Images Dated 31st July 2015

Lizard Tamar class lifeboat Rose 16-20 being launched down the slipway on a training

Lizard Tamar class lifeboat Rose 16-20 being launched down the slipway on a training exercise.

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Uniformed men of the Auxiliary Fire Service marching to church

Uniformed men of the Auxiliary Fire Service marching to church. After an inspection by the chief officer of the London Fire Brigade, men and women of the Auxiliary Fire Service marched from Clapham Common (London) to the parish church to attend their first church parade. The Service had been organised to assist the London Fire Brigade in wartime, particularly in dealing with the effects of air raids. Date: 9th October 1938

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Two unnamed men risked their lives in a daring exploit to stand on the tarmac of an

Two unnamed men risked their lives in a daring exploit to stand on the tarmac of an English aerodrome to salute the Belgian air force flag, a symbol of free men. The flag was given by the King of the Belgians to the Belgian Air Force, but when the Allied lines broke in 1940, German orders were to burn the flag. Disobeying orders, Air Force officers stuffed the flag into a shell case and buried it in the woods, where it was later retrieved by an observer in the Belgian Air Force

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