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Sepia photograph of 16 Royal Navy ship's officers posed for a photograph on board ship in 1890, with the ship's cat

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John Wedderburn, seated

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Hawker Hurricanes flying in formation during the Battle of Britain in 1940

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John Davidson

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Lancaster bomber crew

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British Forces Celebrate Christmas In Venray, Holland, 24 December 1944

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British prisoners at Dunkirk.

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Field Marshal Lord Montgomery

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Royal Navy WW1

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Lincoln Bomber Command Spire unveiling

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Arrival of German prisoners at Pietrograd (St Petersburg), Russia, World War I, L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLII, No 21, May 23, 1915

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Royal Air Force fighter plane prepared for action

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