Images Dated 1st December 2015

East African Reconnaissance Regiment in Burma

Photograph of a soldier from the East African Reconnaissance Regiment, checking a machine-gun, Burma, 1945. The East African Reconnaissance Regiment, part of 11th East African Division, was equipped with armoured cars and light tanks. In this image a soldier checks a Browning machine-gun. His division incorporated battalions of the King?s African Rifles and other forces from Kenya, Uganda, Nyasaland (now Malawi), Somaliland (Somalia) and Tanganyika (Tanzania). The Africans proved extremely hardy and tenacious in several battles, both as combatant soldiers, medical staff, and carriers. One of 12 photographs captioned: East African Reconnaissance Regiment in Burma. From photograph album of 147 photographs, 1944-1945. Associated with Brig M W Briggs and the 11th East African Division and the King's African Rifles, World War Two, Far East (1941-1945). Date: 1945

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Movie actor James Dunn (1901-1967) with an armful of cats and dogs in the film Handle With Care

Movie actor James Dunn (1901-1967) with an armful of cats and dogs in the film Handle With Care, shot in Hollywood, California in 1931

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Album of 21 showing scenes of the Western Front Campaign

One official photograph from an album of 21 showing scenes of the Western Front Campaign, 1916-1917 (c), World War One (1914-1918). In some sectors of the front line the struggle with the weather could be harder than that with the enemy. Artillery bombardment could rapidly destroy even the most elaborate trench system. At the same time bad weather and the destruction of the pre-war drainage ditches led to widespread flooding of the shell-churned landscape. Troops had no choice but to carry on no matter how muddy it became. Date: circa 1916

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