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• 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.

• 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...

• 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.

• Gun-Team Firing in the Rain, Normandy : June 1944

  (art) Made by: Hennell, Thomas Barclay 1944-06-01

  image: set in a rural landscape, a gun crew fires from an emplacement under cover of camouflaged nets.

• A Shower-bath at the Rest Centre, Luc-sur-Mer, Normandy : June 1944

  (art) Made by: Hennell, Thomas Barclay 1944-06-01

  image: The setting is an open-sided barn with a tarpaulin screen hung from the ceiling. Men are drying off after a shower, while other wait to enter.

• Sea Transport : Poles loading bombs

  (art) Made by: Howard-Jones, Ray 1944

  image: a view over the deck of a merchant ship, with bombs being moved down into the hold using a crane. Two sailors supervise from the left, whilst a man casually sits with his legs dangling over the edge of the large hole that leads to the hold. Other...

• Ruined Villas by the Sea near Lion-sur-Mer, Normandy 1944

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1944

  image: A view down a street of bomb-damaged villas. Outside one of the houses a group of British soldiers are resting.

• Courseulles : the Hôtel de Paris and amphibian transport

  (art) Made by: Bone, Stephen

  image: a D.U.K.W and a jeep parked outside a bomb damaged Hotel de Paris on a French seafront where there are several soldiers walking around. On the left is a second ruined building with a pointed rooftop and anti-aircraft guns outside. In the...