Edward Bate (Left), of Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Scotland, preparing for a large Airborne exercise on the 22nd April 1944 just a few weeks before D-Day. He is seen helping his friend “Heinrich”, an Austrian from Vienna to adjust his parachute prior to take-off. Photo taken by Sgt. Mapam 22-4-44 IWM H.37730
Comrades of Rifleman John Beeley VC of 1st King's Royal Rifle Corps, who was awarded a posthumous Victoria Cross at the Battle of Sidi Rezegh on 21 November 1941, working on a cross to be placed over his grave, 22 May 1942. IWM (E 12286)
Corporal Bennett of the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, armed with a Sten gun and about to go on a fighting patrol, near Elst, 2 March 1945. Photo I.W.M.
Lieutenant Simon Fleming, born in County Down in Northern Ireland, commanded the M2 patrol of the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG) in 1944. The LRDG was a unit of the British Army established in Egypt in 1940 that specialised in intelligence gathering, mechanized reconnaissance and navigation, often operating behind enemy lines. Fleming commanded M2 patrol on an aerial drop behind enemy lines near Montepulciano, south east of Siena in Italy, which was designed to gather intelligence on German troop movements during the Allied advance. He died on 13 June 1944 after his parachute failed to open. He was 23 years old. Art.IWM ART 16556
Pte. E. Lee of Wandsworth, London, gets down to work on the engine of his lorry with his new assistant - a youthful member of the German Army near Ahrensburg, Germany 1st June 1945. IWM (BU 7058)
Raymond Martin of Reading, member of the Signal Section of this Home Counties Regiment, The Queen’s Royal West Surreys, at work in the desert near Tobruk. Photograph was taken by Captain, Keating, 11th November 1941. W.O. Ass. No.323 IWM (E 6481)
Sergeant McVay of the Black Watch, 51st Highland Division (second from the left) sharing a joke with soldiers of the 1st Polish Armoured Division before setting off for the attack on the Caen hinge at the beginning of the Operation 'Totalise', 8 August 1944. Sergeant McVay was a resident of Whitby, North Yorkshire. IWM (B 8829)
The 'Intelligence Officer'. Corporal D A R Reynolds of the Intelligence Branch, working as a draughtsman at the main Eighth Army Headquarters in the San Angelo area. Corporal Reynolds, a former architectural assistant from East Horsley, Surrey, left England in December 1942 for the Middle East. He then went to Tripoli and Sicily and landed in Italy soon after the invasion. IWM (TR 1722)
Sgt. J. Reynolds of Plumstead, London, S.E.18 who receives the M.M. for his bravery at Mozzagrogna, Italy. EIGHTH ARMY AWARDS IN THE FIELD IWM (NA 12038)
Sergeant J.L. Rudkin of the R.A. He was a press photographer in civilian life and lived at 47 Roundways, Ruislip, Middlesex. Photo IWM (H 41380)
L/Bdr. Dick Tyler, BEM (right) of 131 Oakington Manor Drive, Wembley, Middx has been in the Army for 4 1/2 years, and abroad for 3 3/4 years. Has served in Palestine, Egypt, North Africa, Sicily and Italy, where he landed with the initial assault force. 31 years of age, he is married with a son. He was a milkman in peacetime. Spotting for him is Gnr. Sid Hayward of 39 Grimstone Road, Wolverhampton. 39 years of age, he is married with a family of two girls and a boy. He has served in Egypt, Palestine, North Africa and Sicily. He landed on "D" Day. Photo taken by Sergeant Baynes on the 25th March 1945 at location S. Clemente – Ripiano area Italy. IWM (NA 23175)
Four brothers named Widła, volunteers from the Polish community in Argentina, who joined the Polish Army together. From left to right: Kazimierz, Władysław, Józef and Mieczysław Widła. They are servicemen of the 16th Tank Brigade, 1st Polish Corps in Scotland. Photograph probably taken in Kelso area, 2 December 1941. IWM (H 15949)
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