British artillerymen fire a 140 mm field gun (BL 5.5 inch Medium Gun Mk.III) in the North African desert; September 14, 1942.

Artillery action in the desert

Cromwell tanks from 2 Welsh Guards, the recce (=reconnaisance, military scouting) regiment of Guards Armored Division; 1944. 
These were nominally attached to Armored Divisions as divisional recon particularly after the breakout from Normandy following the use of Armored Reconnaissance Regiments as normal tank battalions.


Breakout from Normandy

A resident of the Dutch town of Aalst treats a British soldier sitting in the Bren Carrier armored personnel carrier with cigars; September 18, 1944.