E 15749. General the Honourable Sir Harold R L G Alexander KCB CSO DSO MC.
CBM 1214. A member of a Long Range Desert Group patrol resting.
CH 13626. Group Captain Leonard Cheshire VC RAF the British observer for the dropping of the second atom bomb on Nagasaki 9 August 1945 and the former commander of No 617 Squadron (Dambusters) Royal Air Force
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BU 3148. Troops of the 7th Cameronians enjoy some liberated German wine in the town of Rheine 3 April 1945.
NA 4074. Planning and Preparations January - July 1943: Men of 5th Battalion Seaforth Highlanders arrive at Sousse Harbour prior to embarkation.
H 11368. The Second World War 1939 -1945: Prime Minister Winston Churchill and King Peter II of Yugoslavia with Lieutenant-General Montgomery who had recently been appointed commander of 12th Corps
File name: 08_06_032696 Title: Collecting scrap - WWII Creator/Contributor: Jones, Leslie, 1886-1967 (photographer) Date created: 1934 - 1956 (approximate) Physical description: 1 negative : film, black & white; 3 1/8 x 4 1/4 in. Genre: Film negatives Subject: Scrap drives; Metals; Children; World War, 1939-1945 Notes: Title from information provided by Leslie Jones or the Boston Public Library on the negative or negative sleeve.; Date supplied by cataloger. Collection: Leslie Jones Collection Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department Rights: Copyright Leslie Jones. Preferred credit: Courtesy of the Boston Public Library, Leslie Jones Collection.
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1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, 6th Airborne Division, Normandy, France 1944 [ATTACH]
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