Winston Churchill discussing the battle situation in Italy with the Commander of the Eighth Army, Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese (left) and the Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean, General Sir Harold Alexander, 26 August 1944. Ships image: A convoy of merchant

image: A convoy of merchant ships accompanied by a Naval escort

The ground is covered in snow and the scene is lit by a low orange sun

as she sits at the tiller of her boat

with the twisted wreckage of a burnt out car in Belfast during the Battalion's first tour of duty in Northern Ireland

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Winston Churchill discussing the battle situation in Italy with the Commander of the Eighth Army, Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese (left) and the Supreme Allied Commander Mediterranean, General Sir Harold Alexander, 26 August 1944. Ships image: A convoy of merchantThe Prime Minister, the Rt Hon Winston Churchill, MP, discussing the battle situation with the Commander of the Eighth Army, Lieutenant General Sir Oliver Leese (left) and the Supreme Allied Commander of the Mediterranean, General Sir Harold Alexander, at