RM2T1MF3F–The Home Guard 1939-1945 The Home Guard: Men of the 5th Battalion (Doncaster) Home Guard rounding up an 'enemy' parachutist during training for assisting the Army in the event of an invasion.
RM2T1MH7K–D-day - British Forces during the Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Troops of 3rd Infantry Division on Queen Red beach, Sword area, circa 0845 hrs, 6 June 1944. In the foreground are sappers of 84 Field Company Royal Engineers, part of No.5 Beach Group, identified by the white bands around their helmets. Behind them, medical orderlies of 8 Field Ambulance, RAMC, can be seen assisting wounded men. In the background commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade can be seen disembarking from their LCI(S) landing craft.
RM2T1FRYY–Aviation in Britain Before the First World War The car of the Lebaudy Airship with a large group of army handlers assisting with its landing.
RM2T1M567–Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Austrian prisoners assisting in the field kitchens of a Casualty Clearing Station.
RM2T1KYYR–Air Raid Precautions, 1940 Air Raid Precautions (ARP) Marines based at Grimsby, move a stretcher case 'casualty' between vessels during a training exercise in assisting 'victims' of air raids off the coast of Britain, 23 February 1940.
RM2T1MN0F–The Royal Navy during the Second World War General view from on board the cruiser ORION of the invasion craft of the Fifth Army waiting their turn to proceed to the beaches at Anzio in the opening stages in the battle for Rome. HMS SPARTAN can be seen in the middle distance assisting with the bombardment.
RM2T1KBKY–Royal Air Force- 2nd Tactical Air Force, 1943-1945. Airmen of No 6237 Bomb Disposal Flight assisting in clearing the streets and houses of Caen of booby traps left by the Germans. Flight Sergeant D Simons of Didcot (left) shows an airman a Tellermine wired to an overcoat which had covered it.
RM2T1MMWK–The Royal Navy during the Second World War The Commanding Officer of HMS ORION, Captain J P Gornall, of Steyning, Sussex, perched on the baffle of the cruiser's bridge, to observe the effect of the bombardment in support of Fifth Army's landings at Anzio in the opening stages in the battle for Rome. As well as assisting with coastal bombardments the cruiser helped escort the landing craft of all types that swept into the beach in the wake of the minesweepers.
RM2T1FK3R–. 8 Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment Second Lieutenant F W Jones received his commission in November 1915 and was promoted to lieutenant in October 1916. He was seriously wounded in November 1916 whilst assisting a soldier who had lost his unit. He died from his wounds, aged 24, on 28 December 1916. He is buried at Yardley Cemetery, Birmingham. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections.
RM2T1FJYW–. 3 (Reserve) attached 1 Battalion, Princess Victoria's (Royal Irish Fusiliers) Lieutenant Cooke was born in Belfast in 1884. Prior to 1914 he served with the South African Police and was assisting as Adjutant in the Ulster Volunteer Force upon the outbreak of war. He was killed in action, near Ypres, on 26 May 1915. He was mentioned, for his services, in Sir French's Despatch of 14 January 1915. Faces of the First World War Find out more about this First World War Centenary project at www.1914.org/faces. This image is from IWM Collections.
RM2T1FJY4–. Instructor, Boxing Platoon L/Cpl O'Keefe, English Middle Weight Boxing Champion and holder of the Lonsdale Belt, assisting with training men of 1 Battalion, Surrey Rifles at Camberwell. O'Keefe was born in London in 1883 and began his boxing career in 1906. Between 1907 and 1911, he pursued his boxing career in Australia. In May 1914, he won the Middle Weight Title by defeating Jim Sullivan. During the war, he served as a Physical Training Instructor but also won several bouts. In 1915, he knocked out Bandsman Jack Blake in Round 13 and defeated Jim Sullivan again in 1916. In a return match
RM2T1KAB9–Royal Air Force Operations in the Middle East and North Africa, 1939-1943 Curtiss Kittyhawk Mark I, AK772 'GA-Y' 'London Pride', of No. 112 Squadron RAF is prepared for a sortie at Gambut Main, Libya. The ground crew can just be seen assisting the pilot to strap himself into the cockpit. The aircraft is carrying a 250-lb GP Bomb, fitted with a surface-burst impact fuse, under the fuselage. Note also the plugs placed in the exhaust stubs to keep the desert sand out. AK772 was lost on a ground attack mission near Bir Hacheim on 30 May 1942; its Australian pilot, Pilot Officer H G Burney, was kil
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