Marching to Glory: British Soldiers of the Past – Part 1 _uk

British Soldiers of the King’s Shropshire Light Infantry resting next to a Sherman tank of 3rd Royal Tank Regiment in Normandy – August 15, 1944

IWM – Laing (Sgt) Photographer

IWM B 9187

British Soldiers check out a knocked-out German 50mm gun in its bunker near Gold Beach in Normandy – 7 June 1944

British Soldiers in the streets of Geilenkirchen, Germany – December 1944

Note Sten Mk III SMGs, PIAT, and No. 4 Enfield Rifle

British Soldiers of the 2nd Infantry Division man a position on the East bank of the Irrawaddy River in Burma – 25 February 1945

British Soldiers advance warily through Bizerta, Tunisia – 8 May 1943

Note they are armed with Thompson SMGs, No. 4 Enfield rifle, and a Bren LMG.

British, Commonwealth, Free French, and US troops fought to liberate Bizerte from the Axis, most of the civilians fled to the countryside or to Tunis. Bizerte suffered significant damage during the battle.

German Soldiers captured by British Soldiers of 185th Brigade, 3rd Division, near Lébisey Wood in Normandy – 8 July 1944

British Soldiers with the 7th Battalion Green Howards, 69th Brigade, 50th (Northumbrian) Division, cleaning their weapons onboard LSI ‘SS Empire Lance’ in Southampton England while awaiting orders to depart for Normandy – June 3, 1944

British Soldiers & Vehicles advance through Kleve, Germany – 16 February 1945

The Soldiers are likely with the 6th King’s Own Scottish Borderers

Thanks Alex ‘Windy’ Miller for his assistance

British Soldiers of the 1/5th Queens Regiment in a captured German trench at Laar during the drive on Hertogenbosch Netherlands – October 24, 1944

British Soldiers of the South Lancashire Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, inspect a captured German MP40 SMG in Normandy – June 13, 1944

British Soldiers pass through a street in Dunkirk France under German bombardment as they retreat to the beach for evacuation – 1 June 1940

On the right French firefighters deal with a burning lorry

British Soldiers of the 51st Highland Division on Sherman Hybrids near Udenhout, Netherlands – October 29-30, 1944

The “Hybrid” designation was British nomenclature for a composite Sherman (cast front, welded rear).

British Soldiers of 1st King’s Own Scottish Borderers, 3rd Division, some of the first troops to enter Caen after Operation ‘Charnwood’ – July 9, 1944