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• BRITISH FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1945-1947

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Drennan A (Sergeant)

  Former professional lightweight boxer Lance Corporal T S Hughes tries his hand at signwriting to give himself a new career after he is domobilized. Signwriting was one of many pre-vocational courses on offer at the Middle East Base Depot of the Royal...

• SPORT & LEISURE DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "SOUTH AFRICAN SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: South African official photographer

  A boxing tournament on board a South African troopship on the voyage to East Africa.

• AVIATION IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF SAMUEL FRANKLIN CODY IN AIRSHIP, KITE AND AIRCRAFT AERONAUTICS 1903 - 1913

  part of "DERA FARNBOROUGH (ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT)" (photographs) Made by: Royal Engineers official photographer 1913-08-07

  The wreckage of Cody Aircraft Mark VIA at Laffan's Plain near Aldershot. The aircraft broke up in mid air and crashed, killing S F Cody and his passenger, W H B Evans (captain of the Hampshire Cricket Club) instantly. The Cody Aircraft Mark VI was the...

• AVIATION IN BRITAIN BEFORE THE FIRST WORLD WAR: THE WORK OF SAMUEL FRANKLIN CODY IN AIRSHIP, KITE AND AIRCRAFT AERONAUTICS 1903 - 1913

  part of "DERA FARNBOROUGH (ROYAL AIRCRAFT ESTABLISHMENT)" (photographs) Made by: Royal Engineers official photographer 1911

  Cody Aircraft Mark III passes over Brooklands race track, possibly at the start of the 1911 Daily Mail Circuit of Britain Race.

• THE ROYAL AIR FORCE 1976 - 2000

  part of "BRITISH ARMY OF THE RHINE (BAOR)" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer

  RAF Police dog, accompanied by its handler, jumps through an obstacle at an open-air demonstration at an RAF station in Germany during the 1980s.

• THE KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION KOREAN WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Peterson Rex (Corporal, 226 Signal Survey Copmpany)

  British Commonwealth soldiers celebrate their rotation by playing football. They jokingly carry a player, who has stubbed his toe, off the field to the tune of the death march.

• THE KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION KOREAN WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Peterson Rex (Corporal, 226th Signal Company)

  At the prisoner of war camp in Korea, the youngest Prisoners of War are given physical training by personnel of the Civil Information and Education Section of the Eighth US Army.

• THE KOREAN WAR 1950 - 1953

  part of "CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION KOREAN WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Peterson Rex (Corporal, 226th Signal Company)

  At the prisoner of war camp in Korea, the youngest Prisoners of War are given physical training by personnel of the Civil Information and Education Section of the US Eighth Army.

• LIFE IN A MINISTRY OF SUPPLY HOSTEL, UK, c 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  Off-duty munitions workers play snooker and darts in the games room at a munitions factory hostel, somewhere in Britain. This room is just one of the many welfare facilities available at this hostel.

• LIFE IN A MINISTRY OF SUPPLY HOSTEL, UK, c 1942

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer

  A general view of the assembly hall at a munitions factory hostel, somewhere in Britain. There are four table tennis tables in the hall, each with a game in progress. Access to games such as table tennis is amongst many welfare facilities available at...