The commander of the Allied Armies in Italy, General Sir Harold Alexander, with American General Truscott, in charge of the Allied bridgehead at Anzio, 4 March 1944.
The commander of the Allied Armies in Italy, General Sir Harold Alexander, with American General Truscott, in charge of the Allied bridgehead at Anzio, 4 March 1944.
A soldier from 101st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment prepares for D-Day by reading his French handbook at a camp near Portsmouth, 29 May 1944.
A soldier from 101st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment prepares for D-Day by reading his French handbook at a camp near Portsmouth, 29 May 1944.
Two ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) trainee motorcycle despatch riders and a Royal Army Service Corps instructor at York, 23 May 1941.
Two ATS (Auxiliary Territorial Service) trainee motorcycle despatch riders and a Royal Army Service Corps instructor at York, 23 May 1941.
Portrait of a soldier from No. 3 Commando armed with a 'Tommy gun' and wearing a balaclava, at Largs in Scotland, 2 May 1942.
Portrait of a soldier from No. 3 Commando armed with a 'Tommy gun' and wearing a balaclava, at Largs in Scotland, 2 May 1942.
Army Commandos in a landing craft during training in Scotland, 28 February 1942.
Army Commandos in a landing craft during training in Scotland, 28 February 1942.
A sapper from 211 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, attached to 44th Infantry Division, carrying 'Molotov Cocktails' made from beer bottles, Woodlands near Doncaster, 3 September 1940.
A sapper from 211 Field Park Company, Royal Engineers, attached to 44th Infantry Division, carrying 'Molotov Cocktails' made from beer bottles, Woodlands near Doncaster, 3 September 1940.
Soldiers demonstrate various styles of camouflage clothing, at Langford near Redlinch in Somerset, 13 March 1941.
Soldiers demonstrate various styles of camouflage clothing, at Langford near Redlinch in Somerset, 13 March 1941.
A soldier of 1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers crouched in the doorway of a deserted building during a patrol in the Ligoniel area of North Belfast, May 1977.
A soldier of 1st Battalion, The Royal Welch Fusiliers crouched in the doorway of a deserted building during a patrol in the Ligoniel area of North Belfast, May 1977.
Private W Stack of No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with a Browning pistol, 5 March 1944.
Private W Stack of No. 9 Commando at Anzio, equipped for a patrol with a Browning pistol, 5 March 1944.
Soldiers of the East Surrey Regiment pose with fixed bayonets at Chatham in Kent, 25 November 1940.
Soldiers of the East Surrey Regiment pose with fixed bayonets at Chatham in Kent, 25 November 1940.
An Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) motorcycle despatch rider in Northern Ireland, 26 September 1941.
An Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) motorcycle despatch rider in Northern Ireland, 26 September 1941.
The driver of a Bishop 25-pdr self-propelled gun of 142nd Field Regiment in Sicily, 27 July 1943.
The driver of a Bishop 25-pdr self-propelled gun of 142nd Field Regiment in Sicily, 27 July 1943.