Operation Collection (page 5)

Ensign of MTB 770 and brass plaque, D-Day landings, WW2
WW2 Important archive relating to Sub Lt David Johnson and HMS MTB 770, a motor torpedo boat of the Fairmile D Class. The most significant element of the archive comprises two maps for Operation

WW2 Naval Orders, Allied Naval Expeditionary Force
WW2 Important archive relating to Sub Lt. David Johnson and HMS MTB 770, a motor torpedo boat of the Fairmile D Class. The most significant element of the archive comprises two maps for Operation

Naval orders for capture of Cherbourg, WW2
WW2/MARITIME: Important archive relating to Sub Lt. David Johnson and HMS MTB 770, a motor torpedo boat of the Fairmile D Class

Memorial to the Belgian Piron Brigade, Ranville Church
There is another Piron Plaque just outside the entrance to the British War Cemetery in Ranville. The Brigade landed on Gold Beach on 5 August and 17th August

Operation Mincemeat - body of Major William Martin
Corpse of the supposed Major William Martin. His body was found washed up on shore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents

WW2 - Liberation of Paris. A Leclerc Tank in action. Date: 1944

Bounteous fishing trawler half submerged, Newlyn, Cornwall
Bounteous fishing trawler half submerged at low tide off the coast of Cornwall, near Newlyn harbour, being pumped out and pulled upright after rolling and sinking in rough seas, 17 January 1980

Parachute drop - 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment
Photograph of parachute drop. From album of 183 photographs with newspaper cutting and ephemera, 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment, TA, 1947-1957. Date: 1957

Honeywell T-Hawk (Tarantula Hawk) Micro Air Vehicle, 2013. Associated with Operation HERRICK, Afghanistan (2001-2014) 2004

Commando raid on Vaagso, Operation Archery 1941
Operation Archery, also known as the Maaloy Raid - British Combined Operations raid during World War Two against German positions on the island of Vaagso, Norway, on 27th December 1941

China - Using high-pressure water jet in mining operation. Date: circa 1930s

Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Muse
History. Mining. Drilling with a jackhammer. Diorama. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Diorama. Extraction of salt. Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland
Mining history. Diorama. Extraction of salt. Wieliczka Salt Mine, Poland. In use since the 18th century. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

Section of an underground mine. Model of a team in the second half of the nineteenth century. Scale 1:25. Manufactured in 1906. By R. Brown. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology)

Operation Gold. Reconstruction of the tunnel built by American intelligence and British between 1954 and 1955 to link the west and east side of the city

D-Day invasion ration pack
The contents of the 24-hour ration pack which was to be carried by every combatant in the anticipated Allied invasion of the continent. These were to be carried in a small waterproof box

Bomb damage, Marlow Road, East Ham, WW2
Panoramic view of extensive bomb damage in Marlow Road, East Ham, London, 28 November 1944, with firefighters and rescue workers. Date: 1944

Horse having operation under chloroform, WW1
A horse is operated on under chloroform by the Army Veterinary Corps during the First World War. Date: 1915

Anti-tank mines by G. H. Davis
Anti-tank mines: a deadly defensive weapon in mechanised warfare during the Second World War. Types of British and German land mines -- a desert minefield being laid, and in operation. Date: 1942

Operation Mincemeat - possessions of Major Martin
Personal possessions of Major William Martin, found when his body was washed ashore in Spain on 30th April 1943 carrying sensitive documents

The Operation of the filing of teeth in Khas-Kaseg, Laos
The Operation of the filing of teeth amongst the Kaseng people of Laos. The Kaseng live in mountains near the Vietnam border; primarily in the Sanxai and Xaisettha districts of Attapu Province;

Operation Albumen - The Escape from Crete - WWII
Passengers and Chaperones. Photograph taken by Colonel David Sutherland of SBS and SAS, was part of a 12-man Special Boat Service unit which made a daring raid on the occupied Greek island of Rhodes

Met Police Commissioner, Operation Bumblebee
The Metropolitan Police Commissioner, Sir Paul Condon (now Baron Condon, b 1947), giving a talk about Operation Bumblebee, a campaign for burglary prevention launched in 1993. Date: circa 1993

Rudolph Valentino with his Dogs 1926
RUDOLPH VALENTINO film actor, exercising his two dogs. His tragic early death resulted from peritonitis after an emergency operation for appendicitis and gastric ulcers

Fleet of German Commercial Barges; Second World War, c. 1940
Photograph showing a fleet of German commercial river barges anchored in the Ruhr area, c.1940. These barges were usually used for the transport of goods along Germanys rivers and canals

Western Australia Wheat Farm - Wyola - Harvesters at work. Date: 1908

Wintry Weather and British Railways
Wintry weather and British Railways: some causes of the delays; and measures taken to prevent them. A detailed diagrammatic illustration showing various reasons why trains may be delayed during

Air sea rescue crew in a helicopter, Cornwall
Air sea rescue crew (left to right: diver, pilot and navigator) in a helicopter, Cornwall. Date: circa 1970s

Airbags used to raise fishing trawler, Newlyn, Cornwall
Airbags used to raise the Bounteous fishing trawler off the coast of Cornwall, near Newlyn harbour, which rolled and sank in rough seas, 17 January 1980. A diver is also visible in the water

11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment
PhotographFrom album of 183 photographs with newspaper cutting and ephemera, 11th Bn The Parachute Regiment, 8th Bn Middlesex Regiment, TA, 1947-1957. Date: 1957

Bosnia - Aerial photograph showing ethnic cleansing
Aerial photograph showing ethnic cleansing. One of 60 photographs of the deployment of the 1st Queen?s Dragoon Guards in Bosnia, June to December 1996

Bosnia - C Squadron Queen?s Dragoon Guards
C Squadron Queen?s Dragoon Guards. One of 60 photographs of the deployment of the 1st Queen?s Dragoon Guards in Bosnia, June to December 1996

Bosnia - 1st Queen?s Dragoon Guards on patrol, Kljuc
1st Queen?s Dragoon Guards on patrol, Kljuc. One of 60 photographs of the deployment of the 1st Queen?s Dragoon Guards in Bosnia, June to December 1996

First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943
Lantern slide showing infantry moving up for the First Army attack on Longstop Hill, April 1943; Churchill tanks which took part in the operation can be seen in the background

WW2 - Operation Overlord - unloading equipment
Photograph, 7 Jun 1944: unloading transport, tanks, stores and equipment, from landing ship tank Associated with Operation Overlord, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)

Operation being carried out by a Field Surgery Unit
Photograph: an operation being carried out by a Field Surgery Unit, Royal Army Medical Corps, in an Italian prison still under enemy fire

Royal Gurkha Rifles, Helmand, Afghanistan
Photograph from a compact disc of multimedia. Associated with Royal Gurkha Rifles, Helmand, Afghanistan (2001-2014), 2006. Date: 2006

?Or perhaps you find a night in front of the telly... ?, 1995
?Or perhaps you find a night in front of the telly...?, 1995. Colour hotolithograph recruiting poster published by the Armed Forces Careers office, 1996. Date: 1996

British Air Defence Exercises - Searchlight operators
Air Defence Exercises - 90cm Anti-Aircraft Searchlight operators. Date: circa 1940

Brain stereotaxy - using apparatus to locate the target of a medical operation. Date: 1897

Ruston steam engine, vineyard in Penedes, Catalonia, Spain
Ruston steam engine in operation at the Marques de Monistrol cava-producing vineyard in the Penedes district of Catalonia, Spain. The machine had a straw-burning engine and was used for ploughing

HMS Pegasus alongside HMS Marlborough recovering seaplane
HMS Pegasus alongside HMS Marlborough recovering her seaplane (detailed on this card as " Her small child" !). HMS Marlborough was an Iron Duke-class battleship of the British Royal Navy

Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama
History. Mining. Shaft sinking by hand with hammer and wedge. Diorama. Deutsches Museum(Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Mining. Surveying by the mines compass. Diorama. Deutsches Museum. Munich. Germany

Coal mine. Extraction of coal and transportation of minecard
History. Mining. coal mine. Extraction of coal and transportation by minecart. 19th century. Diorama. Deutsches Museum (Museum of Science and Technology). Munich. Germany

Room work in a potash mine. 1925
History. Mining. Room work in a potash mine. 1925. Deutches Museum. Munich. Germany

American Signal Box Int
The interior of a signal box using Saxby and Farmers system of switches and signals. The standing man shifts the levers, his colleague uses the telegraph. Date: 1875

Coaling by night at Singapore 1876
Coaling by night at Singapore; an important function of the worlds ports is to supply coal, and teams of workers are needed to carry out the operation basket by basket... Date: 1876

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