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"British forces cross the Rhine"

Three Pence - British Armed Forces - special voucher.Dit biljet is alleen geldig voor transacties binnen officiële kantines en organisaties vastgelegd in de GRO's

The first study of its kind in the UK, Queen and country examines the complex intersection between same-sex desire and the British Armed Forces during the Second World War. It illuminates how men and women lived, loved and survived in an institution which, at least publicly, was unequivocally hostile towards same-sex activity within its ranks. Queen and country also tells a story of selective remembrance ...

Stanley W. was born in Calgary, Canada on August 15, 1923. He describes the Jewish community and experiencing antisemitism in school. He discusses becoming aware of politics in Europe and the experiences of the Jewish people there. He describes his family. He recalls joining the Canadian army in 1941 and discusses his mobilization to Toronto where he was a private then a leading aircraftsman in the ...

Het 'Wellington-monument' in Vlaardingen is opgericht ter nagedachtenis aan de bemanning van een Vickers Wellington bommenwerper die vlakbij deze locatie op 26 maart 1942 in Vlaardingen is neergestort. De namen van de zes slachtoffers luiden: Ronald Barrie, Eric Groves, Alfred Jelly, Andrew Lennox, William Pipher en David White. Gedurende de nacht van 25 op 26 maart 1942 voerden 254 bommenwerpers van ...

British force returns home from Norway. Some of the men being refitted with clothes and equipment after their arrival at a Northern port.

British Force returns home from Norway. After putting up a heroic resistance against overwhelming German Land and air forces men of the British Expeditionary force have returned to this country from Norway. With them have come a number of French troops. Photo Shows: Boots and footwear still covered with the mud and slush from Norway, after the troops had landed at a Northern port.

British Force returns home from Norway. After putting up a heroic resistance against overwhelming German Land and air forces men of the British Expeditionary force have returned to this country from Norway. With them have come a number of French troops. Photo shows: General Ironside, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, who met the returning troops, chatting with some of the men after their landing ...

British Force returns home from Norway. After putting up a heroic resistance against overwhelming German Land and air forces men of the British Expeditionary force have returned to this country from Norway. With them have come a number of French troops. Photo Shows: A sergeant casualty disembarking after arrival at a Northern port.