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A collection of eight British pub signs. Top row (L to R): Dog & Bear, Lenham; Clarendon, Marske-by-the-Sea; The Loxley, Robin Hood's Bay; The Black Swan, Whitby. Bottom row (L to R): Swan & Three Cygents, Durham; Crown & Anchor...

The Battle of Waterloo: The British Squares Receiving the Charge of the French Cuirassiers (18 June 1815), oil on canvas by Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux, 1874. Victoria and Albert Museum...

British soldiers attack the American position at the Battle of Bunker Hill, 17 June 1775. Print by E. Percy Moran, 1909. Library of Congress Prints and Photographs, Washington D.C.

A photograph of British glider planes landed near Arnhem in the Netherlands during Operation Market Garden in the Second World War (1939-45). The operation, carried out in September 1944, aimed to take several...

A Lee tank of the British Eighth Army at the First Battle of El Alamein (July 1942) during the Western Desert Campaigns (June 1940 to January 1943) in North Africa. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph of the British airship R23 during the First World War (1914-18). The airship has a Sopwith Camel biplane attached which could be released mid-air to attack enemy Zeppelin airships at higher altitudes. (Imperial...

A photograph showing British Commando troops landing on the Normandy beaches (Gold Beach here) during D-Day 6 June 1944. (Imperial War Museums)

A photograph taken in May 1941 showing a British soldier protecting himself against a sandstorm during the Western Desert Campaigns in North Africa during the Second World War (1939-45). (Imperial War Museums)

A July 1918 photograph of British, Italian, and French officers conferring during the Second Battle of the Marne in the final months of the First World War (1914-18). Imperial War Museums

A January 1941 photograph showing a British Matilda tank with a captured Italian flag and its way to Tobruk. The attack on Tobruk was part of Operation Compass (9 Dec 40 - 7 Feb 41), the Allied offensive...