

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War- the work of Samuel Fra...

Aviation in Britain Before the First World War- the work of Samuel Franklin Cody in Airship, Kite and Aircraft Aeronautics 1903 - 1913 Demonstration of a two man kite designed by S F Cody for use by the Britis... More

British Sherman tanks and infantry during the advance on Caen, Normandy, 9 July 1944. B6758

British Sherman tanks and infantry during the advance on Caen, Normand...

British Sherman tanks and infantry during the advance on Caen, Normandy, 9 July 1944. Sherman tanks and infantry during the advance on Caen, 9 July 1944.

Cecil Beaton Photographs- Tyneside Shipyards, 1943 DB1

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