Picture which shows something of the part by the Royal Navy in the crossing of the Rhine. Picture Shows
Naval mobile crane party lifting a landing craft from a transporte on the Rhine Other craft are in the background.
British Official photograph” photographs are divided into different series.
Each photograph has a title and a legend at the back that describes the image and a number always prefixed with a letter.
The letter/s are:
E series photographs (British Army in North Africa and the Middle East) were taken by: No. 1 Army Film and Photographic Unit
BU and B series photographs (Allied forces in North West Europe) were taken by: No. 5 Army Film and Photographic Unit
SE series (Allied forces in South East Asia) photographs were taken by: No. 9 Army Film and Photographic Unit
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H series (British Army in Britain) photographs were taken by War Office Official Photographers.
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A series (Admiralty Official Collection) photographs were taken by Royal Navy Official Photographers
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C series (Air Ministry Official Collection) photographs were taken by Royal Air Force Official Photographers
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GM series (British forces in Gibraltar and Malta) photographs were taken by War Office Official Photographers.
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Some photographer’s names of these photographs shown here are:
Capt. Horton, Capt. Keating, Lt. Cash, Sgt. Flack, Lt. C. J. Ware, Sgt. Laing, Lt. Spender, Lt. Taylor, Sgt. Oakes, Capt. d'Eyncourt, Lt. D. C. Oulds, Sgt. Midgley, Lt. O'Brien, Capt. Gade, Lt. L. Pelman, Sub Lt. D. W. Cooksey, Lt. Vanderson & Sgts. Chetwyn, R.H. Morris & G. Morris, Lts. McLaren & Mayne & Sgt. Slade, Sgt. Morris, Lt. J. E. RussellSgt. J. Deakin, Sgt. Taylor, No 9 Army Film & Photographic Unit, Sgt. Chetwyn, Lt R G G Coote.
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Links
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http://www.iwm.org.uk/
- http://www.afpu.co.uk/
- http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/
- This is a brief guide to researching photographs. The National Archives holds one of the world's great photographic collections. It covers the entire time-span of the medium and runs into many millions of individual items.:http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/records/looking-for-subject/photographs.htm
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http://www.iwm.org.uk/
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