Soil Gallery

The Jamrud Fort, Khyber Pass, modern Pakistan

19th century vintage photograph: The Jamrud Fort is located beside Bab-e-Khyber at the entrance to the Khyber Pass from the Peshawar side in the tribal district of Khyber KPK, Pakistan. (British India) Image c.1890's-1900

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Cafe t'Hertje - first place Liberated in Holland

Following the capture of Joe's Bridge on 10 September 1944, the following day D Squadron of 2nd Household Cavalry Regiment arrived here - then called Cafe Rustoord. The distinctive Memorial explains that .. . on this very spot the British Liberators set foot on Dutch soil for the first time'. At the unveiling in 1994 was Sir Richard Buchanan-Jardine who as Lieutenant Buchanan-Jardine had Commanded the Squadron in 1944. He was later awarded the Dutch Bronze Lion.
2000

© Holt

Garrett Portable Engine

Garrett Portable Engine at Redruth steam rally. , was at the time of the rally, in regular use for soil sterilisation at a nursery in Hayle, a small town, civil parish and cargo port in west Cornwall. Built by Richard Garrett & Sons, in Leiston, Suffolk. Date: 1968

© The Peter Butt Transport Collection / Mary Evans

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