A British sailor on shore leave waits for transport away from the dockside, Harwich, 1941
Cecil Beaton portrait of an Indian naval rating operating a signal lamp on the sloop SUTLEJ at the Royal Indian Naval Station at Calcutta, 1944.
Cecil Beaton photograph of a British soldier drinking tea next to a Red Cross mobile tea wagon at Calcutta airport in 1944.
The Western Desert 1942: Head and shoulders portrait of a bearded member of the Long Range Desert Group wearing a woolly cap at the wheel of his jeep.
The interior of a RAF Short Stirling bomber, Britain, 1941
A WAAF cadet in training lines up on parade, RAF Bridgenorth, Shropshire, 1941
A Hollywood film poster attracts the attention of local Egyptians, Cairo, Egypt, 1942
Western Desert: Desert cook with cans of water
Western Desert: An Army despatch rider on his machine in the desert
An ATS artillery observer uses a theodolite to measure air shell bursts at the Royal Artillery Experimental Unit, Shoeburyness, Essex , 1942
Western Desert: Blond LRDG soldier with beret
A company of WAAFs marches past a barrage balloon maintenance hangar, RAF Cardington, Bedfordshire, 1941
In a Bengali village: A village boy climbs a tree overhanging the river while his friends look on
