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World War II: Victory Cheer After Storming Bunker

Hero Comes Home To Devon. The heart-warming scene when the whole village turned out to greet Sergt. F.G. Tucker on his return from a prison camp to...

Hero's Return for British Soldier

British Military Policeman stands by as a motorised column of British 2nd Army soldiers giving the V for Victory sign prepare to depart for Normandy...

World War Two: Europe 1944

Soldier from the 51st Surrey Battalion Home Guard is silhouetted against the bomb shattered window of the Baptist Chapel in Kingston Road following...

World War Two: Home Front 1940

Silhouettes of three soldiers with bayonets in the snow, Western Front. Caption reads: ' The Watch goes on: Sunset on the Western Front, but still...

Soldiers in the British Expeditionary Force take a last bite on English soil as they leave by train for France.

Scottish soldiers wearing army tunics and kilts with their kit prepare to leave for France during WW2, circa September 1939.

Scottish soldiers about to leave for France

British soldiers negotiating a barbed wire defence during a seashore invasion exercise.

Seashore Exercise

British soldier arrives home to a happy wife and son after serving in World War II.

A British Soldier's Happy Homecoming

War and Conflict, World War II, pic: May/June 1940, The Battle of Dunkirk, Men of the British Expeditionary Force in good spirits as they arrive at a...

War and Conflict, World War II, pic: May/June 1940, The Battle of Dunkirk, Men of the British Expeditionary Force in good spirits as they arrive at a London railway station on their return home, The Battle of Dunkirk, (which took place approx, 25th May -

An officer leaps across a support trench during an 'attack', part of a training exercise for the 12th Bn Hampshire Regiment during the Second World...

World War II - 12th Bn. Hampshire Regiment Training Exercise

Company Sergeant Major Stanley Hollis of the Green Howards, winner of the first Victoria Cross awarded for bravery during the D-Day landings,...

Stanley Hollis VC

View of three British Army soldiers with kit bags and rifles walking up Whitehall in Westminster, London on the day of Great Britain's formal...

Wartime Preparations In London

Detachment of British soldiers arrive in a French village during World War II, on their way to the front. On the front of the lead vehicle, someone...

Tommies In France

British troops somewhere is Sussex have a laugh as they are enterained by members on ENSA during WW2 1939

British troops somewhere is Sussex have a laugh as they are enterained by members on ENSA during WW2 1939

Eric Myers, father of Hollywood actor Mike Myers, as a sapper before WW2circa 1939.

Sapper Eric Myers

British Airborne troops admire the graffiti chalked on the side of their Horsa glider as they prepare to fly out to Normandy as part of 6th Airborne...

TOPSHOT-WWII-DDAY-GLIDER PLANE

Soldiers of the Canadian Active Service Force coming ashore in a tender in WW II.

Landing In England

Two British Army soldiers patrol the ruins of Bahe during the Allied advance on Japanese-held Mandalay. Bahe, Shan State, January 1945.

Burma /Myanmar: Two British Army soldiers patrol the ruins of Bahe during the Allied advance on Japanese-held Mandalay. Bahe, Shan State, January 1945.

Australian soldiers undergoing training at a base in England.

World War II, 31st, May 1940, Members of the British Expedionary Force,, with thumbs up to indicate their good cheer as they arrive back in London...

World War II, 31st, May 1940, Members of the British Expedionary Force,(BEF), with thumbs up to indicate their good cheer as they arrive back in London

War and Conflict, World War II, People, pic: 1940, Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force on board ship on their way to France.

War and Conflict, World War II, People, pic: 1940, Soldiers of the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) on board ship on their way to France

Escaped French soldiers arrive in London. Arrival of 183 soldiers who escaped from Germany.

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WWII Soldier Running Into Building Under Attack

War and Conflict, World War Two, pic: circa 1945, Great Britain, A British soldier kisses his wife on his return from serving with the Armed Forces,...

War and Conflict. World War Two. pic: circa 1945. Great Britain. A British soldier kisses his wife on his return from serving with the Armed Forces, as a large "welcome home" banner hangs above the door.

The British Army In The United Kingdom 1939-45, A soldier from 101st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment 3rd Division, prepares for D Day by reading at his...

The British Army In The United Kingdom 1939-45

Lady householder serves tea to British Army soldiers as they take part in Army manoeuvres at a town in the English midlands during World war II,...

Troops Tea Break

British Army soldiers from an Officer Cadet Training Unit march with shovels in a training exercise at an Eastern Command station in England during...

British Army Officer Training During World War II

View of British Army soldiers from the British Expeditionary Force pictured cheering from the back of a flatbed truck as they prepare to return to...

British Army Troops Prepare For War

Soldiers From Auxiliary Military Pioneers At World War Ii In London On June 1940

Soldiers From Auxiliary Military Pioneers At World War Ii In London On June 1940

Troops from the 48th Royal Marines at Saint-Aubin-sur-mer on Juno Beach, Normandy, France, during the D-Day landings, 6th June 1944.

Juno Beach D-Day Landings

Sunset on the Western Front. Watchmen at their posts. Official British postcard issued by the Ministry of Information. War Office Photograph B. 1370.

World War 2: Sunset on the Western Front

Soldiers returning to their friends and family at a London railway station. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1953 - How To Welcome A Soldier Home...

Indian soldiers drinking tea from a mobile canteen outside the Shah Jahan Mosque in Woking, Surrey, during World War II, 28th November 1941.

Indian Soldiers At Woking Mosque

Soldier home on leave from the British Expeditionary Force, says goodbye to his baby son at the evacuation point in Greater London.

Evacuation Farewell

Scottish soldiers of the Royal Scots infantry with a Japanese flag captured after clearing Japanese forces from a village. Payan, Sagaing, January...

Burma/Myanmar: Scottish soldiers of the Royal Scots infantry with a Japanese flag captured after clearing Japanese forces from a village. Payan, Sagaing, January 1945

Members of the British Expeditionary Force withdraw to England during the Dunkirk evacuation, 26th May-4th June 1940.

Dunkirk Evacuation

Soldiers drinking tea, Second World War, c 1939-1945. 'Troops on their way home from France enjoy a hot drink at the Euston Station canteen. Some of...

Soldiers drinking tea, Second World War, c 1939-1945.

Soldier of the Cameron Highlanders chalks a warning to Hitler on the side of a train as troops leave Aldershot for France. It reads 'Hitler! Look oot...

Look Out Hitler!

Sikh soldiers of the Indian Pioneer Unit, the advance Guard of the Indian Forces at their London headquarters.

Evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, Northern France. Roops awaiting orders and transport in a South Coast Port, following...

Evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk, Northern France. roops awaiting orders and transport in a So

Allied soldiers and others read copies of the Stars and Stripes military newspaper, off the press , that announces Germany's surrender in World War...

Surrender party from the British forces is escorted by a Japanese soldier to their Headquarters in Singapore. They carry the white flag as well as...

British Surrender

Soldiers wave from the back of a truck, having returned from overseas.

Waving Soldiers

Canadian troops practicing for Victory Parade in London. June 1946.

WW2 Canadian troops practicing for Victory Parade in London

British Army tank crew, featuring a gunner, tank driver, second driver and crew commander, look out from an access hatch in their light tank prior to...

British Army Tank Crew

Riflemen of the Warwickshire regiment in action during the battle of France 1940.

Riflemen of the Warwickshire regiment in action during the battle of France.

WAAFs link arms with soldiers during the VJ Day celebrations in Piccadilly Circus.

Soldiers from the British Expeditionary Force, , returning from France, after the evacuation of Dunkirk.

Returning Troops

Soldiers of the Royal Indian Army Service Corps on parade at their camp in the north of England, 2nd September 1940.

RIASC Troops In England

Lieutenant General Sir Arthur Francis Smith General Officer Commanding London District inspecting soldiers from the Port of London Authority Home...

World War Two: Home Front 1943

Two trainee parachutists about to land near a wood ready to take their positions for and assault. The recruits for the parachute corps are selected...

Parachutists in Action

Soldier bids farewell to two young ladies as he waits at a military siding in Britain during World War II, 1939.

A Good Send-Off

Soldier is greeted with a big hug and kiss from his ecstatic wife at the front door of their house in St John's Wood, London as he arrives home from...

Welcome Home Kiss

Soldier of an Indian Frontier Force Regiment, in London to take part in the Victory Parade of 1946 on the first anniversary of victory in World War...

Indian Serviceman In London

British soldiers, wearing carnation flowers in their caps, celebrate in London as they prepare to leave for France following the declaration of war...

British soldiers preparing to leave for France

Newly recruited British Tommy shares a joke with a young boy as he leaves his home town for France, circa September 1939.

British soldiers about to leave for France

Day celebrations, Paris, 8 May 1945. A soldier smothere with kisses by jubilant women.

VE Day celebrations, Paris, 8 May 1945.

The American crew of an M-8 armored car sit on their vehicle as they chat with Red Cross volunteer Mary Jane Cooke, England, June 1944. The vehicle,...

Meeting With The Troops

Scots from the British Army write a warning on the side of the train car which says "Hitler! Look Out The Jocks Are Coming"

A Scottish Regiment, Moving Off FromTheir Station

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