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Images of military personnel during ceremonies and inspections, showcasing uniforms, ranks, and group formations.

The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester meeting workers' representatives during their inspection of Cockatoo Dock ***** yesterday. October 03, 1945.
The Duke and Duchess of Gloucester meeting workers' representatives during their inspection of Cockatoo Dock ***** yesterday. October 03, 1945.
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Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Two relatives of the German Wehrmacht in front of a residential building (probably at the Hague)U.S. And British Generals Confer In India -- Lieut. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, commander of U.S. Forces in India, China and Burma and chief of staff to Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, left, is shown with Gen. Archibald Wavell, commander-in-chief of Allied forces in India, outside the latter's office in New Delhi, India, following a conference. Gen. Stiwell flew China to confer with Gen. Wavell. March 22, 1943. (Photo by Interphoto News Pictures, Inc.).Carthage, Tunisia. General de Gaulle, accompanied by General Mast, saluting as the band plays Marseillaise outside the summer palace of the bey of Tunis, in Tunisia in 19430101, doing world war TwoLotto. .A group of Dutch naval people passengers in Rome, after they arrived with an aircraft from the Royal Netherlands Air Force (Klu) there.Mr Wendell Willkie in Alexandria. during His Middle East Tour Mr Wendell Willkie Met Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, General Maxwell and Pressmen. 6 September 1942. Admiral Sir Henry Harwood, C-in-C Mediterranean Fleet, and General Maxwell, C-in-C United States Armed Forces in the Middle East.Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Wageningen. Preparations and negotiations to the capitulation in Wageningen. Prince Bernhard at Paleis Het Loo in Apeldoorn, ready for departure to Wageningen. May 5, 1945. Apeldoorn, GelderlandSecond World War. Netherlands under German crew. The Hague. Street picture with relative of the German WehrmachtThe Duke of Windsor, in the Uniform of Major-General. December 21, 1939. (Photo by Universal Pictorial Press & Agency).Visit of the Duce to the area where the universal exposition of Rome will rise. 1937Visit Of The Duce To The Area Where The Universal Exposition Of Rome Will Rise. 1937Princess Elizabeth Deputies for The King. - Princess Elizabeth inspecting the Guards after the ceremony. H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth Deputised for H.M. The King who has a mild attack of influenza, when she presented new colours to the 3rd. Battalion Grenadier Guards at Buckingham Palace. May 25, 1951. (Photo by Sport & General Press Agency Limited).Anefo photo collection. Farewell to commander J.H.A.K. Gualtetherie van Weezel of the Corps Command troops in the Engelbrecht of Nassaukazerne in Roosendaal.With mayor shocking of The Hague. March 11, 1952. Noord-Brabant, RoosendaalMacArthur And Mountbatten Meet - Admiral Lord Louis Mountbatten, Supreme Allied Commander in South East Asia (left) and General Douglas MacArthur meet in the city hall at Manila, P.I. July 23, 1945. (Photo by AP Wirephoto).Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Guidance of the German Wehrmacht prior to the accommodation of unity 19279c in a Da Costa school (probably at The Hague)D.F.C. For New Zealand Twin Brothers -- Pilot officer Peter Lloyd Singer (N.Z. 415491) R.N.Z.A.F., No. 57 Squadron (left) with his twin brother Pilot officer Anthony Martin Singer (N.Z. 413490) R.N.Z.A.F., No. 57 Squadron. Both have been awarded the D.F.C. Pilot officer P.L. Singer, a keen and dependable captain of aircraft has taken part in many operational sorties and has always pressed home his attacks with outstanding courage, initiative and determination. Showing great reliability both in the air, and on the ground, this officer has set a splendid example to all. January 01,1943. (Photo by British Official Photograph).Anefo photo collection. Parade Regiment Intendanced Oranje Nassau Kazerne Amsterdam. July 13, 1951. Amsterdam, Noord-HollandGroup photo of a flyer class at the Woensdrecht airbase on April 6, 1966The King And Queen Today Visited the Dominions Hall Trust, London House, London, W.C. The King and Queen in conversation with the Dominion officers during their tour of of London House.London House, Guildford Street, London is now a hostel for Dominion officers and was today visited by their Majesties. May 16, 1944.Royal Inspection -- Wearing the Uniform of Colonel in Chief Princess Royal inspecting units the West Yorkshire Regt. on their arrival at Southampton from Malaya on Monday. Since leaving Northern Ireland in 1929 the West Yorkshire's have served from the West Indies to Burma. In Malaya 22 terrorists. May 02, 1955. (Photo by Daily Express).Anefo photo collection. Reception 3 Regiment Shock troops in Den Bosch. Soldiers attached to the parade while awards are awarded. January 17, 1950. Den Bosch, Noord-BrabantPhoto collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Transfer Value ML-KNIL to General Kengen. General Major Kengen inan Latder. July 27, 1946. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch East IndiesU. S. Giant Landing Craft "BARC". Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelQueen Of Siam Returns To Far East -- Queen Rhambai Barni of Siam is seen about to aboard the liner "William Ruys" after inspecting a Guard of honour of British military detachments and representative Officers of the Siamese Army, when the Queen left in the liner for Singapore and the Far East after living in Britain for the past fourteen years. The Queen took the ashes of the late King of Siam with her. May 01, 1949.Gen. MacArthur visit in 1951 , Ordnance industry, Armories, Military officers, Rites & ceremonies, MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964, Watertown Arsenal Mass.. Records of U.S. Army OperationalSecond World War. Netherlands under German crew. Portrait of a relatives of the German Wehrmacht with steel helmet in front of a public building (probably at the Hague)Duke of Gloucester's Tour -- TRH leaving fifty years old store after visit. Building is last remaining on site of original settlement of Catherine. January 01, 1945.Red Kors sister hands over supplies to injured German soldiers passing Hallsberg aboard a German healthcare train during the Second World War.Elsevier photo collection. Soesterberg airport, military flight certificate awarded Marinus van Meel, military kite country. Lieutenant Baretta wishes flour luck pinned wing. March 6, 1956. SoesterbergRoyal Air Force Bomber Command, 1942-1945. Group Captain J H Searby, the Command Navigation Officer, and Air Vice-Marsal D C T Bennett, Air Officer Commanding No. 8 (PFF) Group, leave the Headquarters of Air Defence of Great Britain, Bentley Priory, Middlesex, after a conference.Poll photo collection. Middle East 1950-1955: Jordan - Amman. General Glubb Pasha on horseback at the general rehearsal for a parade. 1950. Amman, JordanSmaldeel 1, with the commander of the marine forces (BDZ) vice admiral H.H.L. Pröpper (1906-1995) A / B from the flagship Kruiser Hr.Ms. The seven provinces (C 802), visited Copenhagen at the end of October 1958. Passenitizing sailors give a fire to members of a Danish guard in Copenhagen.Colonel Charles LIndbergh, record breaking aviator, pictured shaking hands with a German officer, or, as The Sphere puts it, 'with one of his Nazi friends.' Lindbergh was an advocate of non-interventionism and spoke publicly about keeping the USA out of the war. Whether he was also pro-Nazi continues to be debated but he visited Germany on several occasions, first to investigate German aviation production, and considered moving there in the mid 1930s following the tragedy of the kidnapping andLegacy Ward Meets, Hero of Korea -- Nine year old Margaret MacDonald, of Waverley, yesty met Lieut. Col. Ian Ferguson DSO MC, OC Aust. Bn in Korea, who will escort her as she lays a wreath on the Cenotaph tomorrow during the lunch hour ceremony opening Legacy Week. Margaret's father, an observer in RAAF 100 Sqn, was killed in New Guinea in 1942. He saw his daughter only for one day on final leave. To-day is his birthday. September 6, 1951.Elsevier photo collection. Queen Juliana royal air force Soesterberg airbase. Lieutenant A.B receives queen Wolff, commander air forces part. Left Prince Bernhard. 19 1965. SoesterbergOfficial opening of Tel Aviv Port. Harbour guards. Mr. Feldman, inspector of the guards, Israel, Tel AvivPhoto collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Shipping from the U-Brigade from Batavia to Padang (4th series). General D.C. Buurman van Vreede has arrived at the airport. Together with Colonel J.W. Sluyter, Commander U-Brigade, he inspects the honorary guard. December 2, 1946. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies, Padang, SumatraNew Chief Of Imperial General Staff At No. 10 Today - General Sir John Dill who has just been appointed chief of the imperial general staff in place of General Ironside, arriving at No. 10. Downing street where he called following the serious reports of Belgian surrender this morning, May 28. April 01, 1947. (Photo by Associated Press Photo)Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Sweat in Batavia of six officers of the supply and drain troops (A.A.t.). In the A.A.t .-- Camping (Plants and Zoo) in a solemn manner as an officer, the lieutenants M. H. G. G. van Aubel, K. O. Fleurke, M. P. Mijs. S. J. de Gues, L. Bakker and W. Goppel. The oath was taken by Colonel van Leeuwen, head of the Directorate's nursing and transport service; As a parade commander performed on Major Zielman, commander of the 18th a.a.t.-Compagnie .. October 15, 1947. Batavia, Indonesia, Jakarta, Dutch-IndiaUS Troops in An English Village- Everyday Life With the Americans in Burton Bradstock, Dorset, England, UK, 1944 Local fisherman Tom Swaffield takes Pfc George W Burnett (left, of Route 5, Spartanburg, South Carolina)and Pfc Harris L Whitwell (left, of Main Street, Rogersville, Tennessee) out in a rowing boat to see his lobster pots. Tom is smoking his pipe as he rows the GIs, (aided by Pfc Burnett) out to sea in the sunshine.Australian Airman Receives V.C. At Buckingham Palace Investiture -- Wing Commander H.I. Edwards, V.C. leaving Buckingham Palace after receiving the V.C. at a recent Buckingham Palace Investiture, with his wife (left) and his mother-in-law.Wing Commander Edwards, and Australian, received his award for leading one of the most darling and successful raids on Bremen. February 17, 1942.Prime Minister Calls Cabinet Meeting - Field Marshal Lord Montgomery, C.I.G.S., leaving ***** street this after noon, after the Cabinet meeting.The Prime Minister, who is in St. Hospital, Paddington , called a meeting of Cabinet Miniters who are still in London, this afternoon (Thursday). Earlier Mr. Ernest Bevin, the Foreign Secretary, had a bedside conference with Mr. Attlee, and it is understood they discussed the report received from Mr. Frank Roberts, Britain's special enjoy in Moscow on the latest talk with Marshal Stalin, and developments resulting from the meeting. August 26, 1948. (Photo by Reuterphoto).Then of the ***** A.S.C. in camp at Rosebery ***** a good way of their Mascot a fox terrier "A Coy" here are ***** of the men labelling the dog with shoe dye same size cheaper. Men of the Eastern Command A.S.C. in camp at Rosebery racecourse, name their terrier mascot "A Coy." with black boot dye. April 08, 1940.;Then of the ***** A.S.C. in camp at Rosebery ***** a good way of their Mascot a fox terrier "A Coy" here are ***** of the men labelling the dog with shoe dye same size cheaper. Men of tPhoto collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Army commander General Spoor kicked off at football match. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East IndiesPoll photo collection. Prince Bernhard visits Dutch troops on their army base in Great Britain during the Second World War. Prince Bernhard addresses the tens. 1940. Great BritainDanes Take Course at NATO Defense College. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnelmeeting between Tsar Nicholas II (right) emperor of Russia and his cousin Kaiser Wilhelm II of Germany in the years immediately before first world war 1914.British Nurses & V.A.'s In Australia - War File. September 25, 1944. (Photo by C. Mail Special Photo Service).De Shazo Decorations. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelThe Dutch army is practicing in La Courtine. Pay attention! The above description is a generic series description based on the information stated by the army film and photo service. In the long term, this global description will be specified.Marines Uniform Corps. Corporal in ceremonial tongue with torque and rifle. Is part of Object series AVDKM 53140 to 53145.Anefo photo collection. Capitulation: Harskamp camp where SS people and countrykeepers are convenient. An interned young soldier. June 1945. Gelderland, HarskampIn Court on Curran Murder Charge:Iain Hay Gordon, 21-year-old Royal Air Force leading aircraftman (right), is escorted by an unidentified police officer when he made an appearance in court here today charged with the murder of 19-year-old Patrician Curran, on November 12th Patricia, daughter of Mr. Justice Curran, and a student at Queen's University, Belfast, was found stabbed to death in the Grounds of her home at Whiteabbey, five miles from Belfast, early on November 13th. January 23, 1953.Anefo photo collection. Princess Margriet 10 years the Navy Cake. January 19, 1953Anefo photo collection. Command transfer Dainting Captain at sea G. van der Tok and Lieutenant Colonel de Haas. 12 July 1951. DeelenPhoto collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. Surabaya. Main army pastor Major A.t.w. The safe keeps a speech. A large building in the background. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East IndiesWrac Gunners for Gilbraltar -- Three officers who will go with the detachment (left to right) Captain Clare Thomas (Kensington), Major Eileen Askham (fulmer, Bucks), and Lieut. Amoret Scudamore (Parkstone, Dorset). For the first time in the history of the Army Women's will he sent abroad on operational duties when a detachment of WRAC gunners from the 46 (M) Haa Regiment, RA. is flown out to Gilbraltar at the end of this month to form part the battery in the Garrison. Hitherto WRAC have only been sent abroad on non-operational dutis. The 46 HAA Regt. is the only regular mixed regiment in the Army and is Stationed at Lingfield, Surrey. September 23, 1952.Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Two relatives of the German Wehrmacht and two young women in front of a farmhutPassenger by sailors by Practersmaleel 5 in Oran, January 1956.French Heroine Decorated By The King -- Right to Left: Mrs. Odette Sansom, Captain Peter Churchill and Mrs. Sansom's daughter, Francoise Inspecting the Decorations after the Investiture today November 19. Mrs. Odette Sansom and her commanding officer in the Resistance movement, Captain Peter Churchill, were decorated by the king during an investiture at Buckingham Palace, London, this morning November 19. Mrs. Odette Sansom, now living at Liss, Hampshire, who worked behind the German Lines Gestapo in April 1943. November 19, 1946. (Photo by Associated Press)Second World War. Netherlands under German crew. Streetscape with relative of the German Wehrmacht and local young woman (well in The Hague)Anefo photo collection. Best price for photo Exploring-squadron-ataf. May 18, 1962Submarines and Submarine Officers. 26 and 27 January, Malta Submarine Base. Lieut J D Lanning, RN, Torpedo Officer , P42.Official disclosure of a plaque and placement on a metal base on the lawn for the officeress with the Spitfire Mark IX MK 732 that was previously arranged by 315 Squadron by the commander of the Eindhoven Kolonel-kite J. van Arkel's airbase.Lt. Gen. K.A. N. Anderson, CB., MC. Directing 1st Army operations form his armoured car.Lt. Gen. K.A.N. Anderson.Lt. Gen. K.A.N. Anderson CB., MC., General Officer Commending the First Army in North Africa, in the armoured car in which he travelled when directing operations. January 14, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photograph)Royal Empire Day Garden Party To Repatriated Pows at Buckingham Place -- The Queen chatting to her Indian Troops.The king and Queen to-day, Empire Day gave a garden party to repatriated Empire and dominion prisoners of war at Buckingham Palce; both the king and Queen the two princess constantly circulated amongst their guests chatting to them and listening to their experiences. May 24, 1945.Air "Ace" EngagedExclusive "Daily Herald" photograph of Squadron-Leader Peady Finucane, D.S.O. and bar, D.F.C. and bar, with his fiancee, Miss Jean Woolford, of Richmond, Surrey. July 16, 1942.Two officers talking, 1911, maker unknown.Anefo photo collection. Destruction: Zeeland Visit from the British minister Attee to the vandalism and inundations on Walcheren. Vlissingen. The company looks at a map. March 1945. Vlissingen, Walcheren, ZeelandWhen this picture was taken Monty got an idea, and the idea shattered his no-autograph order. Happy after meeting ex-Ninth Division men in Greenslopes Repatriation Hospital he joined a band of nurses for an informal photograph. Then he called a Courier-Mail photographer, and asked him to take a picture of all nurses with him."Please have the photographs at Government House for me to-night to autograph," he said. "A copy for each nurse, and I'll foot the *****."The promise was given, and as fast as the ***** spread the group snowballed with nurses ***** from everywhere.Last night the hospital matron (Matron Monckton) took 140 pictures to Government House to get a famous hand write "Montgomery of Alamein" on them.They were the only autographs he left in Queensland. July 21, 1947.Anefo photo collection. Anglo-American thanks. During the war, many Dutch allied pilots, who were shot above the Netherlands, have been sheltered and worked on their release to the Allied Lines. Many then made their bikes, clothing etc. available, which they now receive from the English and American missions to this. November 1945The Royal Air Force during the Second World War- Personalities The Air Officer Commanding in the Middle East, Air Chief Marshal Sir W Sholto Douglas (left) consulting with Air Officer Commanding Malta, Air Vice Marshal Sir Keith Park in the garden at HQ, Malta. The photograph was taken on the day the invasion of Sicily was launched.LTC Hopgood receives the Meritorious Service Medal from COL Weatherford during a ceremony at morning colors. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)Danes Take Course at NATO Defense College. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and PersonnelA Marechaussee controls the traffic.Anefo photo collection. The "Dirk U. Stikker Trophee" awarded by Sir Edmund Hudleston (left) to Lieutenant Colonel H. J. Vermeulen (right), Commander. April 27, 1964Australian Air V.C. Weds In London - The bride and bridegroom after ceremony.The marriage between Wing Commander H.I. Edwards. V.C. 27 year old pilot, and Mrs. Cherry (Pat) Beresford, took place at St. Mary's church, Bryanston Square, London. Mrs. Beresford is the widow of Flight Lieut. R.A. Beresford. Wing Commander Edwards was awarded the V.C. for leading one of the most daring and successful raids on Bremen. January 22, 1942.Anefo photo collection. Cup for the Dutch Air Force at the NATO competition. Lieutenant Colonel Vemeulen shows cup of wife. April 22, 196309/30/1936. The captain of the Communist Militias Amadeo Retiro, who fought on the Andalusian front, married in Cartagena. After finishing the Ceremony, the newlywed immediately returned to the point of their Destination.Ex-Premier's Daughter Is Air Raid Warden -- Lady Violet Bonham-Carter charting to a warden in her district.Lady Violet Bonham-Carter, daughter of the late Lord Oxford and Asquith, is not so near the high places in this war as she was in the last when he father was Prime Minister, but she is doing her bit as an Air Raid Warden. December 04, 1940. (Photo by Fox Photos).Atholl Highlanders To Visit LondonThe Duke of Atholl (left) chatting to Sergt. William Cameron, who has been an Atholl Highlander for 40 years.The Duke of Atholl yesterday inspected his own private regiment, the Atholl Highlanders (the only private regiment in the country to carry arms), at Blair Castle, Perthshire, ancestral home of the Duke of Atholl. The Pipe Band of the Atholl Highlanders is to visit London to play at the Royal Caledonian Ball on The 27th May. May 16, 1938. (Photo by Topical press).Second World War. For billeting. Soviet Union. Relatives of the German Wehrmacht with a young RussianMilitary Police of the A.T.S. - Four of the First of the A.T.S Military Police. (L to R) - L/. Ovel, L/Opl. Bowdell, L/Opl. McGill and L/Cpl. Turner, seen at the training establishment. The A.T.S. are to have their own Military Police, and at present six officers and fifty other rank a undergoing a course of training at the corp of Military Police Training establishment. they will wear Red Tapped caps, Just like the soldier police and "M.P." Armlet, when on Duty. Their only weapon will of lot and emphasise is laid during their training on restraint and prevention of crime, rather than punishment. January 22, 1942. (Photo by Keystone).King and Queen Visit Indian Troops In the Midlands Her Majesty the Queen talking to one of the Indian Soldiers.The King and Queen today, August 8. Paid a visit to troops of the Royal Indian Army service corps in training somewhere in Derbyshire. September 17, 1940. (Photo by Associated Press Photo).French Nurse Parachutists. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel