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• signet ring, souvenir of Ypres

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Finger ring given by an unknown Canadian soldier to a female friend during the First World War; the inscription on the ring links the soldier with service in Ypres and the sector of the 'Salient' during the war.

• Study Of A Canadian Soldier

  (art) Made by: John, Augustus E (OM) (RA)

  image: a half length portrait of a Canadian infantryman wearing full kit and holding his rifle with his right hand, his left hand resting on the muzzle.

• LEFT OF THE LINE [Main Title]

  (film) Made by: Canadian Army Film Unit (Production company) 1945

  A short record of the British and Canadian Armies fighting from the beaches to Brussels.

• THE CANADIAN EXPEDITIONARY FORCE IN BRITAIN 1914-1918

  part of "CANADIAN FIRST WORLD WAR OFFICIAL EXCHANGE COLLECTION" (photographs)

  Lord John French inspecting Canadian camps in England - at the entrance to a trench system.

• OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS): D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  The British 2nd Army: Infantrymen of 'B' Company, North Shore Regiment, 8th Canadian Brigade, taking cover by tank obstacles while advancing on German strongpoint WN27 during the fierce street fighting in St Aubin-sur-Mer.

• OPERATION OVERLORD (THE NORMANDY LANDINGS): D-DAY 6 JUNE 1944

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  The Commanding Officers of 21st Army Group: Lt General J T Crocker CB CBE DSO MC, Commander of British 1st Corps, watching the fighting near Caen from a jeep. With him are his ADC Captain Cross and Lance Corporal Marsden, his driver. 1st Corps...

• THE CAMPAIGN IN SICILY 1943

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit

  The Drive for Messina 10 July - 17 August 1943: British and Canadian troops meet in the main square of Caltagirone after entering the town from opposite sides. The Canadians also encountered strong resistance during their advance north.

• belt, with British, Canadian, New Zealand and French insignia

  (souvenirs and ephemera)

  Belt embellished with the insignia of various British, Canadian, New Zealand and French regiments. As worn by the donor, Rifleman Norman F. Ellison of the Liverpool Rifles and King's Liverpool Regiment, during service in France and Flanders from February...

• ammunition pouch, pistol, webbing, 1937 pattern

  (equipment) 1941

  differs from usual pattern by having an added lip on the front of the pouch to stop ammunition falling out, blancoed green

• Anti-Personnel Blast Mine C3A1 (Elsie)

  (weapons and ammunition) Made by: Canadian Arsenals Ltd 1996-02

  Captions accompanying the Mine: "This mine is from the last batch of UK operational stocks of Land Service Anti-Personnel Mines destroyed in accordance with the Ottawa Convention (3 December 1997)" "C3 Elsie - (Inert) Presented to the Imperial War...