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  • The rare Victoria Cross is worn on the chest of the celebrated Nepali war veteran Bhanu Bhagta Gurung (also written Bhanubhakta), an ex-soldier of the British Gurkha regiment who in the second world war, earned his medals from repeated bravery against Japanese positions in Burma. He sits here on the terrace of his home, above the misty valley of Gorkha, Central Nepal. He is one of the last survivors of the remarkably brave men  who helped defeat the enemy in the jungles of south-east Asia. Gurung is the name of his Nepalese tribe (like the Sherpas who also come from the high Himalayan Kingdom). His company commander described him as "a smiling, hard-swearing and indomitable soldier who in a battalion of brave men was one of the bravest". Born September 1921 - died March 1 2008.
    medals_gurkha01-16-1997.jpg
  • The rare Victoria Cross is worn on the chest of the celebrated Nepali war veteran Bhanu Bhagta Gurung (also written Bhanubhakta), an ex-soldier of the British Gurkha regiment who in the second world war, earned his medals from repeated bravery against Japanese positions in Burma. He sits here on the terrace of his home, above the misty valley of Gorkha, Central Nepal. He is one of the last survivors of the remarkably brave men  who helped defeat the enemy in the jungles of south-east Asia. Gurung is the name of his Nepalese tribe (like the Sherpas who also come from the high Himalayan Kingdom). His company commander described him as "a smiling, hard-swearing and indomitable soldier who in a battalion of brave men was one of the bravest". Born September 1921 - died March 1 2008.
    RB_142-16-01-1997.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank.
    fairground_ride07-15-09-2014.jpg
  • The first world war memorial beneath the columns and pillars of Royal Exchange, City of London.
    war_memorial03-02-02-2012.jpg
  • Bronze statue of soldier commemorating First World War battles on the side of the Royal Artillery war memorial at Hyde Park.
    war_memorial06-02-12-2009 copy.jpg
  • Two women gaze at the names of war dead at the Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_thiepval04-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen soldiers killed during recent conflicts, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance02-10-11-2009.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank.
    fairground_ride25-16-09-2014.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank.
    fairground_ride17-15-09-2014.jpg
  • Crate stacking activity test for young boys at YHA Edale.
    crate_stacking01-02-06-2010.jpg
  • Armistice wreaths and traffic cones at the Royal Artillery war memorial at Hyde Park Corner.
    war_memorial16-02-12-2009 copy.jpg
  • Now an overgrown, mildew-ridden farm shack in woodland in Seething, Norfolk England, this wall mural was once one of the barracks housing 3,000 young World War 2 bomber crews so was probably painted by a young aspiring artist and aviator with the 448th Bomb Group, a fleet of bombers based in England from November 1943 to July 1945. The picture depicts a confrontation between US Air Force B-24 Liberators, a P-51 Mustang and probably a German Dornier. There are hairline cracks in the plaster but the yellow hue of the hand-painted wall is largely intact despite damp conditions in the shed. There are however, other artistic details now faded. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903.
    aviation_corbis18-05-10-2000.jpg
  • The Irish peace campaigner, Susan McHugh at a local play park, on 16th May 1993, in Dublin, Ireland. Susan McHugh is an Irish peace campaigner who organised rallies in Dublin for peace in Northern Ireland and against the IRA following the bombing in Warrington on March 20, 1992.
    christine_mchugh-16-05-1993.jpg
  • Czech war veterans gather at Brookwood cemetery when their president of the day, the once political dissident Vaclav Havel paid his respects to those nationals who paid the ultimate price during the second world war. The elderly heroes wearing medals and awards from their service during the 20th century war line up before their new president appears during his state visit to the UK.
    war_veterans-12-04-1990.jpg
  • Metropolitan Policeman wearing poppy and army medals on Remembrance Sunday
    remembrance23-11-11-2009.jpg
  • Two serving soldiers in civilian suits but wearing the insignia and badges of the Royal Military Police (RMP), talk quietly together while poignantly paying their respects to the hundreds of markers that symbolise war dead. Crosses and poppies mark anonymous fallen British soldiers and other servicemen and women, all killed during recent conflicts. Dedications from loved-ones or simply well-wishers are written on the wooden crosses on the weekend that Britain commemorates those killed on active service in trouble spots and war locations around the world, the markers a laid on the grass of Westminster Abbey's lawns on Parliament Square, opposite the Houses of Parliament. Armistice weekend is largely held on the closest Sunday to the 11th hour of the 11th Day of the 11th Month, when hostilities famously ended in on 11th November 1918...
    remembrance21-07-11-2009.jpg
  • The WW1 Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme, a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918, with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_cemetery06-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Moss and weeds now grow where once B-24 Liberators of the 392nd US Air Force bomb Group took-off to attack German cities during WW2. Land once again owned by local farmers, the airfields of Norfolk and Suffolk in south-east England were home to 85,000 US personnel from 1942-45.
    runway_weeds01-10-01-2003.jpg
  • Some of the 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012, The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest24-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Dedicated to the casualties of wars, red artificial poppies set into wreaths hang on temporary fencing in London's Whitehall.
    whitehall_wreaths01-04-06-2013.jpg
  • The names of battles in nothern France, scenes of slaughter and sacrifice for young men of the First World War, seen on a memorial at Wincheters College, England where many old boys schooled here and who went on to become leaders and officers in the trenches. The lost generation of British youth is displayed on such memorials across the country, killed at Arras, Bapaume and Vimy - and especially on the Somme during the conflict called 'the war to end all wars'. World War I (WWI) was a global war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918. Ultimately, more than 70 million military personnel, including 60 million Europeans, were mobilised in one of the largest wars in history. More than 9 million combatants were killed.
    war_memorial01-10-12-2012.jpg
  • Czech war veterans gather at Brookwood cemetery when their president of the day, the once political dissident Vaclav Havel paid his respects to those nationals who paid the ultimate price during the second world war. The elderly heroes wearing medals and awards from their service during the 20th century war line up before their new president appears during his state visit to the UK.
    war_veterans-12-04-1990_1.jpg
  • Leap of Faith from high pole activity test for young boys at YHA Edale.
    leap_of_faith06-02-06-2010.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen soldiers killed during recent conflicts, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance10-10-11-2009.jpg
  • The Irish peace campaigner, Susan McHugh at home, on 16th May 1993, in Dublin, Ireland. Susan McHugh is an Irish peace campaigner who organised rallies in Dublin for peace in Northern Ireland and against the IRA following the bombing in Warrington on March 20, 1992.
    christine_mchugh-16-05-1993_1.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank.
    fairground_ride35-16-09-2014.jpg
  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_thiepval02-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Dedicated to the casualties of wars, red artificial poppies set into wreaths hang on temporary fencing in London's Whitehall.
    whitehall_wreaths02-04-06-2013.jpg
  • Serving Royal Military Policeman pays respects to fallen soldiers, killed during recent conflicts, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.The Royal Military Police (RMP) are the Army's specialists in Investigations and Policing and are responsible for policing the military community worldwide.
    remembrance20-10-11-2009.jpg
  • A veteran and former soldier from world war 2 stands  in a side street of Westminster during the annual Armistice Day.
    war_veterans01-11-11-1993.jpg
  • Carvings of battle and heroism outside the Palacio de Carlos V at Alhambra, Granada, Spain.
    alhambra_architecture-9-13-April-201...jpg
  • With a large hand from her worried mother gently caressing her head, a tiny premature new-born born baby sleeps on its side with an oxygen tube in its nose, while gathering strength in her incubator at the Royal London Hospital, Whitechapel, London, England. In her warm cot, a toy bear looks on in the corner and a poem writen on a card from the baby's parents has been attached to the plastic wall. It is a tender moment of hope, that this precious young human life can continue to grow into adulthood and be loved by all. The Royal London Hospital is one of London's oldest, having been founded in 1740 and is a major teaching hospital in Whitechapel, East London..
    city_london09-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank.
    fairground_ride18-15-09-2014.jpg
  • The Air Forces Memorial, or Runnymede Memorial,in Englefield Green, near Egham, Surrey. This memorial is dedicated to 20,456 men and women from the British Empire who were lost in operations from World War II. Those recorded have no known grave anywhere in the world, and many were lost without trace. The name of each of these airmen and airwomen is engraved into the stone walls of the memorial, according to country and squadron.
    runnymede01-10-01-2003.jpg
  • Veteran and former soldiers of the Parachute regiment parade through the streets of Westminster during the annual Armistice Day.
    war_veterans02-11-11-1993.jpg
  • Bronze statue of soldier commemorating First World War battles on the side of the Royal Artillery war memorial at Hyde Park.
    war_memorial12-02-12-2009 copy.jpg
  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_thiepval01-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Locals from Cirencester sit below the first world war memorial on the church wall in the city centre.
    war_memorial01-14-09-2013.jpg
  • First World War memorial soldier beneath the Bank of England (L) and the columns of Royal Exchange. The tall and solid Corinthian pillars of the 3rd Royal Exchange built in 1842 by Sir William Tite. Looking upwards towards a memorial that commemorates the dead from the First World War of 1914-18 between the converging pillars of the Cornhill Exchange building and beyond, to the famous Bank of England in the City Of London, the financial district, otherwise known as the Square Mile. The Bank of England (formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England) is the central bank of the United Kingdom and the model on which most modern central banks have been based. It is wholly owned by the Treasury Solicitor on behalf of the Government, with independence in setting monetary policy.
    war_memorial1-27-09-2011.jpg
  • Carvings of battle and heroism outside the Palacio de Carlos V at Alhambra, Granada, Spain.
    alhambra_architecture-10-13-April-20...jpg
  • Crate stacking activity test for young boys at YHA Edale.
    crate_stacking02-02-06-2010.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen Somerset regiments soldiers killed in action, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance15-10-11-2009.jpg
  • In a farmer's tool shed, a painted mural depicting B-24 Liberators sweeping over the cracked brick wall of what was once an officers? mess at the WW2 Wendling airfield, Norfolk England. Below this scene of heroic military might, young officers flying Liberators of the 392nd Bomb Group gathered before and after raids into Germany from November 1943 to July 1945. The runway is now partly covered by a turkey farm and this building is now full of car and tractor parts. Picture from the 'Plane Pictures' project, a celebration of aviation aesthetics and flying culture, 100 years after the Wright brothers first 12 seconds/120 feet powered flight at Kitty Hawk,1903. .
    aviation_corbis19-05-10-2000.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank.
    fairground_ride33-16-09-2014.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank.
    fairground_ride27-16-09-2014.jpg
  • Pupils from Woolmer Hill School, Haslemere, Surrey, at the WW1 Thiepval Memorial, the largest British war memorial in the world – there were more than 57,000 British casualties in a single day during the battle of the Somme.  The Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme is a major war memorial to 72,191 missing British and South African men who died in the Battles of the Somme of the First World War between 1915 and 1918 with no known grave. Designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens, the memorial was built between 1928 and 1932 and is the largest British battle memorial in the world.
    WW1_thiepval03-20-08-2003.jpg
  • Some of the 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012, The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest23-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Carvings of battle and heroism outside the Palacio de Carlos V at Alhambra, Granada, Spain.
    alhambra_architecture-13-13-April-20...jpg
  • Granite reliefs depicting suffering in First World War battles on the side of the Royal Artillery war memorial at Hyde Park.
    war_memorial02-02-12-2009 copy.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen soldiers killed in Afghanistan, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance12-10-11-2009.jpg
  • A year after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the end of the Communist Eastern Bloc era, riot police tower over a young German girl outside Berlin Cathedral, on 4th November 1990, in Berlin, Germany.
    90s_germany-15-06-1990_3.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank.
    fairground_ride28-16-09-2014.jpg
  • Some of the 6 Greenpeace climbers protesting against Shell's plans to drill for oil in the Arctic, scale the London skyscraper landmark known as The Shard in the capital. Completed in May 2012, The Shard is the tallest building in the European Union. The 46th-tallest building in the world, standing 310 m (1,017 ft) tall, it is also be the second-tallest free-standing structure in the UK. Several Qatari investors finded the construction of the tower via Islamic finance.
    shard_protest25-11-07-2013.jpg
  • Marching grenadier bandsmen pass the war memorial in Horseguards Parade on the Queen's official Trooping the Colour ceremony
    grenadier_guards01-01-06-1996.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen soldiers killed in Afghanistan, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance14-10-11-2009.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank.
    fairground_ride20-15-09-2014.jpg
  • Rising circular fairground ride with EU member flags and Millennium (ferris) Wheel on London's Southbank.
    fairground_ride03-15-09-2014.jpg
  • High-wire activity test for young children at YHA Edale.
    high_wire05-02-06-2010.jpg
  • A detail of a second world war Canadian veteran's chest, festooned with gleaming military campaign medals that symbolise an era of conflict, warfare and especially of survival. Seen as a close-up of polished silver, gold and zinc-alloy, we see only the upper body minus the face of this old soldier whose campaigns include the D-Day landings at Normandy in 1944 because at the bottom of his rack of fine insignia is a badge denoting the Normandy Veterans Association. Elsewhere, a medal is worn for service in Palestine. The unseen gentleman wears a Canadian pin at the top and the contribution of his fellow-countrymen as members of the British Commonwealth is recognised in battlefield cemeteries around the world. But on this day, the 11th November, old soldiers like him march past London's Cenotaph to remember friends who did not return from war.
    medals_veteran11-11-1989.jpg
  • Bronze statue of soldiers commemorating First World War battles on the side of the Royal Artillery war memorial at Hyde Park.
    war_memorial14-02-12-2009 copy.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen Somerset regiments soldiers killed in action, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance16-10-11-2009.jpg
  • Crosses and poppies mark fallen soldiers killed in Iraq, seen during Remembrance weekend at Westminster Abbey, London.
    remembrance08-10-11-2009.jpg
  • The first world war memorial beneath the columns and pillars of Royal Exchange, City of London.
    war_memorial02-02-02-2012.jpg
  • Four members of the Royal Gurkha Rifles are on tactical manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough airfield, England. These Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves. The nearest to the camera points his weapon past the viewer with a yellow blank cover attached. .
    army04-15-12-2007 .jpg
  • An instructor with the Royal Gurkha Rifles points a recruit towards an objective while on tactical training manoeuvres on heathland above Farnborough, on 5th August 1996, in Farnborough, England. Nepali-born boys belong to an elite Regiment of the British army. Every year 60,000 boys attend recruiting sessions in villages and towns in the Himalayan Kingdom but only 150 are selected each year to serve on active duty across the world. They fly to the UK for basic soldier training where they learn the skills required for infantry, transport, communications or clerical duties. Their reputation as a fierce but intensely loyal fighting force and many Victoria Crosses were won for bravery during World War 2. Here they are seen cradling modern SA-80 rifles while dressed in camouflaged helmets with oak leaves.
    soldier_training-05-08-1996.jpg
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