Military Life and Training

Black-and-white images depicting military personnel in various training and operational settings, reflecting activities and camaraderie during service.

Members Of The 8Th Air Force Line Engineers Take Time To Write To Their Loved Ones Back Home. They Are, Left To Right: Sgt. Pando L. Ellcoff, Cincinnati, Ohio, S/Sgt. John G. Addison, Chicago, Ill., And Cpl. Vinson A. Potter, Marshall, Texas. Europe.

Special Long Distance Rations For RAF Air Crews

Members Of The 9Th Troop Carrier Attend Communications School Somewhere In Germany. 12 Aug 1944.

Pictures of life at the front or in the hinterland, Russian war showplatz.

Control by Marechaussees from both soldiers and citizens who leave the country by ship.

Radar filter board operated by "C" Company, 565th Signal Air Warning Bn., at the 45th Fighter Control Center, Lingayen Airstrip, Luzon, Philippine Islands.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Discussions TNI officers 2nd Infantry Brigade Colonel Uijlenberg and General Dürst Britt (returned 2nd inf. Brig. 7-2-1948. Not suitable for publication "). Dutch and Indonesian officers in a conference room. January 30, 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

Members Of The 8Th Air Force Line Engineers Take Time To Write To Their Loved Ones Back Home. They Are, Left To Right: Sgt. Pando L. Ellcoff, Cincinnati, Ohio, S/Sgt. John G. Addison, Chicago, Ill., And Cpl. Vinson A. Potter, Marshall, Texas. Europe.

Air Raid Precautions on the British Home Front- the work of the Gas Cleansing Centre, Wandsworth, London, England, 1941 Civil Defence workers in full anti-gas protective suits, steel helmets and gas masks assist gas casualties upon arrival at this Gas Cleansing Centre in Wandsworth, London. The casualties must remove their outer clothes and deposit them in the special bins visible in the foreground before being escorted through to the next stage of decontamination. Their clothes will undergo a separate decontamination process. The sign in the background reads: 'Gas Casualties Entrance Men': women would be taken to another entrance. In addition, before the clothes are removed, anti-gas cream is applied to any gas splashes on the skin. The casualty would rub this cream in, leave it for one minute, then wipe it off.

Capt. C.C. Wilder Of Atlanta, Ga., Briefing American And Chinese Pilots Of A Squadron Of The Chinese American Composite Wing At An Air Base Somewhere In China.

Malaga, 03/15/1918. Militarization of the telegraph service. Equipment room of the Malaga telegraph center, occupied by the Civil Guard.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Members of HMS BELLONA's crew at the ship's canteen during the homeward passage from Russia. During the convoy a U-Boat was sunk and several German aircraft shot down.

Escape Kits Are Distributed To Crew Members Of The Boeing B-17 "Our Gang", 324Th Bomb Squadron, 91St Bomb Group Prior To Take Off On A Mission From Bassingbourne, England On 20 June 1943.

Rehearsal of the Royal Air Force Demobilisation Scheme. Aircrew training cadets who volunteerd to take part in the demobilisation rehearsal hand in their remaining kit at a civilian clothing centre in Wembley prior to getting their demob suits.

Telephone Exchange, 1340Th Aaf Base Unit, Kunming Army Air Base, China, 5 April 1945.

Men Of The 1878Th Engineer Aviation Battalion Attend Religious Services Aboard Lst (Landing Ship Tanks) En Route To Okinawa, Ryukyu Retto. 1945

401St Bomb Group Operations, 13 January 1945, England.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,COMMUNICATIONS War

Photo collection First World War. The Front in France. In The Dining-Hall at a New Zealand Infantry Base Depot in France. 1914-1918}. France

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Women painters at work on the exterior of the District Railway Station, Hammersmith.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Shipping from the U-Brigade from Batavia to Padang (4th series). Sinterklaas visiting the troops. December 1948. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, Sumatra

The Enlisted Crew Members Of The B-24 "Shoot Luke" Liberator Dress In Preparation For A Three-Day Pass. They Are (Left To Right) T/Sgt. Floyd H. Mabee, Lafayette, New Jersey; S/Sgt. Mahlon D. Cressey, Biddeford, Maine; S/Sgt. Adam J. Hastak, New Orleans,

Men Prepare Their Stock For Christmas Purcahses In The Post Exchange Of The 353Rd Fighter Group At Station F-157, 15 September 1944.

Naval Exercises: Torpedo Drill.Another picture taken during the combined Fleet exercises. It shows torpedo drill on board H.M.S. Newcastle. The men are wearing steel helmets and flash-protection hoods. April 12, 1939.

Olive Edis; Iwm Photographer of the Women's Services in France 1919 Work of the Q.M.A.A.C. Telegraphists in the Signals Office, Boulogne.

British Medical Services in the Second World War Medicine at Sea: Aboard HMS SHEFFIELD in December 1941. During 'Exercise night action stations' the Surgeon Lieutenant gives a lecture on First Aid in the torpedomen's mess deck, used as the for'ard sick bay in emergency.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC series Borneo; Book Borneo. A Dajak Langhuis. Eating soldiers from the patrol on the stairs. June 1948. Borneo, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Dutch East Indies

Anefo photo collection. Decision and lunch / image of the Vulcaan Ijmuiden. September 15, 1947. IJmuiden

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Anefo photo collection. VCJC Kamp Nunspeet. Kamp Nunspeet VCJC. August 2, 1949. Nunspeet

Music Goes To War- Entertainment in Wartime Britain, 1943 An audience of war workers at an aircraft factory, somewhere in Britain, listens to the Hirsch String Quartet (not pictured) as they play a quartet in E Flat by Dittersdorf during a lunch-time concert in their canteen.

Mobile Repair Unit Of The 70Th Service Group At A 9Th Air Force Base In Great Dunmow, Essex, England. 22 September 1943.

These Are The Men Who Direct Take-Off And Landings Of The 401St Bomb Group Boeing B-17 Flying Fortresses At An 8Th Air Force Base In England, 28 December 1943.

Anefo photo collection. Education Inspectorate Marine Academy Surabaya. 1940-1942}. Indonesia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Surabaya

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection British Journalists visiting French Munitions Works, women packing cartridges.

Unlicensed and Enlisted Coast Guard Personnel at Lunch. This image depicts unlicensed and enlisted coast guard personnel eating lunch.

Date: 1910-1915 - Aqueduct police station.

Damaged interior of a former German boat bunker in the Waalhaven in Rotterdam. In the background there is a German mini submarine Biber (Bever). A torpedo could be attached to both sides of the hull.

CVA 59 Forrestal 19-NN-CVA 59 Forrestal-148054 , Ships, Naval Vessels, Boats, Naval History, Navy

Pupils in work under the arms workshop in the barracks I, on F 2, 1939 . Pupils in work with weapons in arms workshop in the barrack in, during lesson on the F. Pullfly Flock Fleet, 1939. Belongs to F2 collection with number FM 195. From the air force Museum's image archive .

The Royal Navy during the Second World War Officers enjoy a hard-earned rest while off watch on board HMS KING GEORGE V .

Anefo photo collection. Commemoration of Leiden. October 2, 1948

During Her Tour Of The Pacific Area Mrs. F. D. Roosevelt Visits Officers Club At Bora Bora, Society Islands, 21 August 1943.

Officers Quarters of the 8th AF, England.

Royal Air Force 1939-1945- Coastal Command Two WAAF cooks at St Eval share the task of preparing rations for No 502 Squadron Whitley crews. Thermos flasks were squadron property, and those in the photo are all marked accordingly - No 502's stand ready on the left, and those belonging to No 58 Squadron, also based at St Eval at this time, can be seen lining the shelf on the right. Note too the box of oranges, an imported luxury, often unavailable.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Reporting Hollandia. A soldier with unlocked top a kind of desk. Does him another soldier. Behind them a plan board. February 1947. Hollandia, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, New Guinea

Noon position is worked out in the chartroom while Radio Officer George Webb checks it. April 02, 1949.

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

Photography during the Second World War The sergeant in charge of the Photography Section at Bétheniville, France, glazing aerial reconnaissance prints inside a Mobile Darkrooms tender.

Arrival of repatrants from Indonesia in camp. Budel. Soldiers help wearing the luggage.

Vigo di Fassa: Soldierheim: Game and. Reading room. .

Anefo photo collection. Diamond cutter. Diamond operation. November 9, 1945

Men Of The 390Th Bomb Group Are Briefed Before Taking Off From Their English Base To Participate In A Mission Over Enemy Territory In Europe.

FRANCE-Soldiers at a 9th Air Force base are shown getting coffee and doughnuts served by French civilian women working for the American Red Cross. The field had formerly been occupied by the Luftwaffe.

Aircraft, Burma, India &Maintenance,MISCELLANEOUS War

Members Of The 78Th Fighter Group Are Served 'Chow' In The Mess Hall At 8Th Air Force Station F-357 In Duxford, England. 24 July 1944.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC REPORTAGE Medical report Doctor NANDEN prostitution?. Four young women (prostitutes?) Sit on a veranda of a house. Links soldiers behind a partition wall. June 22, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Royal Air Force Operations in the Far East, 1941-1945. WAAF Corporal Betty Buck of Rugby, Staffordshire, takes shorthand dictation from one of the officers in her Section, at an RAF Station in Ceylon.

The Far East- Singapore, Malaya and Hong Kong 1939-1945 Occupation and Captivity February 1942 - August 1945: The living conditions at Stanley Civil Internment Camp, Hong Kong (photographed after liberation in 1945). Two internees are shown in a room normally occupied by seven.

The Women's Royal Naval Service during the First World War in the United Kingdom Post office staff at the WRNS Headquarters during the First World War. WRNS recruitment posters can be seen on the walls.

Anefo photo collection. Command of Gend and Loos. September 30, 1948

The inauguration of the Imperial War Museum.

Members of the 28th...

Airplane-photographer (VGMRF) M.J. Debets and VGMRF of the 3rd class H. Zuurmond at the photo-sinks at the photo service (D10 building) of the Marineliegkamp Valkenburg.

Gis Of The 381St Bomb Group Are Served Refreshments At The Aero Club Dance On 6 October 1943. 8Th Air Force Station 167, England.

Anefo photo collection. N. J. V. Kamp Hellevoetsluis. August 11, 1949. Hellevoetsluis

At mess , Mess halls, Military personnel, Eating & drinking, Military life, Military facilities, Tichnor Brothers Collection, postcards of the United States

Anefo photo collection. MOC HILVERSUM. Sailors to the food. September 23, 1948. Hilversum

Thanksgiving Day Exercises For Men Of The 2Nd Service Group In The Air Force Engineering Shop At An Airfield Somewhere In Iceland. 26 November 1942.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War At HMS RALEIGH, the naval training base at Torpoint, Cornwall, new recruits to the Navy carry out gunnery instruction and are taught the correct method of handling the controls and loading the naval gun. The 6 inch gun is indoors in a large room. This photograph is taken from a series of images following the progress of a man (John Smith) joining the Royal Navy and going through training.

Anefo photo collection. Hie Holland England / Anefo London series. Exercise front sections military authority women help corps administration admission repatrants future freed area. Mobile shower cubicles use. July 1944

Royal Air Force- France, 1939-1940. Officers of No. 88 Squadron RAF relaxing in the lounge of their mess at Mourmelon-le-Grand.

Photo collection Government information service. Capitulation discussions in the world in Wageningen. On the left on the back of the chef of the German 24th Army Paul Reichelt. On the right a staff officer or interpreter in leather jacket. On the other side of the Prince Bernhard table. May 5, 1945. Gelderland, Wageningen

Aircraft, Burma, India &Fields & Installations, War

The Unknown Girl Behind the Sea Battle- the work of the Women's Royal Naval Service, 1942 Wren Unknown arrives at HMS EAGLET and must show her pass to the sentry on duty. The sign above the door says 'Office of Flag Officer in Charge'.

Anefo photo collection. Brazilian training ship. Adel breasts in the five flies. October 31, 1947. Brazil

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The crew of the 20 mm Bofors gun on board the former Hull fishing trawler HMT IMPERIALIST, now serving as one of HMS anti-submarine trawlers. Two men are sat at the gun whilst three more supply it with ammunition.

The Royal Navy during the Second World War The Receiving Room at Prenton Wireless Telegraphy Station.

Anefo photo collection. Debarks Volendam in Rotterdam / Drente / Oldenzaal. November 20, 1949. Rotterdam, South Holland

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

Every barrack building on Okinawa has its own lounge room where private soldiers may spend their spare time reading, writing letters or playing games. April 08, 1955.

Anefo photo collection. Agriculture: volunteers Noordoostpolder. Volunteers help farmers in the Noordoostpolder. July 1945. Noordoostpolder

Industry during the First World War- Dublin Women sit at benches in the canteen at the National Shell Factory at Parkgate Street, Dublin, during the First World War. A gramophone can be seen on the left.

Detachment 101, an enigmatic Allied intelligence and special operations unit during World War II, played a pivotal role in the Burmese theater. Operating deep in the jungles of Burma, their mission was multi-faceted, encompassing guerrilla warfare, espionage, and sabotage against Japanese forces. Comprising a diverse group of individuals, from OSS agents to indigenous fighters, they effectively disrupted Japanese supply lines, gathered critical intelligence, and supported resistance movements.

Anefo photo collection. First session of the Tribunal Special Justice in Den Bosch. View of the members of the tribunal. Links a police officer. July 26, 1945. Den Bosch

The Women's Royal Naval Service during the Second World War Wren offices and ratings working in the plotting room at Ras El Tin, Alexandria.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Soekaboemi / Buitenzorg / St. Nicholas celebration of 7 December division. Two officers? View a coffee table on which flower arrangements and cakes are. December 5, 1947. Bogor, Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Sukabumi

Tobacco packaging in a factory in Lecce.

Exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

Aircraft, Burma, India & INDIA,RECREATION War

War album 95, picture 28330.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Arrival second evacuation train. Batavia. On the Manggarai station, another train arrived with families of KNIL soldiers from the Republic. A Red Cross team made the journey. However, the number of sick was fortunately small. May 21, 1948. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East Indies

Group at exhibit , Ordnance industry, Armories, Exhibitions, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army Operational

27th Arriving

Army Boot makers Ordnance ***** Victoria Stirracks an army marches on its feet repairing troop boots. August 05, 1941.

The Lounge Of The 390Th Bomb Group Officers' Club Was Deserted When The Photographer Made This Exposure On 25 October 1944. England.

Air Raid Precautions at Kingston House, Knightsbridge, London, England, C 1940 A member of ARP staff checks the anti-gas clothing and equipment of 61 Squad, that hangs on a wall at Kingston House. The steel helmets, gas masks, anti-gas capes and wellington boots that line the wall were essential for use during a gas attack. Note also the rows of stored spare helmets and duty gas masks in haversacks in the right foreground of the photograph. The 'R' on his tunic probably indicates that he is from a rescue party.

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