The Field Cashier's Office at Berneville, by Edward Ardizzone, 1940. IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 132)

Brig H L Glyn Hughes, Deputy Director of Medical Services and commander of the British relief effort at Belsen, in his caravan, June 1945. The photographer is reflected in the mirror. Flowers, a toy horse and a china cat homely touches contrasting with his severe look. IWM (BU 8226), Sgt McArdle

A Halifax bomber tows a Hamilcar glider during Operation Varsity in March 1945. IWM (APY 140)

Untitled pen and ink drawing of Horsa gliders, by Harold Hailstone. © The rights holder (Art.IWM ART LD 6676)

Mr F Norton official naval artist R.A.N. in battle dress, by William Dargie, 25 November 1941. AWM ART22010

RAN minesweeper at sea, by Frank Norton, 1943. A view from the wheelhouse of HMAS Alfie Cam in very heavy weather off the West Australian coast. AWM ART23940

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Training for D-Day in North Devon

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The Royal Field Artillery in Macedonia, Spring 1918, by Darsie Japp, 1918. IWM (Art.IWM ART 2625)

Heard a familiar noise and looked up to see an unexpected Spitfire in the area. Nice.

French Troops Resting, 1916, by C R Nevinson. IWM (Art.IWM ART 5219)

Donald Swann (1923-94) relaxes in Greece in 1945, where he served, as a conscientious objector, with the Friend's Ambulance Unit. After the war, Swann teamed up with Michael Flanders, forming the famous partnership of Flanders and Swann. IWM HU 49958

St Clement Dane's Church on Fire after being Bombed, by Henry Carr, 1941. IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 1315)

Spitfire Mk Ia (P9450), with the black and white underside scheme designed to help allow the Observer Corps and anti-aircraft gunners to identify friendly aircraft quickly, April 1940. IWM (HU 104743)

Field grave marker for Lt Col Frank Morris, DSO, of 1st Bn Border Regiment, attached 16 Bn Middlesex Regt, killed 16 August 1917, aged 48. Buried at Canada Farm Cemetery, Belgium. Church of St Michael and All Angels, Torrington, North Devon.

A war artist draws a pilot with a splendid moustache, while two other men look on, May 1945. The AWM names two of the men as F/O Sam Semardini RAAF and W/O John Vickers RAF. AWM SUK14352

Flight Sergeant Duncan McLachlan, Port Pirie, by Ivor Hele, August 1942. AWM ART21929

Capt David Willcocks of the 5th Bn, DCLI, receives the MC from Monty for his actions on Hill 112 on the night of 10-11 July 1944. An outstanding post-war musical career, including as Director of Music at King's College, Cambridge, saw him awarded the CBE and knighted. IWM B 12498, Sgt JDL Morris

French farmers going about their business conveniently close to the remains of a crashed Junkers JU88 near Matragny in Normandy , 17 July 1944. Original colour. IWM (TR 2107), Flt Lt Bellamy, RAF Official Photographer

Sergeant Samson: 1975th Bechuana Coy, 64 Group, Army Auxiliary Pioneer Corps, near Jdeide, Lebanon, by Edward Bawden. IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 2184)

The Church of St Michael and All Angels, blown up during the Battle of Torrington on 16 February 1646 with great loss of life (holding both barrels of gunpowder and Royalist prisoners at the time). The mound near the church is said to hold a mass grave. My photos.

Part of a Draft of Sappers Listening to a Lecture, by Anthony Gross, 1941. IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 2036)

It may be wartime, but Neptune still officiates over the ceremony for those who have not yet sailed across the equator. On board a British Cruiser, en route to India, 1942. Imagine being torpedoed and pulled from the sea when dressed like this. IWM (A 8815), Lt S J Beadell RN

Plaques for the Wings For Victory 1943 and Salute The Soldier 1944 savings campaigns, Torrington Museum, North Devon.

'Group Captain' William B. Goat, mascot of a front line rocket Typhoon Squadron, being fed the cigarette for which he seems to be asking. IWM CH 13341

Maj-Gen 'Windy' Gale, commander 6th Airborne Div, talking to men of 5th Parachute Brigade in front of an Albemarle before they emplane at RAF Harwell ahead of D-Day as part of Op Tonga. The men contemplate the mission ahead. Or possibly the thinness of Gale's calves. IWM (H 39068), Capt Malindine

Patricia Turner, WRNS, by William Dring , 1942. IWM (Art.IWM ART LD 2420)

Interior, Chieftain Tank 1984, by Sonia Lawson (1934–2023), 1984. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 15954 9)

Adjusting Torpedoes, HM Submarine, by Francis Dodd, 1918. IWM (Art.IWM ART 920)

Disembarking Troops to San Carlos Settlement, 2 June 1982, by Linda Kitson. Kitson was commissioned by the Artistic Records Committee of the Imperial War Museum as the official war artist for the Falklands Task Force, producing over 400 drawings in conté crayon. © IWM (Art.IWM ART 15530 33)

Reliefs at Dawn, by C.R.W. Nevinson, 1917. IWM (Art.IWM ART 513)