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• knife

  (souvenirs and ephemera) Made by: Fenton Brothers Ltd, Sheffield, England

  This item belonged to Major Francis Douglas Kingsley Simmance during his time spent in Changi prison after the fall of Singapore in 1942. He burnt his name into the handle using a magnifying glass (EPH 9244) demonstrating how precious possessions became...

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  A Douglas Dakota of No. 177 Wing RAF climbs away from a dropping zone in a dry river bed near Sinzweya, Burma, after parachuting supplies to the trapped 7th Indian Division in the Kalapanzin Valley during the Second Arakan campaign.

• ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.

  part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  A mobile X-ray unit of the Indian Army Medical Corps is unloaded from Bristol Blenheim Mark V, BA576 'N', of No. 34 Squadron RAF at an airstrip in north-eastern India

• THE ROYAL NAVY DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Indian troops embarking from the cruiser HMS KENYA in a landing craft assault (LCA 346) to take over from the Royal Marines, South of Ramree, Burma. Royal Marines of the East Indies Fleet made a successful landing on Cheduba Island under protection of a...

• THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918

  part of "BLAKE J S (MR)" (photographs) 1917

  Performers of an Indian concert party at the Royal Ordnance Corps theatre, Baghdad, ca.1917. Some of the performers, including the female impersonators, have their faces whitened with flour. A note on the reverse of the original photograph states that...

• THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918

  part of "BLAKE J S (MR)" (photographs) 1917

  Indian troops manning a 3-pounder Hotchkiss gun mouted in a railway wagon on the military railway between Basra and Nasiriya. Such armed wagons were used to protect troops and supply trains from attack by bands of hostile Arabs.

• THE MESOPOTAMIA CAMPAIGN 1914 - 1918

  part of "BLAKE J S (MR)" (photographs) 1917

  A military outpost, manned by Indian troops, on the lines of communication between Basra and Nasiriya, ca.1917. This is typical of the small garrisons established to guard the transport and supply network from Arab raiding and Turkish attack.

• Indian Army Pattern Cavalry Trooper's Sword.

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Wilkinson Sword Company, London

  Until the early part of the 20th century, the cavalry of the Indian Army carried swords closely based on the traditional Indian Tulwar (or Talwar) - a curved sword designed for cutting and slashing. Consequently the Indian Army was not initially keen to...

• SERVICE OF CAPTAIN DE ST CROIX WITH THE 119TH INDIAN INFANTRY (THE MOOLTAN REGIMENT) IN MESOPOTAMIA DURING 1915

  part of "DE ST CROIX AUBREY (CAPTAIN)" Made by: De St Croix, Aubrey (Photographer)

  Standing patrol of the 33rd (Queen Victoria's Own) Light Cavalry near Quarna.

• SPORT & LEISURE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  Wrestling in progress in an Indian MT Regiment.