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• Higgins, Frank Robert Stephen (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1986-12-15

  British NCO served with Royal Military Police on security duties guarding Winston Churchill and General Montgomery in GB, 1941-1944

• Wicks, Henry Thomas (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 2000-04-18

  British marine served with landing craft flotilla in GB and France, 1943-1944

• Amatt, Sidney Albert (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1985

  British NCO served with 7th Bn, Essex Regt in GB, 1915-1916; served with 1/5th Bn, London Regt on Western Front, 1916-1917; POW in Germany, 1917-1918, escaped and evaded in Belgium, 1918; served Tank Corps in GB, India and Iraq, 1920-1928; served with...

• Sanderson, Linda (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company) 1993-12-21

  British civilian living in Worcestershire, 1914-1919. Driver with Ambulance Service in London, 1939-1945

• Harris, John (IWM interview)

  (sound) Made by: IWM (Production company)

  British trooper and NCO served with 4th County of London Yeomanry in GB, 1939-1940; officer cadet served with Royal Military College, Sandhurst, GB, 1940; officer served with 2nd Derbyshire Yeomanry in GB, Egypt, North Africa, Palestine and North West...

• AIR RAID DAMAGE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR.

  part of "HOME OFFICE FIRST WORLD WAR AIR RAID DAMAGE COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Home Office photographer 1917-06

  The damaged facade of the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, following a devastating air raid by 20 Gotha GVs on 13 June 1917. This was the first of two daylight Gotha GV raids on London. Piles of timber and brick rubble can be seen in the foreground, and the...

• BRITAIN AND THE COMMONWEALTH OF NATIONS 1945 - 1975

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION POST 1945 COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: British Army official photographer

  Viscount Alanbrooke, Lord Lieutenant of the County of London, inspects Chelsea Pensioners on parade in their bright scarlet uniforms on Founder's Day at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, London in 1950.

• ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Two gardening Chelsea Pensioners compare produce in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The Pensioner on the right has an artificial arm with hook. The original caption states that the photograph was taken during the annual garden competition:...

• ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Chelsea Pensioners enjoy a game of bowls in the sunshine, probably in the grounds of the Royal Hospital Chelsea.

• ROYAL HOSPITAL CHELSEA: EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THE CHELSEA PENSIONERS, LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Three Chelsea Pensioners work on their gardens in the sunshine at the Royal Hospital Chelsea. The Pensioner in the foreground has an artificial right arm, with hook. The original caption states that "any pensioners who like, may have their own gardens...