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Lieutenant Borys Karnicki, the CO of the Polish Navy submarine ORP Sokół (Falcon), on the bridge with some of his crew. Photograph probably taken in Portsmouth, January 1941.
ORP Sokół was a U-class submarine (formerly HMS Urchin)
Shortly after her trials, the boat was handed to her Polish crew, in accordance with the Anglo-Polish military alliance and amendments of 18 November 1939 and 3 December 1940. On 19 January 1941 the Polish banner was raised and the boat, commanded by Commander Borys Karnicki, was moved to Portsmouth. There she spent half a year patrolling the Bay of Biscay off the French port of Brest.
(Photo source - © IWM A 3418)
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ORP Sokół was a U-class submarine (formerly HMS Urchin)
Shortly after her trials, the boat was handed to her Polish crew, in accordance with the Anglo-Polish military alliance and amendments of 18 November 1939 and 3 December 1940. On 19 January 1941 the Polish banner was raised and the boat, commanded by Commander Borys Karnicki, was moved to Portsmouth. There she spent half a year patrolling the Bay of Biscay off the French port of Brest.
(Photo source - © IWM A 3418)
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Indian pattern carrier MK2A named 'DHAR IV' in 1942 ww2 (colorized)
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German medical orderly posing for a photograph with his casualty dog, August 1915.
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Danish-German soldier Chresten Lysbeck fought as a stretcher-bearer with the 13th Reserve-Sanität Company. On January 16, 1918, today 106 years ago, he wrote the following diary entry about his experiences on stretcher duty. Translated by myself:
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"One day the air got heated. Whilst we loaded the wagon with the wounded all was calm, but suddenly the Brits aqquired a distaste for the German field artillery and sent shell after shell. There was nothing for us to do but to calmly stay with the wounded in the wagon until the storm had passed.
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Suddenly the shelling struck right behind us, but soon it had passed the artillery placement. The Brits were welcome to shell beyond us, and all was well until we reached a graveyard. There a shell struck down right next to the wagon, but the earth mushy, thus it showered a cloud of mud above both wagon and horse, but that was fortunately the extent of it.
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At times the night shifts weren't amusing. One night a horse got stuck in a shell-hole, another horse was dislodged from the wagon, which was dragged out in a ditch. The pioneers, who improved the roads at night, had almost dismembered the horse in the shell-hole and afterwards earth and rocks were thrown on top, so not a long time was spent on such events.
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There was also one night when we were returning from that cemetery, which had been shelled. That I too got stuck in a shell-hole with my wagon, but I got out of it again. I couldn't understand what was giving my rear wheels resistance, but then I discovered that there were some dead comrades on the road, and they were the ones the wheels were attempting to go over."
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Danish-German soldier Chresten Lysbeck fought as a stretcher-bearer with the 13th Reserve-Sanität Company. On January 16, 1918, today 106 years ago, he wrote the following diary entry about his experiences on stretcher duty. Translated by myself:
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"One day the air got heated. Whilst we loaded the wagon with the wounded all was calm, but suddenly the Brits aqquired a distaste for the German field artillery and sent shell after shell. There was nothing for us to do but to calmly stay with the wounded in the wagon until the storm had passed.
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Suddenly the shelling struck right behind us, but soon it had passed the artillery placement. The Brits were welcome to shell beyond us, and all was well until we reached a graveyard. There a shell struck down right next to the wagon, but the earth mushy, thus it showered a cloud of mud above both wagon and horse, but that was fortunately the extent of it.
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At times the night shifts weren't amusing. One night a horse got stuck in a shell-hole, another horse was dislodged from the wagon, which was dragged out in a ditch. The pioneers, who improved the roads at night, had almost dismembered the horse in the shell-hole and afterwards earth and rocks were thrown on top, so not a long time was spent on such events.
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There was also one night when we were returning from that cemetery, which had been shelled. That I too got stuck in a shell-hole with my wagon, but I got out of it again. I couldn't understand what was giving my rear wheels resistance, but then I discovered that there were some dead comrades on the road, and they were the ones the wheels were attempting to go over."
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Sir Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (1887 – 1976), was a British general. It played a crucial role during the North African campaign when it engaged the Italian-German forces during the decisive second battle of El Alamein, which marked a turning point in the fate of the Second World War in the African theater and the entire Mediterranean theater and, later, he was among the protagonists of the Allied campaign in Italy and the invasion of France.
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"Squad of Coldstream Guards at Maxim Gun practice."
Possibly 1914/15, at a London Barracks, maybe Chelsea or Knightsbridge.
Photo taken by Mrs. Albert Broom
© IWM Q 67405
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Possibly 1914/15, at a London Barracks, maybe Chelsea or Knightsbridge.
Photo taken by Mrs. Albert Broom
© IWM Q 67405
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Major General G L Verney, GOC 7th Armoured Division, enters Ghent in his Staghound armoured car, 8 September 1944.
Major-General Gerald Lloyd Verney, DSO, MVO was personally appointed by "Monty" to take command of the Desert Rats in Normandy on 4 August 1944, after the division's disappointing showing in the bocage. Verney commented, in the history of the division (which he wrote postwar), that before the battles of Caumont he had been warned to look out for the transport of the 7th Armoured on the road, because its march discipline was "non-existent!" He also said that they"greatly deserved the criticism they received". A no-nonsense Guardsman, Verney soon had them "firing on all cylinders" again. He left in November 1944 to command 6th Armoured Division.
Major-General Gerald Lloyd Verney, DSO, MVO was personally appointed by "Monty" to take command of the Desert Rats in Normandy on 4 August 1944, after the division's disappointing showing in the bocage. Verney commented, in the history of the division (which he wrote postwar), that before the battles of Caumont he had been warned to look out for the transport of the 7th Armoured on the road, because its march discipline was "non-existent!" He also said that they"greatly deserved the criticism they received". A no-nonsense Guardsman, Verney soon had them "firing on all cylinders" again. He left in November 1944 to command 6th Armoured Division.
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That guy probably never left..........
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