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• THE LIBERATION OF RHODES, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hawkins Trevor J (Sergeant)

  In a small civilian courtroom on the Aegean island of Symi, Brigadier F Moffatt signs on behalf of the Supreme Allied Commander, Mediterranean, to accept the unconditional surrender of German forces in the region.

• THE LIBERATION OF RHODES, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Hawkins Trevor J (Sergeant)

  In a small civilian courtroom on the island of Symi in the Aegean, Major General Wagner, Commander of German forces in the Dodecanese, signs the unconditional surrender of German forces in the region.

• BRITISH FORCES IN EGYPT, 1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Bryan P (Sergeant)

  British service personnel attending a thanksgiving service at the El Alamein Club in Cairo to commemorate the end of the war in Europe.

• THE SPECIAL AIR SERVICE (SAS) DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR

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

  Members of 2 SAS on parade for an inspection by General Montgomery, following their successful participation in the capture, behind enemy lines, of the port of Termoli in Italy. On the left is Major E Scratchley DSO, MC, commanding the SAS detachment.

• H.R.H THE DUKE OF GLOUCESTER TOURS THE SUDAN, ADEN AND SOMALILAND

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Neill R (Sgt)

  H.R.H inspects a guard of Honour of the Somaliland Camel Corps at Hargeisa.

• FUNERAL SERVICE FOR LORD MOYNE AND LANCE CORPORAL A H FULLER IN CAIRO, EGYPT, NOVEMBER 1944

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Dallison G (Capt)

  Bishop Gwynne and other clergy receive the coffins of Lord Moyne (Walter Edward Guinness), British Resident Minister in the Middle East, and his driver, Lance Corporal A H Fuller, at the doors of All Saints Cathedral, Cairo, Egypt in November 1944.

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

  part of "BRITISH FORCES IN BURMA, MALAYA AND KONG KONG, 1941 - 1942" (photographs) Made by: Palmer Fred (Hon Lt)

  Prelude 1939 - 8 December 1941: ANZAC Day in peacetime Singapore. Australian and New Zealand troops on the parade ground before marching past the Cenotaph.

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

  part of "BRITISH FORCES IN BURMA, MALAYA AND KONG KONG, 1941 - 1942" (photographs) Made by: Palmer Fred (Hon Lt)

  Prelude 1939 - 8 December 1941: Newly trained officers and NCOs of the Chinese Battalion, Hong Kong Volunteer Defence Corps. The Corps was the largest military unit of the Hong Kong Garrison at the time of the Japanese invasion.

• 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.