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• SOLDIERS WORKING ON THE LAND: HELPING WITH THE HARVEST, UK, JULY 1945

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

  Soldiers on pay parade queue up for their wages at the end of a day of working helping to bring in the harvest, somewhere in Britain. Included are a man from a Fusilier regiment, possibly the Lancashire Fusiliers, receiving his payment, and several men...

• VICTORY PARADE IN LONDON, ENGLAND, UK, 8 JUNE 1946

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

  Crowds line the route as Royal Artillery searchlight lorries make their way towards the Saluting Base in the Mall, as part of the Victory Parade.

• Fortified Islands in the Bristol Channel: 6" Naval gun emplacement, Gallipoli Gun, Steepholm

  (art) Made by: Howard-Jones, Ray 1943

  image: A covered gun emplacement looking out over water with a figure standing behind.

• Fortified Islands in the Bristol Channel: 2" Naval UP Projector on an earlier fortification

  (art) Made by: Howard-Jones, Ray 1943

  image: A Naval UP Projector standing on top of an old fortification. The gun is manned by two uniformed figures, one on either side. In the foreground there are two sets of steps: one leading up to the soldiers and the second leading down to a doorway in...

• Study for 'Gun Emplacement'

  (art) Made by: Nash, John (RA)

  image: a view looking down upon a coastal gun emplacement surrounded by sandbags. One soldier attends to the gun while two others sit, bare-chested, on the sandbags. Upper right, the artist has made some small sketch details of the scene.

• On a Fortified Island in the Firth of Forth : six inch gun emplacement

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: Two soldiers are seen climbing out of a system of trenches towards a gun which is shown above them, pointing out, over the edge of the island. Down in the trenches two other figures are just visible. In the foreground is a covered machine gun...

• On a Fortified Island in the Firth of Forth: Gunners

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: For gunners stand together chatting, in front of a big gun emplacement. Another soldier walks across the background.

• On a Fortified Island in the Firth of Forth : 9.2 inch gun emplacement

  (art) Made by: Ardizzone, Edward Jeffrey Irving 1941

  image: A system of trenches in which soldiers perform various duties. Two men stand chatting in the lower left corner. Behind them is the gun, pointing towards the left.

• AN EIGHTH ARMY MAN ON LEAVE, WIRRAL, CHESHIRE, 14 APRIL 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy, of 441 Battery, 128 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50 Division, during his seven days privilege leave with his family. Jack Grundy at his local pub, The Anchor at Irby, with two old friends. On the left is John Stevenson,...

• AN EIGHTH ARMY MAN ON LEAVE, WIRRAL, CHESHIRE, 14 APRIL 1944

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Lance Bombardier Jack Grundy, of 441 Battery, 128 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery, 50 Division, during his seven days privilege leave with his family. Jack Grundy (wearing civilian clothes) accompanies his family to church in Irby, Cheshire.