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• BELGIAN SAILORS AT A SKEGNESS TRAINING CAMP: BELGIAN NAVAL TRAINING AT BUTLIN'S, SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  The Petty Officer in charge meets trainee Belgian sailors as they arrive at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, an Allied training camp in Skegness, Lincolnshire. The men have already been issued with their bedding and stand in rows with blankets piled in their arms and...

• BELGIAN SAILORS AT A SKEGNESS TRAINING CAMP: BELGIAN NAVAL TRAINING AT BUTLIN'S, SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Belgian sailors learn to tie knots at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, a training camp at Skegness, Lincolnshire. Before the war, the camp was a Butlin's holiday camp.

• BELGIAN SAILORS AT A SKEGNESS TRAINING CAMP: BELGIAN NAVAL TRAINING AT BUTLIN'S, SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Belgian sailors take part in gun drill at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR in Skegness. The training camp was once the Butlin's holiday camp, and the drill is taking place on what was once the skating rink. The men are drilling with their bayonets fixed to their...

• BELGIAN SAILORS AT A SKEGNESS TRAINING CAMP: BELGIAN NAVAL TRAINING AT BUTLIN'S, SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Belgian sailors take part in hammock drill outside their quarters at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, Skegness. Before the war, this training camp was a Butlin's holiday camp.

• BELGIAN SAILORS AT A SKEGNESS TRAINING CAMP: BELGIAN NAVAL TRAINING AT BUTLIN'S, SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A group of new recruits take part in a boat drill at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, Skegness. Half of the group remain on the poolside, whilst the other group are in the boat, oars raised. Before the war, this training establishment was a Butlin's holiday camp.

• BELGIAN SAILORS AT A SKEGNESS TRAINING CAMP: BELGIAN NAVAL TRAINING AT BUTLIN'S, SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Two Belgian trainees receive a lesson in life saving from the sailor-instructor. The original caption states that one of these trainees can swim and the other cannot.

• BELGIAN SAILORS AT A SKEGNESS TRAINING CAMP: BELGIAN NAVAL TRAINING AT BUTLIN'S, SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Two trainees at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR, Skegness, take part in a Bren gun drill. This training establishment had been a Butlin's holiday camp before the war.

• BELGIAN SAILORS AT A SKEGNESS TRAINING CAMP: BELGIAN NAVAL TRAINING AT BUTLIN'S, SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  The sailor-instructor at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR helps two Belgian trainees into their life jackets during a lesson in life saving. According to the original caption, one of these men can swim and the other cannot. A large group of trainees can be seen in the...

• BELGIAN SAILORS AT A SKEGNESS TRAINING CAMP: BELGIAN NAVAL TRAINING AT BUTLIN'S, SKEGNESS, LINCOLNSHIRE, ENGLAND, UK, 1945

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Three Belgian trainee sailors relax on their bunks in their room at HMS ROYAL ARTHUR. One enjoys a cigarette, one reads a letter and the third reads the newspaper. Before the war, this training camp was a Butlin's holiday camp, and the sailors are...