Armed Forces & Weapons

Men of the 8th Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment going up to the line near Frezenberg during the Third Battle of Ypres, 1917.

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Feeding 45 Millions - Food Convoy

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British Scouts leaving their Aerodrome on Patrol, over the Asiago Plateau, Italy, 1918

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The British Commonwealth of Nations - Together

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Supermarine Spitfire Mark Is of No. 610 Squadron based at Biggin Hill, flying in 'vic' formation, 24 July 1940.

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See the World

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Sailors surround the ship's cat "Convoy" asleep in a miniature hammock on board HMS HERMIONE, Gibraltar, 26 November 1941.

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Rocket-firing Typhoons at the Falaise Gap, Normandy, 1944

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Never Was So Much Owed by So Many to So Few

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A Royal Navy officer using a sextant aboard a destroyer on convoy protection duties, 1942.

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A portrait by Cecil Beaton of the pilot and co-pilot of a Wellington bomber of No. 149 Squadron in 1941.

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Treat 'Em Rough - Join the Tanks

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The Operations Room at RAF Fighter Command's No. 10 Group Headquarters, Rudloe Manor (RAF Box), Wiltshire, showing WAAF plotters and duty officers at work, 1943.

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The London Cyclists

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Supermarine Spitfire Mark VCs of No. 2 Squadron SAAF based at Palata, Italy, flying in loose line astern formation over the Adriatic Sea while on a bombing mission to the Sangro River battlefront.

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Six Hurricane Mark Is of No. 73 Squadron RAF, based at Rouvres, France, flying in loose echelon formation.

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Sherman tanks of 9th Queen's Royal Lancers during the Battle of El Alamein, 5 November 1942.

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Roll Call of the 2nd Battalion, The Seaforth Highlanders, on the afternoon of the first day of the Battle of the Somme near Beaumont Hamel. The insignia on their sleeves indicates that they were part of the attacking force.

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