Italian civilians clambering over the ruins of the Ponte Alle Grazia, one of the bridges over the River Arno destroyed by the Germans before evacuating Florence, 14 August 1944. Frame:none Members of the Women's Land

Members of the Women's Land Army smile as they hold their tools aloft while climbing over a gate on a British farm during the First World War

Christmas Day 1915

143 Squadron RAF

Half-length portrait of Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese

which served in the Mediterranean during the First World War

Italian civilians clambering over the ruins of the Ponte Alle Grazia, one of the bridges over the River Arno destroyed by the Germans before evacuating Florence, 14 August 1944. Frame:none Members of the Women's LandCivilians clambering over the ruins of the Ponte Alle Grazia, one of the bridges over the River Arno destroyed by the Germans before evacuating Florence on 11 August 1944. With the arrival of the British forces, the civilians were returning to the north s