Division Collection (page 4)

Essex Yeomanry Plaque Gold Beach Bunker Normandy
The Essex landed on Gold Beach on D Day as part of 231 Brigade which was attached to 50th Division. The plaque is on the side of a bunker which was overcome by Sgt R E Palmer in an action that won

50th Northumrian Division Asnelles Normandy
The 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

US 2nd Armoured Division Hell on Wheels Memorial
These fading plaques are on a wall in the Club Belambra on Omaha Beach. The wall is on what was Exit 3 used for tanks. The Division landed on 9 June and went into action on the 11th

US 29th Infantry Division Memorial Omaha Beach
The 29th, the Blue and the Grey, was a National Guard Division, and on the beach just below the memorial the 116th Regiment landed

HQ General Maxwell Taylor Hiesville Normandy
This 101st US Airborne Division HQ had been chosen from a map while the troops were still in England and the headquarters was operative by 0900 hours on 6 June 1944

US 377th Infantry Regiment & 95th Division Window
This is one of two stained glass windows in the church at Trevieres. The other pictures St George and is in memory of Geo L Praz and the American friends of Trevieres

59th (South Staffs) Division Memorial Galmanche
The Division claims to be the first to enter Caen which it did on 9 July The small granite memorial was erected by the villagers of Sainte-Contest

3rd British Infantry Division Memorial Normandy
This is in the small village of Periers sur le Dan some 3 miles inland of Sword Beach where the Division landed on 6 June 1944

American 82nd Airborne Division Neuville au Plein
The Memorial Plaque tells of fighting here by Company D, 2nd Battalion, 505 Parachute Regiment and was put up in 2005 by the Quincy Brigade of the C47 Club. It thanks the civilians for their help

Hell on Wheels US 2nd Armoured Division
The 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

German War Cemetery la Cambe Normandy
This was originally an American cemetery for the dead of 29th Division. In 1947 the Americans were either repatriated or buried at the American Cemetery at St Laurent overlooking Omaha Beach

WW1 - The Naval Division on their way to Antwerp - 1914. The Division consisted of one marine and two naval brigades - a total of 10, 500 men. 1914

WW1 - British Marines in the Trenches - Defence of Antwerp. 1914

British naval division troops defending Antwerp - 1914
British naval division troops going to take up their positions in the trenches in preparation of attack - Antwerp - September, 1914. 1914

Brazilian expedition in the Forests of Goias
A Brazilian expedition encampment in the forests of Goias, at Rio Verde. An army camp is set up in the distance as a column of soldiers marches into it. Date: 1866

Combat in Rio Grand do Sul 1865
A division of Paraguayan forces and two brigades of Brazilian troops engage in Rio Grande do Sul. Date: 26 June 1865

Dance Floor Wembley Stadium Club (greyhound racing)
The dance floor of the new Wembley Stadium club, the latest resort of the elite who are interested in the newest sport in England, greyhound racing

Special Constabulary Long Service Medal Certificate, 1944
Certificate 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

Hamburg with the British 7th Armoured Division, WW2
Scene in Hamburg with the British 7th Armoured Division, towards the end of the Second World War, May 1945. 1945

Tyneside naval recruits, Crystal Palace, SE London, WW1
Tyneside recruits in Winston Churchills new Naval Division at the Crystal Palace, Sydenham, SE London, 10 September 1914. 1914

His Majestys ship Crystal Palace: the training headquarters of the Royal Naval Division. Marching on board in mufti; a ride on the sphinx; the sleeping quarters; the Egyptian court

Forward Observation Dugout, Festubert, by RBT Kelly, WW1
Forward Observation Dugout, Indian Village, Festubert, June 1915, drawing by Lieutenant Richard Barrett Talbot Kelly, First World War. 1915

Berlin
Brandenburg Gate looking towards the West symbol of German division at this time of the cold war Date: circa 1960

Nieppe, just outside Northern boundary of Armentieres, WW1
Nieppe - just outside the Northern boundary of Armentieres. The old Mill, where eggs and fresh milk could be obtained almost up to the time the Bosche attacked

Portuguese Army mule cart en route through Erquinghem, WW1
Portuguese Wagon - Portuguese Army mule cart en route through Erquinghem - 14.7.17. Shows regimental insignia in red and green with the figures 13 and 169 on the cart

Storeyard from farmhouse Delacroix Farm, WW1
View of the RE storeyard from farmhouse, Delacroix Farm, Sailly-sur-la-Lys. Birds eye view of the Delacroix Farm as laid out as our depot

Typical French kitchen stove, with Hortense Delacroix, WW1
A typical French kitchen stove, with Hortense Delacroix. Here I took my cafe au lait each morning before going down line. Annotated on back of picture - Hortense Delacroix

Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line, WW1
The Sad End of a German Spy Behind the British Line. He foolishly endeavoured to obtain information from our sign boards!

Signpost Lane, from British lines to German lines, WW1
Signpost Lane, which ran from the British lines, through the German lines into the village of Neuve Chapelle. This sketch was made from a ditch in No-Man s-Land during a reconnaissance for

RE wiring party in front of the trenches, WW1
An RE [Royal Engineers] wiring party in front of the trenches. Until about late 1915, wiring was exclusively the work of the RE, but the casualties sustained in doing this work

Spy Farm, Rue de Bois, RE store destroyed by shell fire, WW1
Spy Farm, Rue de Bois, another RE store, destroyed by shell fire, 26th January 1915. A considerable amount of constructive woodwork was stored here

Trenches at La Boutillerie, forward of Fleurbaix, WW1
By the light of the flare. My first impression of the trenches, at La Boutillerie, forward of Fleurbaix, Jan.15. The front line consisted of separate trenches of primitive construction without any

Douglas C-47A-5-DK Skytrain
(ex Armee de l Air) - Douglas C-47A-5-DK Skytrain 92449 (msn 12251, call-sign FA ) at Le Bourget Airport on display with the Musee de l air et de l espace in July 1982

Engineering Division PW-1 AS64350 (McCook field P-189 ) Date: circa 1921

United States Air Force - Lockheed F-94A-5-LO 49-2498 (msn 780-7020) built as a Lockheed EF-94A-5-LO, assigned to Flight Testing Division, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH and redesignated EF-94A

Cox-Klemin CO-1 P-377 at McCook Field for evaluation. The CO-1 and CO-2 (company designations) were licence-built Heinkel HD17 reconnaissance biplanes

XNBL-1 AS64215 main undercarriage bungee shock absorber
Main undercarriage unit bungee shock absorber of Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303)

Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215 forward fuselage
Forward fuselage of Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303)

Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303), during manufacture at Witteman-Lewis Co

Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215 main undercarriage
Main undercarriage unit of Engineering Division XNBL-1 AS64215, (also known as The Barling Bomber and Witteman-Lewis XNBL-1 and McCook Field Project P-303), during manufacture at Witteman-Lewis Co

Pigeon Scout
Pigeon Fraser Scout 117, delivered to Langley Field November 1917, transferred o McCook Field for testing, but crashed soon after taking off on its first flight, killing the pilot

United States Navy - Pratt-Read XLNE-1 31506, competition #32, at Harris Hill, Elmira, NY in 1946 for the first US soaring contest held after WWII

Former Fascist Headquarters, Milan - now Police Dept
circa 1910s

Len Harvey - Cornish Boxer
Date: 1935

WW2 - Gen Patton - Commander of the American Tank Division
WW2 - General S. Patton (1885-1945) - Commander of the 2nd Armored Division - North Africa, November 1942. Date: 1942

Hawker Siddeley 748 G-ASJT (msn 1559) of Smiths Aviation Division Date: circa 1967

Royal Navy Stinson V-77 Reliant I FK818, (USaF AT-19) 500 Lend-lease Reliants were ordered by the UK. A popular single-engine four- to five-seat high-wing monoplane manufactured by the Stinson

Convair JC-131B O-53-7791 (MSN 243), (the letter O denotes Obsolete), modified as JC-131B test-bed. Assigned to Aeronautical Systems Division

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