Bren gunner of the Royal Scots in the Netherlands, 1944.  The Bren Gun was capable of firing 500 - 520 rounds per minute up to a distance of 600 yds.


Bren Gunner Advancing

Two motorcycle dispatch riders of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers have a "brew" before the attack on the commune of Evrecy, Normandy, France; July 16, 1944.


Calm before the storm

A British soldier with the 2/7th Middlesex Regiment shares a cup of tea with an American infantryman in the Anzio bridgehead; Italy, 10 February 1944.