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Harriers are the subject of our latest image gallery by artist Mark Bromley. Originally commissioned for the Heritage collection at BAE Systems, these paintings…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Charge of the Royal Naval Division, 1915

This photograph shows infantry from the British Royal Naval Division climbing out of the trenches as if for a charge at the…

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Churchill visits the docks

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: captured Luftwaffe crewmen, London Underground, 1940

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BEHIND THE IMAGE: Wartime Christmas

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