H.M.S Furious Bosuns party. H.M.S Furious was a aircraft carrier in WW1 and WW11, Laid down 8 June 1915 Launched 15 August 1916, decommissioned in April 1945, but was not sold for scrap until 1948.

The next three pictures are of the same man, unfortunately I don t know his name. It looks like he started off probably in WW11 as a second lieutenant and ended up as a Major in the Kings Own Scottish Bordures.

The next 16 photographs all came from the same source without any information other than pictures of a WW11 ship and crew during a rescue operation, they are very small so it was difficult to see much detail but after I copied them and could see more detail I think post war and rather than rescuing people they are stopping and boarding a refugee ship, although you can see WW11 helmets in one in some of the others the boarding party seem to be wearing MK.11 tankers helmets which the Navy used post war also you can see the date of 1947 on the funnel on one of the pictures below the star of David so I am thinking are the refuges European Jews trying to get into Palestine? In one of the pictures it looks like there is a Navy ship each side and they are trying to control them with a water hose. I can recognize one of the ships which was in the Palestine area at the time. HMS Venus (R50) launched on 23 February 1943. She participated in the Battle of the Malacca Strait with which cumulated in the sinking of the Japanese cruiser Haguro on 16 May 1945. In 1946, Venus participated in the rescue of crew from the British Tanker Empire Cross, which caught fire, exploded and sank at Haifa Palestine, with the loss of up to 25 lives. Venus was sold for scrapping in 1972.

Street party celebrating victory in Europe the photograph is dated 14th of may 1945, VE day was on the 8th of may 1945.

Day shift canteen staff at Collaro LTD Langley Mill in Derbyshire WW11. Collaro LTD was a munitions factory during WW11. It was Bombed out of its London Factory for a second time in 1939, so Collaro moved to Langley Mill in Derbyshire.

Malta WW11 a shot down ju 88 at Ta' Qali aerodrome in May 1942 taken just after it crashed you can just see the dead pilot at the front of the wreckage. Wilfred Wilson who took the picture tells me he was lucky if the locals had got him alive he would have died badly.

These next two came from the same source. Possibly Early 1950s, Far East, probably Malaya. ORs uniforms in 1st picture seem to be a mixture of WW2 Indian JG and 1950 pattern JG; 2nd picture most seem to be wearing 1950 pattern JG with a couple possibly 1947 pattern. Difficult to make out the badges but the shape and shade would be right for SEALF (South East Asia Land Forces). Thanks to Allen on the military collectors network for this information.

Thanks to Rob on the Military collectors network for the following information. I think you're right, I can definitely see 1937 and 1940 Pattern Battledress there, and the one at top right is certainly different, and could well be US-made ODWA Battledress. So the earliest date would be 1942, or 1943 if that is ODWA. The officer at bottom left is a chaplain BTW. No idea who they are though... there are not that many of them, 10 short of a full infantry battalion for example, although most combat units were short of officers. Doesn't seem to be much insignia. Less insignia tends to suggest earlier than later WWII although that is not a hard and fast rule. The padre and the guy behind him seem to have some kind of patch I think? 1943-1945 is a good guess I think.

H. M. S. E X E T E R YORK-Class cruiser sailing though the Panama canal. laid down on 1st August 1928. Took part in action against GRAF SPEE with HMS AJAX and HMS ACHILLES. Seriously damaged by 11" shells with many casualties and outbreak of fire. Continued to engage the enemy until power lost by flooding. Withdrawn from Action with heavy list and all guns unserviceable. Sunk 1942 by Japanese cruisers.