Weapons Collection (#19)

A 3. 7 inch anti aircraft gun crew ready for inspection in the East Riding of Yorkshire
A 3.7 inch anti aircraft gun crew ready for inspection in the East Riding of Yorkshire. Circa August 1940

SEPECAT Jaguar GR3As of 54 Squadron seen being prepared at RAF Coltishall for a bombing run on the Otterburn ranges 5th August 1987

SEPECAT Jaguar GR3As of 54 Squadron seen here taxi-ing to the runway at RAF Coltishall before take off for a bombing run on the Otterburn ranges 5th August 1987

Airborne British commando troops who arrived in support of the glider troops dig in after crash landing in Normandy, Northern France

Abyssinian War October 1935 Italian machine gun post guarding the rear of the Italian advance on Makale

Abyssinian War October 1935 Italian infantry with machine guns follow in the wake of the tanks during their advance from Adigrat to Makale

Abyssinian War Circa October 1935 Italian forces seen with 120mm gun near to the slopes of Edaga Hamus

Abyssinian War September 1935 The Ethiopian Peasant army and their wives seen here assembling in the market square of Harah for the long journey by lorry to the Ogadan front in the south of

Abyssinian War September 1935 Soldiers of the Abyssinian regular army seen here occupying trenches close to Harar on the Ogadan front

Abyssinian War October 1935 Abyssinian infantry advancing undercover on the Ogaden front

Abyssinian War Circa October 1935 Italian forces seen with 120mm gun near to the slopes of Edaga Hamus

Abyssinian War September 1935 A anti-aircraft mobile column of the Abyssinia army seen here making its way to the Ogaden front

Abyssinian War September 1935 Abyssinian sniper seen here on the Ogadan Front

The UKs nuclear deterrent a RAF Avro Vulcan loaded with a Blue Steel missile scrambles from RAF Waddington during an exercise. 14 February 1963

Men of the Manchester Regiment with bayonets fixed march into Cross Street on their way to Albert Square for the presentation of colour belts. 12th July 1954

8th and 9th Battalions, The Manchester Regt, rehearse at High Leigh camp for the New Colours presentation. The highlight of the ceremony will be when the old Cp; ours

Celetic footballers Bobby Lennox and Joe McBride at shooting practice, September 1967

A young boy tries his luck on the rifle range stall at the end of Southend pier. Southend, Essex. 1st June 1963

Swansea Town and Wales international footballer Cliff Jones serving his National Service at with the Kings Troop Royal Horse Artillery regiment of the British Army

Loftus Army Cadets, Loftus, Saltburn-by-the-Sea, 5th February 1994. First girl recruit, Ruth Duck 13, gets some tuition on the mini rifle range at the revamped Army Cadets HQ from new female

Army Cadets take part in annual rifle meeting at Guisborough, 5th September 1970

Territorial Army Centre Coulby Newham, Middlesbrough, 2nd February 1992

Soldiers of the British Army climbing a haystack during an anti invasion exercise in Southern England 26th May 1940

Medieval May Fair, Teesside, 22nd May 1976

C Company of the Reading Home Guard seen here being instructed on how to throw a hand grenade from cover. 13th September 1941

Members of the Reading Home Guard jumping ditches on the blitz course, a formidable assault course. 15th June 1942

The blitz course, a formidable exercise for the Reading Home Guard members. A leader having thrown his rifle over the bared wire followed it by throwing himself bodily on the wire so that other can

Location filming for The Eagle Has Landed at the watermill in Mapledurham 14th June 1976

Filming for The Eagle Has Landed at Mapledurham 28th June 1976Filming for The Eagle Has Landed at Mapledurham 28th June 1976

Filming for The Eagle Has Landed at Mapledurham 28th June 1976

Recruits of the 92nd (5th London) Field Regiment, Territorial Royal Artillery drilling in Kennington Lane. 11th May 1939

Western fan Sam Allardyce, Coventry City footballer, gets the Clint Eastwood look complete with gun. 11th November 1983

A special series of photographs taken to illustrate the preparedness of the Home Guards. They were all taken in the Dover and Folkestone area

A typical paratroop of Airborne Forces, complete with rubber crash helmet and Thompson machine gun, taking part in a training exercise in the English countryside during the Second World War

The British Advance east of Tilly in Normandy, Northern France during the Second World War. Following a heavy opening barrage on 25th June

The General Post Office Home Guard has a large number of "veterans"
The General Post Office Home Guard has a large number of " veterans" of the last war in its ranks. Well equipped

Ploughing steadily through the broken water, these destroyers of a British flotilla at exercise, give a vivid impression of the power of our navy. Circa October 1940

Members of the French Resistance in Corsica. November 1943

Servicing commandos of the RAF have a busy time on the Normandy airfields assembling rocket projectiles for the Typhoons. July 1944

The Fairey Swordfish, a torpedo bomber biplane designed by the Fairey Aviation Company and W.S. Hunt and used by the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy. 13th August 1944

Consolidated PBY Catalina, an American flying boat, operating with RAF Coastal Command. 12th April 1941. (Embargo date). Pictured in flight, showing one of the gun turrets open

Royal Navy, Human Torpedo, 19th April 1944 (Embargo date). A manned rideable submarine diver propulsion vehicle

A flame throwing Bren Gun carrier named a "Wasp"
A flame throwing Bren Gun carrier named a " Wasp" during training exercises at a tactical training school somewhere in India

A Bren Gun Carrier seen here taking part in Army exercises in Northern England Circa 1941

Reading Home Guard seen here during a exercise at a weekend training camp. 15th June 1942

Gwendolen Tulley poses with her rifle as she enjoys a shooting holiday, 1956

English Civil War, re-enactment, performed by The Sealed Knot, an educational charity, Reading, June 1980

A Thompson Machine Gun

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