A Short Sunderland Mk I of No. 10 Squadron RAAF, based at Oban in Scotland, August 1940.
A sister and a matron from Queen Alexandra's Imperial Military Nursing Service during the First World War.
A small child on deck with his life belt on board SS EMPRESS OF AUSTRALIA, August 1941.
A soldier battling his way through a sandstorm in the Western Desert during 1942.
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 No. 1 Commando climbs up a steep rock face during training at Glencoe in Scotland, 19 November 1941.
A soldier of the Long Range Desert Group uses a Libyan keffiyeh scarf to protect his head from the sun, Siwa, Libya, 1942
A Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter takes off from a ramp on the 'Q' turret of the battlecruiser HMAS AUSTRALIA. This feat was first achieved on 4 April 1918.
A Supermarine Spitfire flying alongside a V-1 flying bomb in an attempt to disrupt the airflow over its wing and force it to crash, August 1944.
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk 1 of No. 19 Squadron RAF being re-armed between sorties at Fowlmere, near Duxford, September 1940.
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk IXE of No. 412 Squadron RCAF, armed with a 250-lb GP bomb under each wing, taxies out for a sortie at Volkel, Holland, 27 October 1944.
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk VC of No. 249 Squadron RAF in flight over Egypt, 1942.
A Supermarine Spitfire Mk VIII of No. 155 Squadron about to take off from Tabingaung, Burma, January 1945.
A Swordfish Aircraft Getting Ready to Take Off
A Tank
A team of stretcher bearers struggle through deep mud to carry a wounded man to safety near Boesinghe on 1 August 1917 during the Third Battle of Ypres.
A Union Flag hangs defiantly from a building in the aftermath of the air raid which devastated the centre of Coventry on the night of 14/15 November 1940.
A vertical aerial photograph taken during a raid on Berlin on the night of 2/3 September 1941. The broad wavy lines are the tracks of German searchlights and anti-aircraft fire.
A very clear shot of B turret on board HMS RODNEY taken from the bridge as the ship prepares to enter harbour. Beyond, on the focsle, some of the men are preparing to haul in the paravanes and get the cable cleared for anchoring.
A veteran sergeant in the Dorking Home Guard cleans his Tommy gun at the dining room table, before going on parade, 1 December 1940.
A Vickers machine gun team wearing PH Type anti-gas helmets in action near Ovillers during the Battle of the Somme, 1916.
A view looking down on an aerodrome with a stream of pilots crossing the tarmac to reach their planes which stand in the distance. In the upper left a Lockheed Hudson is coming in to land.
A view of 'Pegasus Bridge' over the Caen Canal at Benouville, 12 July 1944. Two of the Horsa gliders that brought the 'coup de main' force in on the night of D-Day can be seen in the background.
A voluntary domestic science course for service women based in the London area, organised by the London District of the Army Education Scheme.
