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Off the Beach by David Pentland. Gold Beach, Normandy, D-Day, 6th June 1944. A PIAT team and riflemen of the 6th Green Howards part of British 50th (Tyne Tees) Division, push inland in the direction of Caen. |
Prepare to Ram, Operation Goodwood, normandy, 18th July 1944 by David Pentland. While probing forward near Cagny on the initial day of the Goodwood offensive, Lt John Gorman, a troop commander of 2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, suddenly found himself confronted by a Tiger II and three Tiger Is of the elite 503rd Heavy Tank Battalion. Supported by only one other Sherman, and aware that their 75mm guns would be ineffective against such monsters, he gave the order to his driver to ram the King Tiger. Gorman's tank Ballyragget succeeded in colliding with its target before the Tiger's 88mm gun could be brought to bear on his Sherman, and with both tanks immobilised the crews quickly abandoned their tanks. Lt. Gorman, however, was not finished and making his way off the field, he returned shortly afterwards with a Sherman Firefly, to finish off the stricken Tiger II and one of the Tiger Is. For this action he was awarded the Military Cross, and his driver L/Cpl Baron the Military Medal. |
Beasts by David Pentland. Kursk, Russia, August, 1943. Su-152 Self Propelled guns of the 13th Army. |
Operation Veritable, Eastern Holland, 8th - 22nd February 1945 by David Pentland. LVT Mark II and IV Buffaloes of 79th Armoured Division carry the men of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division through the flooded lower Rhine valley to secure the left flank of the Anglo-Canadian operation. |
Operation Crusader, 18th November 1941 by David Pentland. British Crusader MK1 tanks of the 4th County of London Yeomanry Regiment, 22nd Armoured Brigade, charge Axis positions during the opening days of the offensive Bir El Gubi. |
Digging In by David Pentland. Hill 112, Normandy, 28th June 1944. Infantry of the 11th Armoured Division digging in during the battle for the strategically important Hill 112. The division comprised of the 8th Motor Battalion Rifle Brigade, 4th King's Shropshire Light Infantry, 3rd Monmouthshires,1st Herefords, 3rd Royal Tank Regiment, 2nd Fife & Forfarshire, Yeomanry and 23rd Hussars. |
Heavy Artillery by David Pentland. Falaise, 12th - 21st August 1944. British 5.5 inch guns of the Royal Artillery in action during the final Normandy battles to close the Falaise Pocket. |
Graebner's Attack, Arnhem Bridge, 18th September 1944 by David Pentland. German Armoured Reconnaissance troops led by SS Captain Viktor Graebner, of the 9th SS Panzer Division, are decimated and repulsed by the men of Colonel Frosts 2PARA, as they attempt to retake the bridge by a coup-de-main. |
Last Stand at Calais by David Pentland. British Cruiser Mark IA CS (A9) tanks and Bren Carriers of A Squadron, 3RTR, 1st Armoured Division, line the road south of Calais, prior to being sent south to secure the bridges on the St. Omer canal. The British column of tanks failed to reach its objective, encountering the advance guard of 1st Panzer Division near the little village of Hames-Boucre, and after an inconclusive afternoon battle fell back towards Calais in the early evening. |
Gold Beach, Normandy, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. Royal Engineers Churchill AVREs of 6th Assault Regiment, 81st Squadron and DD Shermans of the 4/7th Dragoon Guards. Both units were part of perhaps the most important formation involved in the British and Canadian landings, the 79th Armoured Division or Funnies. Composed of a variety of armoured vehicles, designed to support the beach assault troops, they included mine flails, bunker busters, carpet layers, and amphibious tanks. |
The Greys by David Pentland. Normandy, Odon, France, 1944. M4 Sherman II's of the Royal Scots Greys, 4th Armoured Brigade, during Operation Epsom. |
A Suitable Site by David Pentland. Normandy, France, 1944. Lloyd carriers and 6 pounder anti-tank guns of the British 43rd (Wessex) Division prepare to deploy in a French field against possible German counter attacks. |
Lying in Wait by David Pentland. Rauray, Normandy, 1st July 1944. A 6pdr anti tank gun team of the 49th (West Riding) Infantry Division, The Polar Bears, in action against the attacking tanks and infantry of 9th SS and 2nd SS Panzer Divisions. The 49th Division comprised of 1st Tyneside Scottish, 10th & 11th Durham Light Infantry, 4th Lincolnshire, 1/4th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, the Hallamshire Battalion, 6th & 7th Duke of Wellingtons, and 11th Royal Scots Fusiliers. |
Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13.00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland. Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade, led by Lord Lovat, are piped past the defenders of the Caen canal (Pegasus) bridge by piper Bill Millin. The bridge was originally taken in a coup de main attack by the gliders of 6th Airborne Divisions D Company, 2nd battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, led by Major John Howard earlier that morning. Shortly afterwards the glider troops were reinforced by 7 Parachute Battalion, and together they held the area against German attacks until the main British forces landing at Sword beach could fight through to join them. |
Operation Bluecoat, Normandy, 30th July 1944 by David Pentland. Churchill MkIV tank of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade (comprised of 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards, 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards and 3rd Battalion Scots Guards), pass infantry of the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Battle for Caumont. |
Liberation - Sherman Tanks of the Guards Brigade by David Pentland. Somme Valley, Northern France, August 1944. A Sherman Firefly of the Guards Armoured Division is greeted by members of the French Resistance as the division pushes north from the Seine towards the Somme bridges and on to Brussels. |
Rearguard at Dunkirk by David Pentland. Northern France, 1st June 1940. Beleaguered troops of the BEF, fight a delaying action against the German encirclement of the doomed town. |
Enemy in Sight by David Pentland. Cheux, Normandy, 25th June 1944. Royal Armoured Corps Recce troops of the 15th (Scottish) Infantry Division set up a temporary observation post to locate 12th SS Panzer Division positions, prior to Operation Epsom. The 15th Division comprised of 9th Cameronians, 2nd Glasgow Highlanders, 7th Seaforth Highlanders, 8th Royal Scots, 6th Royal Scots Fusiliers, 6th King's Own Scottish Borderers, 10th Highland Light Infantry, 2nd Gordon Highlanders and the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders. |
Moving Out by David Pentland. River Orne, D-Day, 6th June 1944. Glider troops and Tetrarch airborne tanks of 6th (Air Landing) brigade, make ready to move out from their Ranville drop zone. This brigade formed part of the second wave of the British 6th Airborne Division's landings on D-Day. |
Hussars to the Rescue by David Pentland. Normandy, France, June 1944. M4 Sherman III and Firefly Vc's of the 13/18th Hussars, 27th Armoured Brigade, link up with British paratoops at Breville. |
Operation Supercharge, 4th November 1941 by David Pentland. British MK1 Grant tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry 8th Armoured Brigade, 10th Armoured Division, breakout from El Alamein. |
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