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• THE LIBERATION OF RHODES, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hawkins Trevor J (Sergeant)

  Civilians on the island of Rhodes queue to get their ration books from the British military authorities. During the German occupation the local inhabitants had suffered the effects of malnutrition due to insufficient food. After the liberation of the...

• THE BATTLE FOR CRETE, 20 - 31 MAY 1941

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Davies, L B (Lt)

  Evacuation: Women and children, civilian refugees from the fighting come ashore at an Egyptian port after their evacuation from Crete. A total of 16,500 were rescued including 2000 Greeks.

• BRITISH FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1945-1947

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Davis, Desmond (Sergeant)

  Two girls wait to board one of the Royal Air Force Halifax aircraft of 113 Squadron that were used to fly out British non-essential personnel and civilians from Aqir airfield in Palestine to Almaza aerodrome in Egypt as part of 'Operation Polly.'

• BRITISH FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1945-1947

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Davis, Desmond (Sergeant)

  Two children take a keen interest in one of the Royal Air Force Halifax aircraft of 113 Squadron that were used to fly out British non-essential personnel and civilians from Aqir airfield in Palestine to Almaza aerodrome in Egypt as part of 'Operation...

• BRITISH FORCES IN THE MIDDLE EAST, 1945-1947

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Davis, Desmond (Sergeant)

  Young children boarding one of the Royal Air Force Halifax aircraft of 113 Squadron that were used to fly out British non-essential personnel and civilians from Aqir airfield in Palestine to Almaza aerodrome in Egypt as part of 'Operation Polly.' For...

• WINSTON CHURCHILL AT THE BRITISH EMBASSY, CAIRO, EGYPT, 1942

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Chetwyn (Sgt)

  The Prime Minister Winston Churchill, wearing his world famous siren suit, with Victor Lampson, the young son of His Excellency the Honourable Sir Miles Lampson, the British Ambassador, and Lady Lampson, in the gardens of the British Embassy, Cairo,...

• JEWISH IMMIGRANTS LEAVE HAIFA FOR INTERNMENT IN CYPRUS, AUGUST 1946

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  A young Jewish boy immigrant is sprayed with DDT as he is about to board a British troopship for the journey to Cyprus.

• THE SERVICE OF AIR VICE-MARSHAL GERARD COMBE IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1923-1946.

  part of "COMBE GERARD (AIR VICE-MARSHAL)" (photographs)

  The evacuation of Assyrian refugees from Mosul to Baghdad by air: Women and children boarding a Vickers Victoria of No. 70 Squadron, assisted by men of the Iraq Levies, while boxes of .303 ammunition which have just been offloaded await collection.

• THE SERVICE OF AIR VICE-MARSHAL GERARD COMBE IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1923-1946.

  part of "COMBE GERARD (AIR VICE-MARSHAL)" (photographs)

  The evacuation of Assyrian refugees from Mosul to Baghdad by air: Women and children, accompanied by men of the Iraq Levies, wait on the airfield as a Vickers Victoria of No. 70 Squadron taxies in.

• THE SERVICE OF AIR VICE-MARSHAL GERARD COMBE IN THE ROYAL AIR FORCE, 1923-1946.

  part of "COMBE GERARD (AIR VICE-MARSHAL)" (photographs)

  The evacuation of Assyrian refugees from Mosul to Baghdad by air: Women and children preparing to board a Vickers Victoria of No. 70 Squadron, assisted by men of the Iraq Levies.