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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE FIFTH ARMY IN THE GARIGLIANO RIVER VALLEY, ITALY, 19 JANUARY 1944Private J Blundell of Maghull, Lancashire, and Gunner J R Howarth of Burnley, Lancashire, in their slit trench at a Regimental Aid Post.
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part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Palmer (Lt)
THE BRITISH ARMY IN MALAYA 1941-42A casualty from the battle area recovering in hospital at Singapore.
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part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Palmer (Lt)
BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE SECOND WORLD WARThe Medical Chain of Evacuation: A cheerful British patient recovering in a hospital at Singapore in December 1941.
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE SECOND WORLD WARThe 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.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE BRITISH ARMY IN SICILY, AUGUST 1943Two wounded Eighth Army 'tommies' at a field dressing station in Sicily.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
THE BRITISH ARMY IN SICILY, AUGUST 1943Two wounded Highlanders walking into a church being used as a field hospital.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer
BRITISH ARMY MEDICAL SERVICES IN ITALY, 1944A patient wounded in the leg is given a blood transfusion in the Operating Theatre of an Advanced Dressing Station while a plaster bandage is applied to his leg. One of a series of photographs showing the procedure when a casualty leaves the Regimental...
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part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit
THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943El Alamein 1942: A British ambulance drives into a tank battle to rescue wounded men.
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part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit
THE CAMPAIGN IN NORTH AFRICA 1940-1943El Alamein 1942: General view of the British night artillery barrage which opened the second Battle of El Alamein. Infantry carriers and ambulances waiting to move up are silhouetted against the glare from the guns.
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part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 5 Army Film & Photographic Unit
THE BRITISH AIRBORNE DIVISION AT ARNHEM AND OOSTERBEEK IN HOLLANDA wounded man being carried away from the Divisional Administration Area by stretcher (note the stocks of ammunition and fuel dumped in the background) at Oosterbeek.