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King and Queen with ARP wardens in LondonKing George VI together with Queen Elizabeth chatting with Air Raid Patrol wardens and inspecting bomb damage in South West London during the Blitz, 1940
Royal Visit to the USaFTheir Majesties, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, accompanied by Princess Elizabeth visiting a USaF station in 1944 and with General Doolittle shortly after Princess Elizabeth had christened
Recreation Hall, Horton War Hospital, Epsom, SurreyInterior of the recreation hall at the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum
Horton Mental Hospital, Epsom, SurreyAerial view of the Horton Mental Hospital at Epsom, Surrey. The hospital opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum, Londons seventh county asylum
Administration Building, Horton War Hospital, EpsomThe administration block of the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum
Church interior, Horton War Hospital, Epsom, SurreyInterior of the church at the Horton War Hospital, Epsom, Surrey, opened in 1899 as Horton Asylum - Londons seventh county asylum
Wayland Union Workhouse, Rockland All Saints, NorfolkThe Wayland Union workhouse at Rockland All Saints, Norfolk. The building, erected in 1836-7, is believed to have been designed by William Thorold or William J Donthorn
Gurkha trooper firing in Burma, 1944 Date: 1944
Waiting for transports - Burma - 1944British, West Africans and Gurkhas, the backbone of Wingates Burma Jungle forces, wait at the ramps to file into transports or gliders for the forward movement to Broadway
Allies rescue stricken C-47 - BurmaAmerican forces of the Air Service Command, Chindits and Burmese farmers of the local neighbourhood, who between them managed to put a C-47 back in the air
Allied scouts cross a Burmese Jungle stream. Poised for action, a scouting detachment of armed Burmese patriot fighters, accompanied by two American soldiers
Scottish tank crew in Burma - 1945Scottish tank crew in Burma, 15th March 1945. A Sherman tank passing a pagoda on the Taungtha road
U. S. 81mm Mortar overlooking the Burma RoadU.S. 81mm Mortar overlooking the Burma Road, Lashio, Burma - January / February, 1945. Japanese supply and communications lines were pounded during the battle for the strategic ground north of this
A Japanese patrol in a Mandalay Railway Yard, Burma
British 36th Division in Burma - 1944Two members of the British 36th Division (consisting of the Royal Scots Fusiliers, the Royal Welsh Fusiliers and the East Lancashire Regiment)
Brigadier Cotterill-Hill wades ashore - BurmaRamree Island on the Burma coast invaded. Brigadier Cotterill-Hill, commanding the 71st Indian brigade, wades ashore - 194"
19th Indian Dagger Division - BurmaTanks and infantry of the 19th Indian Dagger Division move up to the attack - Burma
Making a jeep railroad - BurmaMaking a jeep railroad. A supply line constructed by Indian engineers to run to Mandalay in readiness for expansion further south into Burma
Balloon Barrage by Renee CharronA young woman, rumpled stockings just visible, hides beneath an eiderdown quilt with a bunch of balloons while a baby Cupid flutters above her bed waiting to strike. Goodness knows what is going on
Crash site of a German Night RaiderA house completely flattened by a crashed German Bomber on an air raid over the capital
Clearing rubble from bombed buildings, LondonClearing rubble from bombed buildings in London during the Blitz - 1940
Fighting a fire with a stirrup pump - The BlitzNow that the worst is out. Attacking a fire with a stirrup pump following an air raid on London - circa late 1940
Saving the processional cross - The BlitzSaving the processional cross from a church demolished by a night raiders bomb in a London suburb on 5th September, 194"
Damaged London Hospital - The BlitzThe Porters Lodge of a London Hospital wrecked by a German raiders bomb. Nobody was seriously hurt - circa late 1940
Carrying away an unexploded bombVolunteer carrying away an unexploded bomb, which fell in Bromley, Kent - one of a payload of twenty two bombs
Air Raid damage off Piccadilly during the BlitzAir Raid damage off Piccadilly, London on 19th September 1940. A lampost and parked car have been heavily damaged by falling masonry from bombed buildings
Fire at St. Katherines Docks during the BlitzMiles of hose pipes were used to fight the big fire at St. Katherines Docks which blazed for over 12 hours on 9th August 1940. The London Food Depot was heavily damaged
Bomb damage by County Hall during the BlitzThe Southbank terrace alongside City Hall, showing fallen masonry attesting to bomb damage following a German Air Raid during the Blitz
British service personnel on D-DayA group painting of the British armed forces involved in Operation Overlord - the D-Day invasion of France - on June 6th 1944
95th ParaBritish paratrouper from 95th Para - involved in the first stage of Operation Overlord, the D-day invasion of France on June 6th 1944
Dug in - D-Day - Machine Gun TeamA British machine gun team dug in on a Normandy beach during the assault phase of Operation Overlord - the allied D-Day landings in France on 6th June 1944
The Spirit of the PeopleSix photos showing the imperturbability of British citizens when faced with German bombings: You might as well try to shake the nerve of a mountain as of this population wrote Mr E.C
Lance Corporal - South Staffordshire Regiment (left) and Colour Sergeant - North Staffordshire Regiment (right)
Card from the front - World War TwoA card sent back home by Marie serving with the Canadian Forces during World War Two
A Pair of Barrage BalloonsA Pair of RAF Barrage Balloons at Cardington, Bedfordshire
ENSA Concert 1940ENSA Concert in the Aldwych London Underground Station during World War II
Private of the 2nd Battalion of The East Yorkshire Regiment (3rd Infantry Division) - Normandy 1944. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Home Guard training against bombersTraining for the Home Guard at Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London. Riflemen being trained to meet dive-bombing attacks by practising rapid fire against a diving model that represents a 50
Home Guard march to lectureMembers of the Home Guard on their way to a field in the grounds of Osterley Park, in the suburbs of west London, where lectures
Mustafa Ismet InonuMustafa smet nn (1884 - 1973) was a Turkish Army General, Prime Minister and the second President of the Republic of Turkey
Home Guard demonstrationDuring a Home Guard intensive training course at Osterley Park, in the west London suburbs, a car pulling a trailer, supposed to represent a tank
Japanese Emissaries at the Surrender of Japan, 1945Photograph showing Foreign Minister Shigemitsu (on left) and General Yoshi Umezu (on right), the Japanese signatories of the formal surrender of the Japanese Empire, on board USS Missouri
To the Girls in GreenA land girl feeding a happy looking pig on a farm during World War II
The Evacuation of Children from LondonThe evacuation of Britains cities at the start of World War Two was the biggest and most concentrated mass movement of people in Britains history
Police in Gas MasksTwo Metropolitan police officers from H district, London, fully kitted out for action during World War Two
Japanese Sea Battle / WwiiJapanese inflict serious damage on American warships off Solomon Islands, sinking four ships and only losing one Date: December 1942
David NivenDAVID NIVEN Graduated from the Royal Military College at Sandhurst before he arrived in Hollywood where he became part of Clark Gables social set
Young EvacueesTwo young evacuees with their belongings