Anti-aircraft gunners of the British 121st Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment display chickens caught for Christmas dinner at a position near the city of Venray, The Netherlands, near the German border; December 24, 1944.

Some farmer's chickens missing...

A British Sherman tank crew of County of London Yeomanry huddle around a fire; The Netherlands, November 1944.


Keep warm in the cold

British anti-aircraft machine gun crew, armed with a Lewis machine gun, on the coast during the Battle of Britain;  August 2, 1940.
   The Lewis light machine gun had a distinctive barrel cooling shroud (containing a finned, aluminium breech-to-muzzle heat sink to cool the gun barrel) and top-mounted pan magazine.