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• BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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

  The Medical Chain of Evacuation: Emergency surgery on a soldier with a broken spine at a Field Dressing Station (FDS) in the Western Desert. A mobile crane is being used to lift the man into the correct position before a plaster cast can be applied.

• Sergeant Freeman

  (art) Made by: Freeth, Hubert Andrew (RA) 1943

  image: A head and shoulder portrait of Sergeant Freeman, facing slightly to the left.

• Blast

  (art) Made by: Luard, Lowes Dalbiac

  image: Two horses lie dead, still attached to the cart they were pulling, another lies slumped over the cart itself. The remains of a fourth horse lie in the mud, in the foreground of the picture.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943

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

  The Axis Offensive 1941 - 1942: The exposed nature of the terrain made air raids a serious hazard for troops in the desert. The crew of a British truck lie on the ground and cover their heads while their vehicle is bombed.

• THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943

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

  The Axis Offensive 1941 - 1942: British troops run to meet the daily water cart in the desert.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA

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

  A 15cwt truck throws up a cloud of sand and dust while moving at speed along a desert track, 1 November 1940.

• Troops Resting and Cleaning Up after Battle

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1943

  image: Groups of British soldiers stand around on a hill undressing and washing.

• WINSTON CHURCHILL DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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

  The Prime Minister, Mr Winston Churchill, chatting with British Army General Staff Officers during his tour of the Western Desert.

• WINSTON CHURCHILL IN NORTH AFRICA, AUGUST 1942

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

  Winston Churchill with General Harold Alexander and Lieutenant General Bernard Montgomery, Commander-in-Chief 8th Army, during his second visit to the Western Desert, 23 August 1942.

• COMMONWEALTH FORCES IN NORTH AFRICA 1941

  (photographs) Made by: Indian Official

  Indian troops move forward in lorries, supported by a Light Tank Mk VI, 24 November 1941.