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• PAULA GREEN ENTERTAINING AT HMS RAJALIYA, IN THE FAR EAST, JUNE 1945.

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Miss Paula Green, the Blackpool born radio singer gives a song during 'stand easy' to maintenance ratings at HMS RAJALIYA, a jungle Royal Naval Air Station, part of the British East Indies Fleet. The Seafire they are servicing forms the background.

• JAPANESE SURRENDER AT SINGAPORE, 4 SEPTEMBER 1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  General Itagaki signing the terms for the reoccupation of Japan on board HMS SUSSEX.

• NOEL COWARD ENTERTAINS THE MEN OF THE EASTERN FLEET, HMS VICTORIOUS, TRINCOMALEE, CEYLON, 1 AUGUST 1944

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Noel Coward standing at the microphone on a flag-bedecked stage on the aircraft lift aboard HMS VICTORIOUS with Norman Hackworth at the piano.

• BURIALS AT SEA

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Scene on board the coastal minelayer HMS PLOVER as she departs for sea carrying the body of Captain J G Bickford DSO, who was killed on board HMS EXPRESS, in preparation for a traditional burial at sea.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Allen E E (Lt)

  The Battle for Normandy: HMS RODNEY shelling enemy shore positions prior to the British and Canadian attack on Caen, which was launched successfully on 8 July 1944.

• ROYAL NAVY CONVOY FROM ALEXANDRIA TO MALTA MEETS AND ENGAGES ITALIAN WARSHIPS IN THE MEDITERRANEAN, 22 MARCH 1942

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  HMS CLEOPATRA throws out smoke to shield the convoy as HMS EURYALUS elevates her forward 5.25 inch guns to shell the Italian Fleet.

• THE ALLIED CAMPAIGN IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE, 6 JUNE 1944 - 7 MAY 1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Norway (Lt Cdr)

  D-Day, 6 June 1944: The White Ensign of a Naval Beach Party flying on the Normandy Coast as British troops move inland from the beached landing craft.

• ROYAL NAVY DESTROYER MANOEUVRES AT SCAPA FLOW, 1942

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  A flotilla of destroyers led by HMS FURY at Scapa Flow.

• THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Liberation and Repatriation August - September 1945: The Union Jack is raised at Stanley Civil Internment Camp, Hong Kong, watched by the internees.

• THE FAR EAST: SINGAPORE, MALAYA AND HONG KONG 1939-1945

  part of "ADMIRALTY OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Navy official photographer

  Occupation and Captivity February 1942 - August 1945: The living conditions at Stanley Civil Internment Camp, Hong Kong (photographed after liberation in 1945). Two internees are shown in a room normally occupied by seven.