Photograph of a young Princess Elizabeth helping out with the war effort at home during the Second World War

Photograph of the leaders of the Allied forces preparing in Britain for the invasion and liberation of Europe. Pictured are Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder, General Eisenhower, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory, Lieutenant General Walter Bedell-Smith and Admiral Sir Bertram H Ramsay.

Photograph of British navy convoy transporting vital supplies of food and war equipment in hard winter conditions.

Photograph of British paratroops taking cover in a shell hole during the battle for Arnhem in September 1944. Codenamed Operation Market Garden, the allies withdrew after a stubborn eight-day battle which saw the death of over 7000 British paratroopers.

Photograph of a Bren gunner from the 25th Scottish division taking cover behind a memorial while buildings blaze in the background. This photograph was taken during the battle for the Rhine in 1945 in the town of Uelzen, Lower Saxony.

Photograph of pipers from the 51st Highland Division participating in the Allied victory parade through Tunis in May 1943.

Photograph of Scottish pipers parading in Rome in front of the Altare della Patria (Monumento Nazionale a Vittorio Emanuele II), c 1944.

Photograph of British soldiers of 36th Division moving through the jungle in Burma during 1944.

Photograph of soldiers of the Gordon Highlanders moving tree trunks to construct obstacles in the Far East.