Then and Now

IWM

In this collection , the original “then” photographs are from the Imperial War Museum collections.

 

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Black-and-white photo of a Churchill tank carrying infantry of the Royal Scots Fusiliers past a destroyed German Mk IV tank and the ruined church in Le Tourneur, Normandy, on 3 August 1944
1944

Le Tourneur, Normandy, 1944

A Churchill tank carrying infantry of the Royal Scots Fusiliers passes a destroyed German Mk IV tank in Le Tourneur, 3 August 1944.

Black-and-white photo of a Cromwell tank of 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry driving through the main street of Vassy, Normandy, on 15 August 1944, past a roadside kilometre marker, with the church spire in the distance
1944

Vassy, Normandy, 1944

A Cromwell tank of 2nd Northamptonshire Yeomanry, 11th Armoured Division, driving through Vassy, 15th August 1944.

Black-and-white photo of the ruined church and village of Cagny, Normandy, on 19 July 1944, with Sherman tanks among the rubble and a soldier walking towards the camera
1944

Cagny, Normandy, 1944

A scene of destruction in the village of Cagny, 19 July 1944. Two Sherman ARVs arrive to recover a disabled Sherman tank.

Black-and-white 1941 photo of village children watching soldiers beside a Matilda II tank of 44th Royal Tank Regiment stopped in the street at Findon, West Sussex
1941

Findon, West Sussex, 1941

Children watch activity around a Matilda Mk II tank of 44th Royal Tank Regiment in Findon, Sussex, during exercises against ‘enemy’ parachute troops, 4 March 1941.