British Infantry

[Rico]

British "Tommy" in the desert ... note the pipe in his sock.

 

[Louis]

A soldier of the 4/4th Gurkha Rifles fighting in a Burmese village, 1945.

 

[Bootie]

Men from the 2nd Battalion Lancashire Fusiliers, supported by Achilles 17pdr tank destroyers, wait to move forward near Ferrara, Northern Italy. 22nd April 1945

 

[Louis]

A malaria warning sign at Anzio, advising troops to cover up in the evening to avoid mosquito bites. 1944

 

[Gunner]

I wonder how long it took before he actually read the sign.

 

[Louis]

This soldiers learn to take care of mines completely blindfould so they could do it in darkness. 1940

 

[Rico]

British POW's Dunkirk 1940.

 

[Gnarly]

I wonder how long it took before he actually read the sign.

Probably never read it - was too busy wishing he was the dog....

 

[rocketman]

This soldier gives a V-victory sign to german prisoners captured at El Alamein, oct. 1942
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That's not a V-victory sign, it is the British version of "up yours". V-victory is with the palm facing the other way. Either way, the chap seems perfectly happy with insulting the Jerries.

 

[Louis]

After the liberation of Caen, an English soldier shares his soup with a French girl, 1944.

 

[Louis]

Guarding debris from a Dornier Do 17 bomber brought down over London. 1940.

 

[Gunner]

Nothing like guarding debris in full pack.

 

[Rico]

Nothing like guarding debris in full pack.

You gotta keep your packed lunch somewhere.

 

[Gunner]

We that is quite the container of bangers and mash then!

 

[Nort]

Well, a man’s gotta eat.

 

[Rico]

British infantry, Sicily 1943.

 

[Louis]

B&W and colorized pics show a British soldiers (interrupted during drag show rehearsals by a German raid) moving a BL 6-inch Mk VII naval gun at Shornemead Fort, Eng. in 1940. A coastal alert forced the soldiers to wear dresses with compulsory helmets.

 

[Louis]

British soldiers newly arrived in France, 1939.

 

[Louis]

North Africa, 1942.

 

[Nathangun]

North Africa, 1942.

Is it me or is his rifle dirty?