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British Red Cross Ambulance, Italian Front, 1916 1918 Guy Lipscombe (1881–1952)

British Red Cross Ambulance, Italian Front, 1916 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
City of Derry II 1982 Stephen McKenna (1939–2017)

City of Derry II 1982 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Early One Morning in Copenhagen: Christian X, King of Denmark X. Bits Waingrow (b.1951)

Early One Morning in Copenhagen: Christian X, King of Denmark IWM (Imperial War Museums)
On the Departure Platform, Victoria Station 1918 Bernard Meninsky (1891–1950)

On the Departure Platform, Victoria Station 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Mickey Mouse at the Front 1991 John Keane (b.1954)

Mickey Mouse at the Front 1991 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Voluntary Land Workers in a Flax Field, Podington, Northamptonshire 1919 Randolph Schwabe (1885–1948)

Voluntary Land Workers in a Flax Field, Podington, Northamptonshire 1919 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Galleries of Large Dugouts at Étaples 1918 John Hodgson Lobley (1878–1948)

Galleries of Large Dugouts at Étaples 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The Superintendent Posting a Sister for Service: The Grand Priory of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England, St John's Gate,... c.1918 John Hodgson Lobley (1878–1948)

The Superintendent Posting a Sister for Service: The Grand Priory of the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England, St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, EC c.1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Awaiting Zeppelins: Sandringham, January 1915 1919 Charles John Holmes (1868–1936)

Awaiting Zeppelins: Sandringham, January 1915 1919 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Howitzer Firing 1918 Paul Nash (1889–1946)

A Howitzer Firing 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Portrait of an Auxiliary Territorial Service Sergeant 1942 Mary Potter (1900–1981)

Portrait of an Auxiliary Territorial Service Sergeant 1942 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Sergeant David Ferguson Hunter, VC, 1/5th Highland Light Infantry c.1919 Neville Lewis (1895–1972)

Sergeant David Ferguson Hunter, VC, 1/5th Highland Light Infantry c.1919 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The Royal Army Medical Corps in Training, Blackpool: The Depot Incinerator c.1918 John Hodgson Lobley (1878–1948)

The Royal Army Medical Corps in Training, Blackpool: The Depot Incinerator c.1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Monte Cassino One Month after the Battle 1945 Feliks Kay-Krzewinski (1900–1981)

Monte Cassino One Month after the Battle 1945 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Royal Army Medical Corps Squad with Infantry: Night at Nurlu, October 1918 1918–1919 Haydn Reynolds Mackey (1881–1979)

A Royal Army Medical Corps Squad with Infantry: Night at Nurlu, October 1918 1918–1919 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Wartime Traffic on the River Thames: River Police at Waterloo Bridge during the Battle of Britain 1942 John Edgar Platt (1886–1967)

Wartime Traffic on the River Thames: River Police at Waterloo Bridge during the Battle of Britain 1942 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Moving Up c.1916–1918 Cecil Constant Philip Lawson (1880–1967)

Moving Up c.1916–1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Catch-22: The Basketball Game 1970s Dick Lee (1923–2001)

Catch-22: The Basketball Game 1970s IWM (Imperial War Museums)
An Underground Casualty Clearing Station, Arras 1918 Henry Tonks (1862–1937)

An Underground Casualty Clearing Station, Arras 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
St Paul's Cathedral c.1941 William Ware (1915–1997)

St Paul's Cathedral c.1941 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem Stretcher-Bearer 1918–1919 Haydn Reynolds Mackey (1881–1979)

A British Red Cross Society and Order of St John of Jerusalem Stretcher-Bearer 1918–1919 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Austrian Dugout beyond Mount Grappa after the Italian Advance of October 1918 1918 Sydney William Carline (1888–1929)

Austrian Dugout beyond Mount Grappa after the Italian Advance of October 1918 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Wartime Traffic on the River Thames: River Minesweepers 1942 John Edgar Platt (1886–1967)

Wartime Traffic on the River Thames: River Minesweepers 1942 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Sanctuary Wood c.1916–1918 Cecil Constant Philip Lawson (1880–1967)

Sanctuary Wood c.1916–1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The London Fireboat 'Massey Shaw' Approaching Dunkirk at 11pm, 2 June 1940 c.1940 Rudolf Haybrook (1898–1965)

The London Fireboat 'Massey Shaw' Approaching Dunkirk at 11pm, 2 June 1940 c.1940 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Fortified Islands in the Bristol Channel: Two Inch Naval UP-Projector on an Earlier Fortification 1943 Ray Howard-Jones (1903–1996)

Fortified Islands in the Bristol Channel: Two Inch Naval UP-Projector on an Earlier Fortification 1943 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
HM Airship No.3 at Kingsnorth 1914 Vereker Monteith Hamilton (1856–1931)

HM Airship No.3 at Kingsnorth 1914 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
An Advanced Dressing Station in France 1918 Henry Tonks (1862–1937)

An Advanced Dressing Station in France 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Army Recruitment III 1981–1982 Ray Walker (1945–1984)

Army Recruitment III 1981–1982 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The Menin Road 1919 Paul Nash (1889–1946)

The Menin Road 1919 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Boredom: Air Raid Wardens on Duty 1940 Duncan Oppenheim (1904–2003)

Boredom: Air Raid Wardens on Duty 1940 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
An Army Tailor and an Auxiliary Territorial Service Tailoress 1943 Evelyn Mary Dunbar (1906–1960)

An Army Tailor and an Auxiliary Territorial Service Tailoress 1943 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Divisional Officer Twyman 1942 Elizabeth Violet Polunin (1878–1950)

Divisional Officer Twyman 1942 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Arras 1917–1918 Cecil Constant Philip Lawson (1880–1967)

Arras 1917–1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
A Camouflaged Runway 1942 Cedric J. Kennedy (1898–1968)

A Camouflaged Runway 1942 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Stealth 1995 Peter Kalkhof (1933–2014)

Stealth 1995 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Stalking the Night Raider 1941 Roy Anthony Nockolds (1911–1979)

Stalking the Night Raider 1941 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The Bombardment of Gorizia, 21 August 1917 1917 Elliott Seabrooke (1886–1950)

The Bombardment of Gorizia, 21 August 1917 1917 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Country Life in Moravia: 'To Our Comrades in Arms (the Officers of HMS 'Suffolk'), from the Czecho-Slovaks Vladivostok' 1918 Oldrich Hlavsa (1889–1936)

Country Life in Moravia: 'To Our Comrades in Arms (the Officers of HMS 'Suffolk'), from the Czecho-Slovaks Vladivostok' 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
The Dwina Relief Force Memorial 1921 Albert Chevallier Tayler (1862–1925)

The Dwina Relief Force Memorial 1921 IWM (Imperial War Museums)