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A First World War grave in Cambridge City Cemetery, maintained by the CWGC

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Nurses at the Sir William Hospital treat shell shock victims during the First World War with experimental medical equipment

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RAF bomber crew c1940

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Children sit in front of their bombed-out house in London's East End during the Blitz

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Pay Sergeants of the Grenadier Guards c1860

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Crowds outside Buckingham Palace on VJ Day 1945 (colourised by MyHeritage)

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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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Field Marshal Lord Montgomery

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Royal Navy WW1

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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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