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The following goup of photos came to me recently with the information that they were taken by a World War 2 Reporter who was working with the Royal Navy. Unfortunately no other details about the reporter are known but each photo has had brief details written in black ink to the reverse. They are all of Royal Navy interest and I hope they may be of interest as i believe that they are all unpublished.

The photos are as follows:-

1. Ark Royal

2. Graff Spee

3. Foxhound refueling from Royal Sovereign

4. Defender

5. Bartholemew Collimio being shelled

6. Broadside from Royal Sovereign

7. Eagle

8. Sydney-Australia, cruiser going into Alex after sinking Italian cruiser.

Thanks for that Ed. It came to me in a bunch of mixed photos which im slowly working through. Thought it may be of interest to this topic thread.

I have recently acquired this photograph of a Victoria Cross presentation to, I believe an Indian recepient. The rear of the photograph has an official ink stamp marked 'Services Public Relation Directorate India', and handwritten in black ink, 'The Red Fort Delhi, October 24th 1944, The VC presentation parade'

Im in the process of researching the recipient and identifying his other awards. Hope this is of interest to topic members.

The dark caps and dark pants (probably dark green) with concealed button tunics could indicate some sort of transitional wear as the Weimar era Landespolizei were absorbed into the Wehrmacht. The dark straps with pips would also fit with junior Police ranks. As state forces, there is no other insignia on the caps-- yet.

But too small and blurry to be sure. A nice crisp clear single person portrait might even be able to tell WHICH state these policemen came from.

For comparison, here are Prussian urban ("Gr?n") policemen at Christmas 1925 standing out by the fire alarm door of their precinct:

All that has changed are their army style tabs (an indication of their transitional status) and army breast eagels in the circa 1934 photos above. Policemen who REMAINED in the police did not change to the LaPo type insignia of the Happy Campers above.

Many thanks for the information. I ll work on a better photo but my girlfriend knows my computer skills and says please dont hold your breath!!!!!!!!

Photo very small, but it is very similar to people from Russian Liberation army.

Thanks for that, its an avenue of research i hadnt considered. I ll check my reference books. The only thing is their insignia appears to be fairly standard German.

Here is another in my collection, this time a copy of a print entitled Charles John Tottenham of the denbighshire yeomanry.

Thought members would like to see this cabinet card showing a member of the Surrey yeomanry which recently came into my collection. Do any other members have yeomanry images to share? The uniforms of these units are so ecclectic and varied that i thought it would be a challenge to see which units could be represented on a thread.

I have had this photograph in my collection for some time and have so far been unable to identify the headress being worn. It would appear to be third reich era from the breast eagles being worn althougth at least one of the men in the image appears to be wearing a plain tunic. The caps would appear to be black in colour and have some form of cockade on them. Unfortunately the back of the photograph is plain and was on its own when purchased so i have been unable to positively identify arm of service or unit. Any ideas or information would be greatly appreciated gentlemen.

OOPS sorry i ve not got the hang of this yet as a new member. I will try to sort out the images and upload them soonest