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  • Looking Down on the QE2 from a Sea King Helicopter - 'My first flight with 825 Squadron' May 1982 Looking Down on the QE2 from a Sea King Helicopter - 'My first flight with 825 Squadron' May 1982

    (art) Made by: Kitson, Linda 1982

    image: An aerial view of the QE2 from the cockpit of a Sea King helicopter. The pilot is seated facing out to the ship below.

  • Living Quarters on a Dispersed 'Z' (Rocket AA) Battery Site Living Quarters on a Dispersed 'Z' (Rocket AA) Battery Site

    (art) Made by: Sorrell, Alan 1943

    image: a hutted camp with Nissen huts set amongst trees, with RAF airmen walking and cycling along the road in the foreground, seemingly on their way back to the camp. On the corner of the side road that leads to the camp is a sign marked 'Z Site',...

  • An Earnest Game of Cards An Earnest Game of Cards

    (art) Made by: Worsley, John 1940

    image: seven sailors sitting around a table on benches playing a game of cards, below deck onboard a ship. Another sailor is visible in the background on the right and there are a few cooking utensils hanging from the wall on the left.

  • NFS Relief Crews Arriving at Millbank, London, May 1941 NFS Relief Crews Arriving at Millbank, London, May 1941

    (art) Made by: Uden, Ernest Boye 1941-05-01

    image: a view along Millbank in Westminster looking north, with firemen at work. Three men in the left foreground work at the rear of a fire truck preparing hose equipment. Another four men in the centre right are moving wheeled equipment. Victoria Tower...

  • Southampton Row, London, April 1941 Southampton Row, London, April 1941

    (art) Made by: Uden, Ernest Boye 1941

    image: an aerial view of the bomb-damaged Southampton Row in Bloomsbury, central London. Fire trucks and firemen are visible on the streets in the right foreground and there is a smoky hue over the buildings in the background.

  • Major The Reverend Bach ; a German combatant pastor Major The Reverend Bach ; a German combatant pastor

    (art) Made by: Freeth, Hubert Andrew (RA) 1942

    image: A head and shoulder portrait of Major The Reverend Bach, facing slightly to the right. He is in uniform with an iron cross around his neck.

  • General Cona General Cona

    (art) Made by: Freeth, Hubert Andrew (RA) 1941

    image: A head and shoulders portrait of General Ferdinando Cona wearing a hat and uniform.

  • Parachute Training at Ringway Parachute Training at Ringway

    (art) Made by: Hall, Patrick 1945

    image: a lengthways perspective showing an interior view of the training of paratroopers in an enormous hangar designed for the purpose, at the Parachute Training School at Ringway in Cheshire. In the foreground a paratrooper is being released from a...

  • The Battery Wagon Line The Battery Wagon Line

    (art) Made by: Holiday, Gilbert

    image: a large number of horses graze on grassy land behind the lines, wheeled artillery limbers lined up to the left. Artillery fire can be seen on the horizon.

  • Arakan Campaign: Battle of Donbaik. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on the beaches, 18th February 1943 Arakan Campaign: Battle of Donbaik. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers on the beaches, 18th February 1943

    (art) Made by: Gross, Anthony (CBE) (RA) 1944

    image: a desolate beach scene with two dead British infantrymen lying in the foreground. A helmet, rifle and other equipment lie discarded in the sand near the soldiers, and there are a few other bodies in the background. Scorched trees and vegetation...

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