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British Military Leaders Portraits

Black and white portraits of British Air Force officials in uniform, showcasing their rank and medals, reflecting mid-20th century military attire.

Vice-Chief of Air Staff: Air Chief Marshal The Hon. Sir Ralph A. Cochrane, G.B.E., K.C.B., A.F.C., A.D.C. (Member Air Council). April 1, 1951.

Anefo photo collection. Head of Marineman 7. March 22, 1948

Portrait of a member of the NSB, 1940 - 1944 contact print Portrait of a member of the NSB. On his collar a distinctive with two stars and three stripes: regional representative guilds and fronts or: regional inspector. Barefoot. Wears glasses, Loenst and has a striking separation in his hair. Netherlands photographic support gelatin silver print anonymous historical person portrayed Netherlands

Command in front of door ...

Portrait photo BGEN mr. J.O. The long of the Military Legal Service.

Admiral Fawkes in uniform

Submarines and Submarine Officers. 4 February 1943, Malta. Lieut B M Garbett, RN, Navigator, HMS RORQUAL.

Col "Popski" Tells Of His Private ArmyLt. Col. Vladimir Peniakoff (Col Popski) in his Mayfair flat today Nov. 5th 1946. He lost his left arm in Sept 1944 North of Ravenna.Lt. Col. Vladimir Peniakoff aged 49 leader of a famous little band of men known as "Popski's" private army has arrived in London where he has described the adventures of the British adding force which operated behind the enemy lines in Africa and Italy. The Colonel was born in Belgium and is here to be released from the army. His knowledge of the desert and his command of Arabic led to his joining the British forces in the Western Desert. November 5, 1946. (Photo by The Associated Press Ltd.)

from a collection of postcard-sized photographs issued to celebrate the Liberation of Paris between 19th and 26th August, 1944. 1944

A Member Of The 351St Bomb Group Poses For The Photographer After Receiving The Distinguished Flying Cross During A Ceremony At An Air Base In England. 16 August 1944.

General Eisenhower Assumes Command In Britain The Generalissimo Meet The Press - Zero Hour General Eisenhower looks at his watch in his London office.The Supreme H.Q. of the Allied Expeditionary Force standing to arms in this country, announced in their first communions last night that General Eisenhower - the Generalissimo - has assumed his command in Britain. January 17, 1944. (Photo by Fox Photos).

Anefo photo collection. Marvo schout at night. May 26, 1949

Portrait of military air pioneer Gösta von Porat . Portrait of military air pioneer Gösta von Porat from Royal Fortification.

A member of the NSW Corps of Commissionaires, Moore is mail officer in a Sydney oil firm. He went to sea as a steward at 17. January 03, 1951.

Captain ter Zee D.T. Notten.

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Royal Air Force- British Air Forces of Occupation, 1945. Wing Commander R H Harries wearing the Belgian Croix de Guerre and Palm after an investiture at B116/Wunstorf, Germany. Harries shot down 20.25 enemy aircraft during the war, commencing his score in March 1942, as a flight commander with No. 131 Squadron RAF. He commanded No. 91 Squadron RAF from December 1942 until August 1943, bringing his score to 12. After promotion to Wing Commander, Harries added a further 5 victories before departing on a lecture tour in the United States. On his return in early 1944 he took over 135 Wing of the 2nd Tactical Air Force, which he led until February 1945. At the time this photograph was taken, Harries was Wing Commander (Training) at No. 84 Group.

Sub-sinking Skipper. Lieut. Commander Maurice D. Jester, U. S. Coast Guard, tells how the 165-foot Coast Guard cutter Icarus, under his command, sank a German submarine off the Carolina coast and took 33 Germans prisoner. The sub-sinking skipper was awarded the Navy Cross. Lieut. Commander Jester is at present stationed in Miami, Fla.

CDT HR MS Isaac Sweers,: Kltz w f.L. Van Leeuwen.

Admiral Earl Mountbatten, ***** Supreme Allied Commander, South ***** Asia (1943-46), viceroy of ***** Governor-General of India (1947-48) and Commander-in-chief, allied force, Mediterranean, since March 1955, photograph at the admiralty today where he has taken up his duties as First Sea Lord. "There is no really secure gaol in this country," reported Lord Mountbatten, wartime military here appointed by the British Government to probe the recent wave of escapes. April 22, 1955. (Photo by Paul Popper, Paul Popper Ltd.).

Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander, 1945 A portrait of Field Marshal Sir Harold Alexander seated at his desk. A large map can be seen on the wall behind him.

General Walter Howe.

Portrait of captain at sea A. Ohr.

Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht in front of a residential building (well with the Hague)

French Service Chiefs: General Paul-Henri ElyCommander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of France. April 12, 1954. (Photo by Camera Press).

CDR Robert T. Rich, USN (covered). Country: Unknown

Submarines and Submarine Officers. 4 February 1943, Malta. Sub Lieut O Lascelles, RN, Torpedo Officer, P46.

Colonel kite J.t. Broedersz, born in 1948. Commandant Royal Military School Air Force Air Force Woensdrecht (KMSL) from 25 October 1991 to April 1993.

Philemon Arnold Follis. May 22, 1943.

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Pasports. 2nd lieutenant. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Women's Auxiliary Air Force, 1939-1945. Air Chief Commandant Lady E M E Welsh, Director of the WAAF, talking with Leading Aircraftwoman Marjorie Nixon in the Sorting Room of the 2nd Tactical Air Force Photographic Negative Library at Keerbergen, during her visit to the WAAF in Belgium. Wing Officer A Stevens stands to the left of Lady Welsh

Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (1900 ñ 23 May 1945) was Reichsf¸hrer of the Schutzstaffel (SS), a military commander, and a leading member of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) of Nazi Germany

Major-Gen. E.K. Smart - General Officer Commanding the Southern Command. New Quartermaster General today at Victoria Barracks ***** E.K. Smart, who is the ***** Southern Command. Lieut.-***** is the present G.O.C., *****. November 06, 1940.

Anefo photo collection. Passport officer. February 9, 1950

U.S. Navy Chiefs. -- Admiral Richard L. Connolly. April 3, 1951. (Photo by S & G).

New President Of Argentina -- Maj. Gen. Pedro Aramburu, chief of staff of the Argentina Army, is the new provisional president of Argentina. Aramburu succeeds Maj. Gen. Eduardo Lonardi, who gave up the presidency under prodding of the armed forces. Lonardi held the post for ***** weeks since the downfall of the Peron regina. November 13, 1955. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).

The War in the Far East- the Burma Campaign 1941-1945 British Personalities: Lieutenant General Sir Montagu Stopford, who took over command of Allied land forces in Burma when the 14th Army was dissolved in August 1945.

The King's Flight Prepares For Royal Tour.Air Commodore E.H. Fielden, C.B.C. V.O., D.F.C, A.F.C. (left), Captain of the King's Flight, with Wing-Commander E.W. Tacon, officer Commanding, of New Zealand.The Viking Aircraft for the King's Flight are now being groomed at the Royal Air Force Station, Benson, Oxfordshire, in readiness for the Royal Tour of Australasia next January.As well as flying the Royal Party (The King always in a separate plane from the Queen) the Flight will act as couriers of Cabinet documents between the United Kingdom and the Dominions an eight-day trip. November 18, 1948. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Portrait photo DBW Captain-Ter-Zee Belderbosch.

Maj. Lucy Crane, Assistant Director WRAAC. July 15, 1954.

Anefo photo collection. Transfer of the command of the naval power. Schout-at-night H.E. Rambonnet. June 26, 1975. Den Helder, Noord-Holland

George S. Patton General U.S. Army (1885-1945)

Portrait of Air Vice Marshal Keith Rodney Park (1892 - 1975), Commander in Chief of Group 11, Air Command during World War II and mastermind of the Battle of Britain of 1940. Denied the German Luftwaffe air superiority and arguably prevented the Nazi invasion of Britain (Operation Sealion). Later commanded air defence in Malta and was appointed Allied Air Commander in South East Asia. Credited as "The Defender of Britain". Date: 1940

General Mark Clark - His appointment by President Truman to the post of American Ambassador to the Vatican has roused a storm of controversy in Congress. November 9, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press)

Portrait of a member of De Wa, 1940 - 1944 contact print Portrait of a member of the WA. On his collar a distinctive with a star, it can be a chief watchmaster from the wa, a low rank. He is wearing a white shirt and is bare -headed. Netherlands photographic support gelatin silver print anonymous historical person portrayed Netherlands

The appointment of Vice Adml (Acting Adml) Sir Harold M.Burrough as Allier Naval Commander Expeditionary Force, in succession to Adml. sir Bertram Ramsay, killed recently in an air accidents has been announced by the Admiralty. January 01, 1943. (Photo by Sports And General Press Agency Limited)

Digitally restored vector portrait of General George Smith Patton

Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, external marina (depicted, town).Sweden, Blekinge, Blekinge, Karlskrona, Karlskrona, External War Gogs (depicted, City)

Poll photo collection. Marine officers portraits. Portrait of Lieutenant Admiral Helfrich on the occasion of his 60th birthday in 1946. October 11, 1946

Mafe-king, scene of the famous Boer War siege, is launching a world-wide campaign fro perpetuate its other claim to fame as the birthplace of the Boy Scout movement.It was at Mafeking during the siege that Colonel, later Lord Baden-Powell, conceived the idea of the Boy Scouts. December 30, 1934.

Portrait photography of Captain H Falk motif: Portrait photography of Captain H Falk, curator on F 3 Östgöta fly fleet 1940-1944. Framed photo.

Portrait of Colonel G. H. Eleveld.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Portrait of a KNIL-colonel standing in front of a map. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Stilwell's caustic personality was reflected in his nickname 'Vinegar Joe'. Although distrustful of his allies Stilwell showed himself to be a capable and daring tactician in the field but a lack of resources meant he was continually forced to improvise. He famously differed as to strategy, ground troops versus air power, with his subordinate, Claire Chennault, who had the ear of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek. George Marshall acknowledged he had given Stilwell 'one of the most difficult' assignments of any theater commander.

General George S. Patton, Jr. wearing his battle jacket.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival of General Montagu Stopford. Portrait of a KNIL Soldier of the Artsillery Arm. November 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

General Eaker, commanding General Eighth Air Force. U.S. Army. December 03, 1943.

Franco, Ruiz de Alda, Durán and Rada They left on January 22, 1926 They left from the rábida in Palos de la Frontera (Huelva) Aboard a Dornier seaplane. He would arrive in Buenos Aires on February 10, hailed as authentic heroes.

Portrait photo BGen H.A. Kramer in the Studio of the Army Film and Photo Service (LFF) in The Hague.

Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Dutch soldiers England Captain merchant fleet (Merchant Navy). 1944. Britain

NATO College. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

DD-SP-07-10208. State: California (CA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

$White House Staff photographs. Photograph of a portrait of White House Press Secretary Pierre Salinger made during his time in the United States Navy from 1943 to 1946. Salinger was a Lieutenant (junior grade) during World War II. Photograph taken of original portrait on 25 January 1961. Original photographer unknown\r\n\r\n$

Anefo photo collection. After having heard in his denture saves Sergeant J. Dijkstra his colleague, K. Koelewijn through an emergency surgery with a pocket knife in the Princess Margrietkazerne in Wezep's life. Reserve-Lieutenant Arts J. Dijkstra with the pocket knife where he has done the "operation". October 20, 1966. Gelderland, Wezep

Air Commodore At Australia -- Air Commodore Knox-Knight,, who is in charge of the Royal Australian Air force London headquarters, leaving St. Martin-in-the fields after the service today.The address at the annual Australia Bay service of Commemoration, held at St. Martin-in-the fields church, Trafalgar Square, London today (Wednesday) was given by the Chaplan of Australia's first aircraft carrier H.M.A.S "Sydney", the Rev. H.E. Fawell. January 25, 1949. (Photo by Reuterphoto).

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passports V. soldier with glasses, smokes pipe, shoulder palettes Sergeant-Major. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Top Scoring Flying Bomb Pilot - Swdn-Ldr. Joseph Berry D.F.C. and bar of Nottingham, England, 24 year old A.D.G.B. fighter Pilot destroyed more than 60 flying bombs, All but 3 between dusk and dawn. September 09, 1944.(Photo by British Official Photograph).

French Train as NATO Paratroopers at Pau. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

Photograph of Wadysaw Sikorski (1881-1943) a Polish military and political leader. Dated 20th Century

Air Ministry Second World War Official Collection

Capt. W.J. Wyllie master of Zealandia metering after 45 years in Huddant Parker Line. July 25, 1935.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Creation of cross-brigade in Tangerang. a Roman Catholic aholoeian with the grade of captain. February 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Tangerang

Lt. Comm. F.N. Cook (Royal Oak Survivor). December 12, 1939.

***** of Eighteen Awarded The V. C.:Sergeant John Hannah, radio operator of the R.A.F. who has been awarded the V Victoria Cross for putting out the flames when his plane caught fire in mid-air. Sgt. Hannah, who is only eighteen years of age, is the youngest V.C. off the war. His home is in Glasgow. September 01, 1940. (Photo by Central Press Photos Ltd.).

DM-SN-89-04470. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Anefo / London photo collection. Portraits / Persons / Anefo London series. lieutenant l.e. south. {1940-1945}. Britain, London

Anefo photo collection. New garrison commander in Amsterdam: Lieutenant Colonel L. Th. F.S. Van Embden. Embden, L. Th. F.S. by. August 10, 1953. Amsterdam, Noord-Holland

Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz, GCB, USN (February 24, 1885 February 20, 1966) was a five-star admiral of the United States Navy. He held the dual command of Commander in Chief, United States Pacific Fleet (CinCPac), for U.S. naval forces and Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas (CinCPOA), for U.S. and Allied air, land, and sea forces during World War II. He was the leading U.S. Navy authority on submarines, as well as Chief of the Navy's Bureau of Navigation in 1939. He served as Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) from 1945 until 1947. He was the United States' last surviving Fleet Admiral.

General Hans Speidel - Top Military advisor of Dr. Adenauer's Government. October 03, 1951. (Photo by Camera Press).

Lieutenant Colonel-Flyer observer P.A.C. Benjamins, born in 1916.

Portrait of the commander of the hydrographic pickup vessel Hr.Ms. Blommendaal (A 905) Lieutenant-Ter Sea of special services of first class J.E.C. Gul (1947), April 1991.

Commissioner Arnold Brown, General-elect, The Salvation Army. December 13, 1913.

Rome, Italy may 1965: Black and white portrait of a young sailor wearing a traditional uniform, capturing a moment from the past

Portrait (passport photo) of Lieutenant General of the Generale Staff F. van der Veen.

Coast Guard Officer Awarded Navy Cross. Coast Guard Commander Quentin R. Walsh of New London, Conn., was awarded the Navy Cross Thursday (March 15) for heroism and bravery during the assault on Cherbourg. The 35-year-old Coast Guard Officer, who commanded a Navy reconnaissance party, engaged in Cherbourg street fighting, accepted the surrender of 750 Germans, and secured the release of 52 American paratroopers held prisoner by the Nazis. Presentation of the Navy's highest award was made by Assistant Secretary of the Navy Struve H. Hensel on behalf of the President.

Photograph of Witold Pilecki (1901-1948) a Polish soldier during the Second Polish Republic and founder of the Secret Polish Army resistance group in Nazi-occupied Poland. Dated 1940

1941 (CA.) Portrait of General Antonio Fernando Aranda.

Vintage Photograph. Male pilot in uniform and hat looking at camera

The Second World War- Personalities Lieutenant General R M Scobie CB, CBE, MC, General Officer Commanding Allied Land Forces Greece, at his headquarters in Athens.

Informal Photo Of Brig. General Thoman O. Hardin. New Delhi, India, 28 Mar 1944.

Curl A Mo -- Its great to be back, said Corporal S. Simpson, of Melbourne. He spent six months in Korea with 77 Squadron. December 3, 1954.

Portrait of Captain-Lieutenant-Ter Sea of Special Service W.G.M. Frohn, the commander of mine-power flotie 1 in April 1990.

An officer (KTZ) in daily outfit.

021206-M-3031H-029. Base: Quantico State: Virginia (VA) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Artwork: "Our CHIEF of STAFF" Artist: David Beigle. Country: Unknown

Photographs Relating to the Minor Nuremberg Trials

Photographic portrait of Admrial Charles William de la Poer Beresford, Baron Beresford (1846-1919), the English naval commander, pictured c.1919. Date: 13/09/1919

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