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• THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  A Scammell Pioneer artillery tractor towing a 6-inch howitzer forms part of a recruiting parade in a Yorkshire town, 11 November 1941.

• THE HOME GUARD 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Home Guard soldiers in York prepare a roadblock by inserting metal girders into pre-dug holes in the road, 2 November 1941.

• THE HOME GUARD 1939-1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  The Home Guard: During an exercise involving the local Home Guard, ARP personnel and the Police in Northen Command, 'enemy' forces succeeded in taking a town after a bitter struggle but were later overpowered. Photograph shows the Home Guard firing at...

• THE HOME GUARD IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Men of the Home Guard man the medieval battlements of a town, during a training exercise with regular army units in the Boroughbridge area of Yorkshire.

• THE HOME GUARD 1939-1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  The Home Guard: After swimming a river in full kit during an exercise in Yorkshire, a helping hand is extended to a member of Number 2 Platoon 'B' Company of the 4th Battalion, East Riding Home Guard.

• THE HOME GUARD 1939-1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  The Home Guard: Men of 2nd Platoon 'C' Company, 46th Riding, Doncaster, Battalion Home Guard carrying out an exercise in the Northern Command. They are pictured crossing a river by means of a raft.

• THE HOME GUARD 1939-1945

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  The Home Guard: The Home Guard were also used to defend inland waterways. Photograph shows the Trent River Patrol, Nottinghamshire Home Guard sending messages by the disc semaphore method.

• V1 FLYING BOMB

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  A Bofors gun battery fully manned, situated on the South Coast.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Gunners at a mixed anti-aircraft battery on the South Coast mark their names on a shell case after shooting down a V1 flying bomb with only one round, 6 August 1944.

• THE BRITISH ARMY IN THE UNITED KINGDOM 1939-45

  part of "WAR OFFICE SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: War Office official photographer

  Private Margaret Hicks of the ATS, a member of a mixed anti-aircraft battery on the South Coast, paints another V1 'kill' on the battery scoreboard, 6 August 1944.