Female soldiers of the British Army weapons department inspect 7.7mm Vickers machine guns (Vickers .303).

Weapon inspectors

"Convoy", ship's cat aboard HMS Hermione, adopts Naval sleeping tradition.  (Mind you, I am sure "Convoy" could contrive to sleep anywhere ...)  Best regards, JR.

Cats of Oak - old salt ?

Royal Engineers search for mines near a knocked-out German Panther tank, near Villers Bocage, August 4, 1944.
Villers-Bocage is a commune in the Calvados department in the Basse-Normandie region in Northern France. There was a significant battle there between the British and German forces on June 13, 1944 during the Battle of Normandy.  Two weeks later the village was destroyed by 250 RAF heavy bombers...