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Standard Hill, West and North, Nottingham, with the Nurses Home in the background on the right. 1944
Adelaide Hall (music sheet The Happiest Year of All )Adelaide Hall (1901-1993) was a jazz innovator & Broaway star of the 1920s Harlem Renaissance who made her home in London in 1939
Horsa Glider Memorial, Wolfheze, HollandWolfheze is a small village about 10km to the west of Arnhem beside which the Operation Market Garden 17 September 1944 Landing Zones Z ands (gliders) and Drop Zone X (parachutists) were located
The Tafelberg Hotel, HQ of Field-Marshal ModelThe Tafelberg was at Oosterbeek centre crossroads, virtually adjacent to the Hartenstein Hotel. In September 1944 it was Models HQ
Headstone of Flight-Lieutenant David Lord, VCDavid Lord is buried in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery at Oosterbeek. He had spent five years, mostly in India with 31 Squadron
508th PIR, Devils in Baggy Pants, Memorial, BeekThe Memorial was designed by H. J. Guse and was erected on 17 September 1981. It commemorates the liberation of Beek on 17 September 1944 by the 508th who were known as the Red Devils
Civilian War Victims Memorial, Doornenburg, HollandThis village remained in German hands until April 1945 when it was liberated on Easter Sunday. In October 1944 following Operation Market Garden, Doornenburg was repeatedly bombed by the Allies
Memorial to C-47 Dakota 43-15180, Ochten, HollandThis Dakota, carrying men of 156th Parachute Battalion Machine Gun Platoon, was shot down by German ack ack on 18 September 1944, the second day of Operation Market Garden
508th PIR Memorial, Sions Hof Hotel, Berg en DalDuring Operation Market Garden in September 1944 this area was taken by the 508th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the US 82nd Airborne Division. The figure on the wall is a Memorial to that Division
Memorial Chapel to St Mary of the Flowering BetuweThis Chapel was erected in 1946 in commemoration of heavy fighting that took place around this area in September-October 1944 following the Market Garden Operation
51st Highland Division Stained Glass Window, VughtIn the 1944 fighting to defeat the Germans in Holland the whole area around here became the responsibility of the 51st Div
German General Students HQ September 1944The two German Officers that were charged with the defence of Holland were General Student and Field Marshal Model, and it was most unfortunate for the Allies that they happened to be in the area
Cafe t Hertje - first place Liberated in HollandFollowing the capture of Joes Bridge on 10 September 1944, the following day D Squadron of 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment arrived here - then called Cafe Rustoord
US 501st Geronimo Monument, Eerde, HollandDuring Operation Market Garden in September 1944, the airborne forces were charged with capturing a series of bridges over waterways that impeded the ground troops advance
Jan van Hoof Memorial Statue, Nijmegen, HollandJan was a student and a member of the Dutch Secret Service at the time of Operation Market Garden in September 1944. A citizen of Nijmegen
Plaque to 3rd Parachute Squadron RE, Troarn, NormandyThis is on the wall of the Tourist Office and was put up by the citizens of Troarn in honour of the officers and men of the Squadron who at dawn on the 6 June 1944
The June 1944 Cross, Ranville CWGC CemeteryThis stone cross is roughly in the centre of the Cemetery and has a bronze plaque with the emblem of the Airborne Forces on it, and remembers simply, June 1944
Kings Shropshire Light Infantry, Lebisey, NormandyThis Memorial to the 2nd Battalion marks the German front line 6 June to 9 July 1944 during the intense fighting for Caen
British 3rd Infantry Division Plaque Sannerville NormandyThe wall commemorates the Divisions part in Operation Goodwood, 18-21 July 1944. Nicknamed Montys Ironsides, between D-Day and the end of the war, the Division had over 11, 000 casualties
Queens Own Rifles of Canada Memorial AnguernyOn 6 June 1944 the Rifles landed on Nan White Beach near Bernieres, The DD tanks of the Fort Garry Horse were delayed by rough seas & the Rifles landed without their support
2nd Bn Royal Ulster Rifles Memorial Cambes en PlaineThe Battalion captured the village on 9 June. The German posltion was one of the strongest on this part of the front. The capture sealed the connection between Canadian & British Forces
59th (Staffordshire) Division Memorial St ContestThe 59th was one of the first formations into Caen on 9 July 1944. It had been the last to arrive at the end of June. It was nickname the Pithead Division after its sign
General Montgomerys Tactical HQ Creullet ChateauThe HQ was set up on 9 June 1944. On 12 June he met Winston Churchill and Field Marshal Smuts there, on 14 June Charles de Gaulle & on 16 June King George VI. Montgomery had a caravan in the grounds
2nd Battalion South Wales Borderers AsnellesThe Borderers landed at Asnelles on 6 June 1944 as part of 56th Independent Infantry Brigade which had been attached to 50th Division
50th Northumrian Division Asnelles NormandyThe memorial is at a crossroads named Alexander Stanier after the Commander of the leading brigade (the 231st) of the 50th that landed on Gold Beach. Nearby are memorials to the leading battalions
Museum of Underwater Wrecks Port en BessinIn 1970 Jaques Lemonchois was asked to clear war wrecks not cleared by the government. The results here include tanks, parts of aeroplanes and torpedos, plus films, photos and documents
No 4 Group Bomber Command RAF Monument NormandyIn 1944 two French bomber squadrons, Groupe Guyenne and Groupe Tunisie formed part of No 4 Group RAF and were given the numbers 346 and 347
General Pattons HQ with Sherman tank Nehou NormandyPatton had his Command Post here from 6 July to 2 August 1944. The memorial area was initially set up by the State of Connecticut
Eros Royal Engineers Memorial Tierceville NormandyThe figure was made by 179th Special Field Company and completed on 23 August 1944. in one particularly heavy frost it lost a leg but thanks to former members of the French Resistance & the Comite du
Hell on Wheels US 2nd Armoured DivisionThe Division landed on Omaha Beach on 9 June 1944 and went into action on the 11th. It earned its nickname in the fighting for Carentan
Memorial Royal Netherlands Brigade St ComeThe Dutch Princess Irene Brigade cleared this area inAugust 1944. On D Day the British 9 Parachute Battalion dropped around here
US 354th Fighter Gp Memorial Cricqeville en BessinThis is ALG (Air Landing Ground)A2. The 354th flew fromhere between 17 June 1944 and 15 March 1945. The Memorial was unveiled on 17 September 1990 in acknowledgement of the 354ths part in Operation
US Paratrooper hanging on Ste Mere Eglise churchAmerican John Steele landed on the church during the night of 5/6 June 1944 and hung there playing dead. He survived and died in Kentucky in May 1969
I Saw a Ship by Muriel Dawson. 1944
Woman hugs Daily Herald war correspondent, WW2On 28 August 1944 a half English and half French woman, overcome with emotion, flings her arms around the Daily Herald war correspondent, Emery Pearce, at Marseilles, France. 1944
Special Constabulary Long Service Medal Certificate, 1944Certificate bestowing a Special Constabulary Long Service Medal on J. Rutter of the Felling Division of the Durham County Constabulary, dated 1st September 1944. Date: 1st September 1944
The artist, Alfred Munnings, riding a horse in SomersetAlfred Munnings, who was at this time President of the Royal Academy, riding upon a horse in rural Somerset Date: 1944
The Time Life Fortune Building - Infomation Center - 9 Rockefeller Plaza, New York 20 - USA. Date: 1944
The high-speed London wireless terminal of the War Office. 1944
Pamela Drew, Lady RathdonnellPamela Drew (1910-1989). The daughter of a Lancashire cotton printer, she studied art in London before marrying an Irish peer, Lord Rathdonnell in 1937
Man holding flagSocialist pamphlet cover illustration: Letters to a young woman : an introduction to socialism by Douglas Rogers, Forum Press, 1944 Date: 1944
Fourth Soviet Flag - Hammer Sickle Red Army StarSheet music cover illustration: Cossack Song arranged by Granville Bantock, words by Helen Bantock, music by Ivan I. Dzerzhinski?, 1909-1978. W. Paxton & Co. 1944. Date: 1944
Bomb damage, Marlow Road, East Ham, WW2Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Marlow Road, East Ham, London, 23 November 1944, with firefighters and rescue workers. Date: 1944
Queen Elizabeth reviews firewomen at Lambeth, WW2Review by Queen Elizabeth and Princess Elizabeth of firewomen at the Lambeth Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade. Date: 1944
Firemens Farm in the Heart of the City WWIIIn the centre of London near St. Giles Cripplegate, firefighter members of the N.F.S. which station was damaged in the air raids in 1940 attend a large plot, consisting of vegetable
A tally to show each year starting at the beginning of World War Two how many men who served or serving in the war effort. Date: 1944
A tally to show womens homefront effort in agriculture, local government service, public utility services and transport, shipping and fishing. Date: 1944
WW2 - Returning soldier is giving a fulsome welcome home" Let us Strive without failing in faith or in duty" - Winston Churchill Encirclement ! A returning soldier is giving a fulsome welcome home by his wife and small son. Date: 1944