168th (2nd London) Brigade
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The 168th Brigade was an infantry brigade formation of the British Army that saw service during both the First and the Second World Wars. Throughout its existence, serving under many different titles
British soldiers blinded by poison gas. Vera Brittain commented: "Great mustard-coloured blisters, blind eyes, all sticky and stuck together, always fighting for breath, with voices a mere whisper, saying their throats are closing and they know they will choke."
Bren gun carrier, bearing the name 'Father O'Flynn' of the 1st Battalion, London Irish Rifles, Sussex, during the winter of 1939.
Universal Carriers and infantrymen of the 10th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment advance 'under fire' during training near Sudbury, Suffolk, 10 June 1942.
German-prepared defensive lines south of Rome.
Royal Berkshire Regiment
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The Royal Berkshire Regiment was a line infantry regiment of the British Army in existence from 1881 until 1959. The regiment was created in 1881, as the Princess Charlotte of Wales's, by the amalgama
Cap badge of the Royal Berkshire Regiment.
"Battle of Tofrek"
Cap badge of the Royal Berkshire Regiment as shown on a First World War grave at Vouziers military cemetery
Men of the 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment, in the trenches, 1915.