Photos WW2 British & Commonwealth Forces

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A Marmon Herrington Mark II armoured car, used as a mobile wireless telegraphy post by the RAF Wireless Observer Units in the Western Desert

 

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The crew of a Marmon-Herrington Mk.II read German and Italian signs during operation Crusader in Derna, Libya, December 1941.

 

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Reconnaissance vehicles of the British Guards Armoured Division in Belgium during the Allied advance on Brussels; September 1944.

 

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1940. Fleet Air Arm Fairey Swordfish Mk I torpedo bombers on a training flight from Crail in Scotland

 

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OTD in 1944, Saint-Martin-des-Besaces, France. A soldier and his PIAT

 

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These 7th Royal Tank Regiment Matilda Mk.IIs, named ‘Gloucester’ and ‘Glanton’, were 2 of the 74 tanks part of Frankforce, the British force that counterattacked the German spearhead at Arras on May 21/22 1940. The squadron these two tanks belonged to went to detour through the forest to avoid attacks from the air, but several tanks got stuck in the mud. Subsequently, these tanks were destroyed on the spot by the crews.

 

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Seaforth Highlanders of the 1st Canadian Infantry Division moving along a mined coastal path on December 21, 1943; the Italian village of Ortona can be seen in the distance. The Battle of Ortona was nicknamed “Little Stalingrad” for it’s ferocity.

 

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A soldier of the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) examines damage inflicted by an 88mm anti-tank gun to the barrel of a Sherman tank, which is about to be recovered from the battlefield - October 1942. Another shell hit can be seen on the cheek of the turret.

 

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Three of the seven Maunsell Forts linked together in the Thames Estuary, England photographed on Sept. 29, 1945

 

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Royal Australian Armoured Corps members on the General Grant tank "Bushape", of B squadron, 1st Tank Battalion during training in Australia. A Wright whirlwind nine cylinder aero engine is being hoisted into the tank.

 

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The crew of a Sherman tank pose beside their vehicle, decorated with a cartoon figure, during a break in fighting in the Western Desert, 29 Oct 1942. Note that three of the men are wearing American tank helmets, which were generally unpopular with British crews.

 

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Churchill "Crocodile" flamethrower tank in France; 1944

 

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OTD in 1941, Isle of Wight.

A very well staged bayonet charge over trenches. Men from 6 The Black Watch

Cycle troops from 6 The Black Watch

Universal carriers and cyclists from 6 The Black Watch passing through Haven Street

 

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Sunderland to the Rescue in 1945! The images show an RAF B-24 Liberator bomber crew in the Far East, who had made an emergency landing on land close to the coast. They then were rescued by a Short Sunderland, paddling out to it in their inflatable emergency dinghy!

 

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OTD in 1943, Chelmsford area. 3.7-inch anti-aircraft guns on parade

 

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OTD in 1941, Tobruk area, North Africa. Besieged by Rommel, for 241 days. Australian troops occupying front line positions.

 

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Canadian Sapper moving forward on a street of the French town of Saint-Lambert-sur-Dives, after a Sherman struck a mine - 19 August, 1944

 

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V-J Day 15(14)-08-1945. Japan publicly announced it's surrender. RAF 356 Squadron ground crew celebrate in the Cocos Islands

 

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OTD in 1944, Normandy. Men from the King's Shropshire Light Infantry resting next to a Sherman tank from 3 Royal Tank Regiment.

 

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Canadian Humber Mk.I destroyed in the French village of Rots - June, 1944