Historical Period

The British Navy Guards the Freedom of Us All

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Three Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I aircraft of 19 Squadron.

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Use Spades Not Ships

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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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British commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade, led by Lord Lovat, landing on 'Queen Red' sector of Sword Beach, at La Breche, on the morning of 6 June 1944.

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A heavily-armed jeep patrol from 'L' Detachment SAS in North Africa, 18 January 1943.

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45 Royal Marine Commando marches towards Port Stanley during the Falklands War, 1982. Marine Peter Robinson carrys the Union Flag on his pack.

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Your Britain - Fight for it Now [South Downs]

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Winston Churchill with his Chiefs of Staff in the garden of 10 Downing Street, 7 May 1945.

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Train to be a Nurse

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To Dress Extravagantly in War Time

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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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Squadron Leader Brian 'Sandy' Lane, CO of No. 19 Squadron (centre) confers with Flight Lieutenant Walter 'Farmer' Lawson and Flight Sergeant George 'Grumpy' Unwin at Fowlmere near Duxford, September 1940.

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Ruby Loftus screwing a Breech-ring

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Potatoes - Feed Without Fattening and Give You Energy

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Mr Churchill Inspecting a 'Tommy' Gun, 31 July 1940

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Keep Mum - She's Not so Dumb! - Careless Talk Costs Lives

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A raiding party of the 10th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) waiting for the signal to go. John Warwick Brooke, the official photographer, followed them in the sap, into which a shell fell short killing seven men. Near Arras, 24 March 1917.

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A Clear Plate Means a Clear Conscience - Don't Take More Than You Can Eat

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A British soldier stands besides the grave of a comrade near Pilckem during the Third Battle of Ypres, 22 August 1917.

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Your Britain - Fight for it Now

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Wire

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Winston Churchill reads a newspaper on the platform at St Andrews railway station, during a tour of defences and naval forces in Scotland, 23 October 1940.

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Winston Churchill outside 10 Downing Street, 21 November 1941.

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