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Royal Inspections and Ceremonies

Photos capturing royal figures inspecting military units, especially women in service, highlighting historical military traditions and ceremonies.

Lady Gowrie chats with Marton E. Kearey, Principal Marton for the New South Wales, when she visited a transport during the Debarkation. January 26, 1941.

Major General J.A. Chapman, Mrs. Chapman and their daughter Betty, on the Aorangi this morning when they arrived from the US. March 20, 1950.

Anefo photo collection. Visit Churchill to the Netherlands (May 1946). Promotion Churchill arrival in church. May 10, 1946

Queen Mother - War Work. May 3, 1940.

***** of Britain's leading women wartime ***** pilots, Miss Jennie Board (left), who ***** arrived form England, joins the Wraaf in Melbourne. With her is section-officer G. Hales. August 30, 1951

Oliver Harriman family & Junior Naval Scouts

The Duchess arriving to begin her tour of Army establishments. October 03, 1952.

Anefo photo collection. The launch of tanker kirkouk ndsm. May 25, 1951. Amsterdam

Anefo photo collection. Departure of 48 soldiers for Lebanon from Schiphol. A soldier says goodbye. March 30, 1979. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Anefo photo collection. Her Majesty reveals the bust of Korporaal J. van Oudheusden and relies on the medical troops regiment in the barracks to the emergency road in Hilversum. The unveiling of the bust. April 10, 1979. Hilversum, Noord-Holland

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"Canteen Commandos" For Singapore - Senior-Commander Shepherd, of Bath, giving the girls a few hints at a parade in London, when they were fitted out with their tropical kit. A large party of N.A..A.F.I. girls will shortly be at work in Singapore, for the first time in Naffi history in the Far East. They are members of the E.F.I. (Expenditionary Forces Institutes), who earned the nickname of "Canteen Commandos" on the various war fronts. February 12, 1946.

Mrs. Douglas MacArthur, widow of GEN Douglas MacArthur, is introduced to cadet 1 CPT Lawrence Kinde by LGEN Willard W. Scott, superintendent of the U.S. Military Academy. Base: West Point State: New York (NY) Country: United States Of America (USA)

German soldiers on the cheese market. German soldiers get a girl in West Frisian pregnant a cheese market pin. Text strip of photo stuck.

Her Majesty Greets Lt. Gen. Gruenther -- Her Majesty appears to have shared a joke with General Gruenther. Aboard H.M.S. surprise, the ship acting today as Royal Yacht, the Queen this morning received senior officers of the navies represented at Spithead, as well as other service chiefs. Among them was Lt. Gen. A. Gruenther, Chief of Staff at S.H.A.P.E. June 15, 1953. (Photo by Paul Popper Ltd.).

"Say It with Numbers" For the Services -- 46-44-37, These numbers form the Message which Mrs. Randolph Churchill the Premier's daughter in law sent to her husband in the Middle East under the new "say it with numbers" scheme Ltd. today (Monday), in Co-operation with the G.P.O. The Message as received by Mr. Randolph Churchill will read "All well at home, Fondest love and Kisses, Greetings from us all". On table is a portrait of Mr. and Mrs. Randolph Churchill's a baby son. September 23, 1941.

Pibulsongkram was one of the leaders of the military branch of the People's Party that staged a coup d'état and overthrew Thailand's absolute monarchy in 1932. In 1938, Pibulsonggram replaced Phraya Phahol as Prime Minister. Pibulsonggram began to increase the pace of modernisation in Thailand. By manipulating the mass media, Pibulsonggram supported fascism and nationalism. In 1939, Pibulsonggram changed the country's name from Siam to Thailand. In 1941, in the midst of World War II, he decreed January 1 the official start of the new year instead of the traditional April 13. When the Japanese invaded Thailand on December 8, 1941, Pibulsonggram was reluctantly forced to order a general ceasefire after just one day of resistance. On December 12, Pibulsongkram signed a military alliance with Japan. The following month, on January 25, 1942, Pibulsongkram declared war on the allied powers. At the war's end, Pibulsonggram was put on trial at Allied insistence. However, he was acquitted amids

U. S. Admiral Here -- Admiral William M. Fecheler, United States Chief of Naval Operations, arrived at Heathrow to-day accompanied by his wife, We will be here for a forty hour stay here he will confer with top British and U.S. diplomatic and military leaders, inciting the British Joint Chiefs of staff, he will also call on the American ambassador, and among others Admiral of the fleet Lord Fraser who is an old friend. November 15, 1951.

Oveta Culp Hobby was the first director of the Women's Army Corps. She walks between two rows of WACS during the opening inspection of a barracks at Fort Des Moines, Iowa, July 19, 1942. World War 2. (BSLOC_2014_8_139)

Australian gift to British Red Cross of 9 Red Cross ambulances Row of Australian nurses, before an open ambulance. 1940, Israel

German internees arriving in Australia. January 1, 1941.

Anefo photo collection. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus visit UN Detachment for Lebanon in the Adolf van Nassau Kazerne in Zuidlaren. Princess Beatrix and Prince Claus are walking around a path with some officers. February 22, 1979. Drenthe, Zuidlaren

Anefo photo collection. Dr. A.J. Van Meurs and Dr. J.J. Van Gogh Military doctors leave for Korea. November 11, 1950. Noord-Holland, Schiphol

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Type of uniform worn by Sister of Queen Alexandra's Imperial Nursing Service and Matron of Territorial Nursing Service.

SPAR Sees Invasion Souvenirs. Coast Guard Lieutenant Blair Walliser of Chicago shows SPAR Jessie Frye German and Italian helmets and bayonets--souvenirs of his participation in the Sicilian invasion. SPAR Frye, stationed in Washington, is the daughter of Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander and Mrs. Herbert Frye of Medford, Mass.

08/31/1936. In the barracks of the Iron battalion, before its Commander, Gustavo Durán, the Militias María Blanco and Vicente Ballesteros have married, before leaving for the Front. Reading of the minutes in the courtyard of the Barracks.

Command transfer at the sub-sea service (OZD). Captain at sea B.G.A. Fanoy transfers the command to Captain at sea D.Hey. KTZ B.G.A. Fanoy receives off the hands of a sailor of the 1st class his farewell gift.

Battle of the Land- the work of the Women's Land Army on the British Home Front, 1942 After four weeks training at the Northampton Institute of Agriculture, Iris Joyce (fourth from left) and friends sit in a railway carriage as they leave Northampton to travel to their respective farms.

Women serving their country (EV003009_H)

Anefo photo collection. Vice Admiral Coffin (R) in Batavia with vice Admiral Pinke and wife. September 28, 1949. Batavia

Official guests Mrs. Ian Campbell, wife of Major General Campbell and Major-General W. J. V. Windeyer wait for the next dance to begin. Mrs. Campbell wears a black net stole over black velvet. May 08, 1953.

British-Soviet Frontier Post In Germany.The Frenchman has another officer with him, a lady. Lt. Rosser discusses the weather in his best French. Meanwhile, papers are scrutinised. July 8, 1947. (Photo by Pictorial Press).

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The Royal Navy during the Second World War Carrying their belongings, the new draft of submarine ratings arrives at HMS DOLPHIN, in Gosport near Portsmouth, carrying their belongings in duffel bags and suit cases. They are going aboard HMS UNBENDING.

Reception after the transfer of command about the Dutch Brigade in Seedorf by Brigadegeneraal J.D. Berghuijs to Brigadegeraal C. Knulst.

Leisure and Entertainment during the Second World War Wartime Entertainers: The actress Beatrice Little, who worked ceaselessly to entertain the troops, being awarded an 'honorary' naval cap tally by a group of British sailors in Gibraltar.

Air Base in the Caribbean. Nurse Lt. Myrtle Miller, Lansing, Mich; Nurse Lt. Jane Jordan, New Glasgow, Va.; and Nurse Lt. Irene Gukeisen, Parkston, So. Dakota. Nurses thoroughly trained in jungle rescue work and in evacuation of wounded by air.

Anefo photo collection. Adelborsten Assaut Party Den Helder. December 8, 1950. Den Helder

Ministry of Information First World War Official Collection Type of uniform worn by Ambulance Column, London District.

Allied Prisoner-Of-War Officers Broadcast To BBC Overseas Listeners - Five Allied officers from the prisoner-of-war camp, Oflag IVc, (Colditz, Germany), with BBC producer, Nina Epton, who broadcast recently in a British Broadcasting Corporation overseas programme. They talked about their experiences during the war and about the camp which was called a Gangster's Camp by the Germans, because most of the officers in it had escaped from previous camps.The officers who took part were (left to right); Captain Dennis Bartlett, M.C. (standing), a journalist, who was taken prisoner in Greece in 1941, escaped from a camp in Germany in 1943 and was recaptured and sent to Oflag Ivc; Baron Pierre de Vomecourt, a Frenchman, who was the first resistance agent to be parachuted into France in 1941 and was arrested by the Gestapo in 1942| Lieutenant Jerry Wood, of the Canadian Army, who was captured at Dieppe," Lieutenant Jack Finken, M.B.E., another Frenchman who worked with Baron Pierre de Vomecourt

The Official Designation For The Troop-Ferrying Operations Now Being Carried On Between Istres-Le Tube Airport, Near Marseilles, And Casablanca In North Africa, Is The "Green Project". It Is Being Conducted By Two Heavy Bombardment Groups Under The Super

Naval seaman with two of the women who help produce shells on land during World War II.

Nazi Propaganda showing Germans as the liberators of Riga, Latvia, USSR during World war two

Awards For Heroism - Woman Auxiliary Winifred Mary Eustace, who was awarded the O.B.E., and Cyril Albert Reeves, auxiliary fireman, who has been awarded the George Medal, photographed in London this afternoon. Miss Eustace carried on for twelve hours on end while incendiaries and high explosives were falling on a number of nights during the ' Blitz '. December 5, 1940. (Photo by London News Agency Photos Ltd.)

Capt Ben Bryant. April 28, 1940. (Photo by Sports And General Press Agency Limited).

Soldiers of women help corps (VHK) in the photo with a goat.

Major General Basil Coad, who commanded the 27th Brigade in Korea, with his wife at Waterloo today from the troopship Dunera boat-train. June 8, 1951.

Anefo photo collection. Military tributely on Voorplein of Palace House Ten Bos T.G.V. Zilveren Government Jubilee Queen Juliana. September 3, 1973

Anefo photo collection. Opening night air station service. July 30, 1946

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First Lieutenant of the Air Force Women's Department (Luva) in daily outfit.

Members of the Lottery Corps and the Red Cross at Hallsberg station, ready with supplies to be injured German soldiers on board German healthcare trains.

A woman imprisoned during the occupation of Alsace for speaking in French is happy to meet amongst her liberators, a soldier she knew as a child. Seppois, Alsace, France 1944

ARMY WIVES (1944), directed by PHIL ROSEN.

Hospital Staff for 29 Gen Hospital have arrived in Kurean. With their Australian contemporaries they will staff the BCOF General Hospital. Here Lt Col L H Edwards of Drouin South, Victoria, Australia, and Maj P Widger RRC, of Westgate, Kent, England confer, shortly after the arrival of the UK Contingent. Maj Widger was awarded the Royal Red Cross whilst serving in India. December 21, 1950.

MASTER SGT. Hurlburt, chief drill instructor, shows a female marine recruit the proper way to carry the guidon. Base: Usmc Recruit Depot,Parris Island State: South Carolina (SC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Portraits of Waaf Servicewomen Based at RAF Watnall, Headquarters of No. 12 Group Royal Air Force Fighter Command during the Second World War Jean Raybould.

1940s AMERICAN SAILOR IN UNIFORM POSING WITH TWO MEMBERS OF THE SCOTTISH ARGYLL & SUTHERLAND HIGHLANDERS IN ENGLAND DURING WW2 - q75039 CPC001 HARS WORLD WARS PRIDE WORLD WAR WORLD WAR TWO WORLD WAR II GLEN POSING UNIFORMS FORCES GLENGARRY SCOTS FRIENDLY MEMBERS NAVIES SPORRANS STYLISH WORLD WAR 2 KILTS MID-ADULT MID-ADULT MAN POSED SUTHERLAND TOGETHERNESS YANK YOUNG ADULT MAN BLACK AND WHITE CAUCASIAN ETHNICITY OLD FASHIONED

A British soldier on leave, arm in arm with his sweetheart. Date: 1940

Bell Bellringers - Trades & Tradesmen. May 7, 1945. (Photo by Aceme Newspictures, Inc.).

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Four Naval Nurses Who Risked Their Lives To Remove Patients From a Bombed Hospital during An Air Raid, Are the First To Receive Military Awards during This War. 29 November 1942. VAD Nursing member Susan Proudlock-Tait, was awarded the BEM.

Photo collection Service for army contacts Indonesia. DLC Passports IX. Young woman in uniform. 1947. Indonesia, Dutch East Indies

The Korean War (25 June 1950 - armistice signed 27 July 1953) was a military conflict between the Republic of Korea, supported by the United Nations, and North Korea, supported by the People's Republic of China (PRC), with military material aid from the Soviet Union. The war was a result of the physical division of Korea by an agreement of the victorious Allies at the conclusion of the Pacific War at the end of World War II. The Korean peninsula was ruled by Japan from 1910 until the end of World War II. Following the surrender of Japan in 1945, American administrators divided the peninsula along the 38th Parallel, with United States troops occupying the southern part and Soviet troops occupying the northern part. The failure to hold free elections throughout the Korean Peninsula in 1948 deepened the division between the two sides, and the North established a Communist government. The situation escalated into open warfare when North Korean forces invaded South Korea on 25 June 1950. It

Playing Is Their Work.The Women's Royal Air Force Central Band. One of the Euphonium players are of the W.R.A.CF. Band is Leading Aircrafts woman Ibbotson. She is seen here in her full dress uniform on a State occasion. Note the gleaming white gloves and smart peak cap. May 14, 1953. (Photo by Central Office Of Information Photograph).

For twelve twlilight months Sergeant David Sharp, 25 (above), of the Northumberland Fusiliers, endured solitary confinement. It began in a rat-ridden cellar of a Korean temple, 10ft x 5ft. It continued in the cellar of a Korean jail. Forbidden to sing or whistle, each dragging day of semi-darkness was punctuated only by interrogations and unending threats. Not once for a whole year did he speak to a fellow countryman face to face. Yet, as the last British prisoner to cross to freedom. he stepped briskly down the gangway of the troopship Dilwara at Southampton to give the answer: "When I was in solitary, I thought of home." November 5, 1953. (Photo by Daily Mirror).

Ship's Serviceman 1ST Class Aaron Alkiere, left and Journalist 1ST Class Don Martinez talk to a local citizen in traditional dress. The men are assigned to the 6th Fleet and are in port for a visit. Base: Dubrovnik Country: Yugoslavia (YUG)

Badge For Home Guard Women -- First and exclusive picture of a member of the Women's Home Guard wearing the badge. The badge to be worn by `with the Home Guard has been ordered for manufacture and will be distributed as soon as possible. The badge is of grey plastic, with the letters H.G. on a bar in the centre. surrounded by a wreath of laurel leaves. July 26, 1943. (Photo by LNA).

Women at War 1939 - 1945 Nursing: Half length portrait of a nursing sister of Queen Alexandras Imperial Military Nursing Service outside a field hospital in France.

July 4, 1960-Reception on Board USS Newport News in Marseille. Photographs of Marshall Plan Programs, Exhibits, and Personnel

MSGT Fidencia "Tex" Amaya and SRA Melanie Huson, members of the 604th Air University Band, sing a duet during a practice session. Base: Maxwell Air Force Base State: Alabama (AL) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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