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part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Keating G (Capt)
ANIMALS IN WAR 1939-1945The Cheshire Yeomanry patrolling on horseback at Marjuyan, Syria. At the outbreak of war, the British Army had only eight mounted units. Its cavalry horses last saw action in the Middle East during 1940-1942 where they were used for patrol and...
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part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Berkshire (Sgt)
ANIMALS IN WAR 1939-1945Men of the Royal Army Veterinary Corps at No 1 Veterinary Hospital in the Middle East cast a horse before operating on it.
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part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ashwood Terry
ANIMALS IN WAR 1939-1945A camel train transports fuel through the desert between Damascus and Palmyra in the Middle East.
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part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit
BRITISH MEDICAL SERVICES IN THE SECOND WORLD WARMedical Transport: Greek troops undergoing aspects of mountain training which took place at the Mountain Warfare Training Centre at Ain Akrine in the Western Desert. Mules are being used to transport 'wounded' soldiers. The mules are fitted with a...
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(posters) Made by: Ashton (artist) 1943-11
19.00 Hours - Time Nowwhole: the image occupies the majority. The title is separate and positioned in the upper left, in black. The text is integrated and placed in the lower right in black, in the lower left in white, and partially integrated and located across the bottom...
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part of "AIR MINISTRY SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Royal Air Force official photographer
ROYAL AIR FORCE OPERATIONS IN THE FAR EAST, 1941-1945.Dakota Mark IV, KN394 'M', of No. 187 Squadron RAF based at Merryfield, Somerset, taxies past a donkey train at Mauripur air terminal, Karachi, India. Mauripur was the first Indian staging post on the trooping flights between the United Kingdom and...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer
FEMALE BUILDERS AT WORK, UK, 1941A group of female builders sit on a horse-drawn cart with some of their male colleagues on a building site, somewhere in Britain. They are listening to an address being given by a Colonel of the Royal Engineers, just back from Malta (not pictured).
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer
BELGIAN ARTIST: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR JOHN CLUYSENAAR AND HIS FAMILY, BARTON ST DAVID'S, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944Belgian artist John Cluysenaar spends time with his wife, daughter Ann, and their donkey, geese, turkey and chickens in the garden of their home in Barton St David's in Somerset. Ann is feeding the pet turkey 'Stripey' who, according to the original...
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer
BELGIAN ARTIST: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR JOHN CLUYSENAAR AND HIS FAMILY, BARTON ST DAVID'S, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, ENGLAND, UK, 1944Belgian artist John Cluysenaar feeds pet donkey 'Donk' in the garden of his home in Barton St David's in Somerset, as his wife and daughter Ann look on. Also visible is a selection of the poultry kept by the family.
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part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information official photographer
RURAL WELFARE OFFICER: EVERYDAY LIFE FOR 'MRS R', HIGH WYCOMBE, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1944'Mrs R' (left), Welfare Officer for High Wycombe Rural District Council, visits a local hostel for evacuees. Here she can be seen with the warden of the hostel watching as the children play 'tug of war' in the garden of the hostel. About 20 chickens...