Photograph taken at dawn from the deck below the guns of HMS Queen Elizabeth during naval operations with the Eastern Fleet against Sabang in Northern Sumatra. HMS Valiant and French Navy ship Richelieu are in view.

Photograph of four British soldiers advancing through Aarnhem in the Netherlands, at the corner of Bergstraat and Oude Kraan. The soldiers are crouching beside the fence of the Hotel du Soleil.

Photograph of two British infantrymen taking cover during advance south-east of Nijmegen. Wrecked gliders used in Nijmegen airborne landing can be seen in background.

Photograph of Captain H Conway and Sergeant A McLellan transfusing wounded soldier before an operation at a British Army casualty clearing station in Normandy. The blood was donated by Bristol blood donors.

Photograph of U776 moored at Westminster Pier by the Houses of Parliament. The German submarine surrendered at Weymouth.

Photograph of massed drummers of kilted regiments on parade [in North Africa].

Photograph of British and Indian Army troops of XIV Corps crossing the Chindwin River near Sittaung in Burma on a floating 'Bailey Bridge'.

Photograph of Japanese train in Burma following an attack by RAF Beaufighters, with steam pouring from the engine after the boiler has blown up.

Photograph of soldier and radio operator of 36th Division wading through a river in Burma on way to Mohnyin.