Photos WW2 British & Commonwealth Forces

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Morris C8 FAT “Quad” artillery tractors towing 25pdrs of 51st Highland Division are cheered by crowds as they enter Militello in Val di Catania, Sicily - 15 July 1943

 

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Sherman III (M4A2) with 3rd County of London Yeomanry advances with Soldiers through Carlentini, Sicily - 15 July 1943

 

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Soldiers of the 10th Highland Light Infantry, 15th Scottish Division, advancing during attacks between Hill 112 and Hill 113 in the Odon valley, Normandy - 15 July 1944
The Sherman Crab is from 79th Armoured Division.

 

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A British soldier carries a little girl through the devastation of Caen, 10 July 1944.

 

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CAC Boomerang fighters from 5 Squadron RAAF at Piva Airfield, Bougainville - 12 January 1945

 

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Knocked-out Cromwell of the 5th Royal Horse Artillery 7th Armoured Division, in Villers-Bocage Normandy after the village was reoccupied by British Forces - 5 August 1944
This Cromwell had been commanded by Captain Paddy Victory, and was one of more than twelve armoured vehicles attacked by Michael Wittmann during the Battle of Villers-Bocage on 13 June 1944.
Captain Paddy Victory survived his Cromwell being taken out. He was later awarded the Military Cross for knocking out a German anti-tank gun with a Bren, and retired as a Lt Col, he passed away in 2006.

 

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Soldiers with the Black Watch look at a burning German Sdkfz 10/5 AA half-track armed with a 2cm FlaK 38 in Sicily - 5 August 1943

 

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QF 3.7-inch AA, part of a AA gun battery at Hastings, Southern England - 6 August 1944

40mm Bofors mounts, part of an AA gun battery at Hastings, Southern England - 6 August 1944

 

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Soldiers of the 9th Durham Light Infantry in Acireale, Sicily take cover on a street corner - 8 August 1943

 

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Commander of a Churchill with the 6th Guards Tank Brigade in Normandy - 14 August 1944

 

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An Italian Cannone da 76/40 is tested by British artillerymen with the 101st Coastal Defence Battery near Ancona, Italy - 15 August 1944