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• London Docks: Building Caissons for Mulberry

  (art) Made by: Macdonald, Frances 1944-04-01

  image: A dockyard scene with three large caissons in the background. A large number of wooden planks float in the water in the foreground.

• Sketch for 'London Docks' (LD4039)

  (art) Made by: Macdonald, Frances 1944-01-01

  image: a view of a dry dock with a large scaffold erected next to a quay side on the right. On the quay side there are several cranes. To the left there are several more cranes and a parked van surrounded by figures alongside a channel of water.

• The East Yorkshires advance Alongside the Royal Dragoon Guards, Ver-sur-Mer near Caen : June 1944

  (art) Made by: James, Edward Ernest 1944

  image: Soldiers advancing up a beach from the sea.

• ATS Washing-up, Vaucelles : September 1944

  (art) Made by: Schmolle, Stella L M 1944

  image: a group of uniformed ATS gather around a makeshift washing up stand made from metal drums above a fire. A tent stands behind them and the guide ropes of a second tent cut across the lower corner of the image.

• France: The Beach Head, 1944; The search for rubble. The wear and tear on the roads resulted in a constant search for materials for repair. Crushing iron ore in the area of the Colombelles Factory near Caen.

  (art) Made by: Richards, Albert 1944

  image: a group of men at work at the top of a mound of red rock in a yard, surrounded by a conveyor system.

• France: The Beach Head, 1944; The road between St Aubin and Benouville, the main supply route to the troops on the east side of the River Orne. It was under constant shell fire from the German batteries around Caen.

  (art) Made by: Richards, Albert

  image: a landscape showing a road under artillery bombardment. A line of protective camouflaged screens lie in the centre of the image, the screens in the foreground having been damaged. Two damaged Horsa gliders lie on the ground, one on the right next...

• A Night Scene in Normandy : La Délivrande

  (art) Made by: Richards, Albert 1944

  image: a view at night looking across a walled farm which appears to have been turned into a military camp with aerials erected in the field and trucks parked in the farm yard. The sky above is filled with patterns of smoke, explosions and anti-aircraft...

• Crashed Gliders: The landing-zone at Ranville, 1944

  (art) Made by: Richards, Albert 1944

  image: The wrecks of several crashed gliders; different parts of the aircraft are separated from the body and strewn on the ground.

• We Lie at the Beach Dressing Station and Wonder how the Battle is Going : D Day 6th June 1944

  (art) Made by: Heath, J C 1944-06-06

  image: Two rows of injured British soldiers lie on the ground or on strechers in the shade of a small hillock surrounded by camouflage nets. Others sit with their arms in slings and their heads bandaged. One of the men is being given a drip by two others...

• Military Police searching German Prisoners-of-War at Thiberville

  (art) Made by: Hennell, Thomas Barclay

  image: Lines of prisoners sit or lie on the ground in front of a camp waiting to be searched by a British military policeman.