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Cap badge, Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

Brass cap badge (the King's Crown Shield) of REME, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers. Oval in shape, with a crown at the top, a pair of compasses at the centre, and a laurel wreath design around the outer edge. The REME Corps was formed in 1942, and this style of cap badge was in use between 1942 and 1947. It has a slide fitting on the back. Date: 1940s

© Mary Evans Picture Library/Gill Stoker

The Great Ice Barrier, Antarctica, 1911

Photograph showing a member of the Amundsen Antarctic Expedition of 1910-12 standing on top of the Great Ice Barrier, c.1911. Three men, under the command of Lt. Prestrud, were sent to explore the King Edward VII Land and the Bay of Whales. This photograph shows one of these men standing at the edge of the Great Ice Barrier, looking down at King Edward VII Land

© Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans

Memorial to Harry Patch, the last British Veteran

This memorial was privately erected by Harry Patch to remember those with whom he served in the 7th Battalion DCLI. It is placed on the edge of the Steenbeek stream across which at dawn, on 16 August 1917, the Battalion attacked and captured the village of Langemarck whose church spire is visible in the back centre of the picture. Harry was present at the unveiling of the memorial in September 2008, his 110th birthday year. The last Veteran, Harry died on 25 July 2009 age 111 years, 1 month, 1 week, 1 day. Date: 2009

© Holts Battlefield Collection / Mary Evans