Scots Guards: North-West Europe, 1944-45

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    THE CHURCHILL TANK (INFANTRY TANK Mk IV)
    © IWM HU 104162
    Object description
    A censored photo of Churchill tanks and crews of 3rd Battalion Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade in the UK, 1944. Note the Crusader AA tank in the background.
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    THE CHURCHILL TANK (INFANTRY TANK Mk IV)
    © IWM HU 104157
    Object description
    Churchill tanks of 3rd Battalion Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, with infantry of the 15th (Scottish) Division aboard, Normandy, July/August 1944.
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    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45
    © IWM BU 458
    Major Stewart Fotheringham and CSM Low of 'X' Company Scots Guards (under command of 1st Welsh Guards) watch mopping up operations during the advance on Brussels, 4 September 1944. The Major is carrying a German KAR 98 rifle.

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    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
    © IWM B 12026
    Churchill tanks of 3rd Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, with infantry of 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, advance near Beringe in Holland, 22 November 1944.
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    BRITISH TANKS IN NW EUROPE 1944-45
    © IWM B 12027
    Object description
    A Churchill tank of 3rd Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, struggles through boggy terrain with infantry of the 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders aboard during the advance east of Beringe in Holland, 22 November 1944.
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    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-1945
    © IWM B 12028
    Object description
    Sherman Crab flail tanks of the Westminster Dragoons carrying infantry of 2nd Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the advance east of Beringe, 22 November 1944.
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    BRITISH TROOPS IN HASSUM NR GOCH
    © IWM B 14763
    Object description
    Original wartime captio
    n: Scots Guards bring in some civilians found hiding in a cellar: "They always say they are Dutch" said one of the guards.
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    11TH ARMOURED DIVISION SPEARHEAD
    © IWM BU 2913
    Object description
    Original wartime caption: A British guardsman shares a fire with American Paratroopers Left to right - 1st Class Rudy Paratroopers [of Newark New Jersey] 17th U.S.Airborne Division Gdsm. W.Angus of Aberdeen, Scots Guards, and Sgt.Harry Staughton of Richmond, Virginia - 17th U.S. Airborne Division.
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    THE ADVANCE ON CELLE
    © IWM BU 3551
    Object description
    Original wartime caption: Men of the 3rd Tank Bn.Scots Guards [6th Independent Tank Brigade] have a brew of tea by the roadside whilst awaiting the rebuilding of a blown bridge in their line of advance.
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    BRITISH TANKS AND AFVS IN NW EUROPE 1944-45
    © IWM BU 3420
    Object description
    Churchill tanks of the 3rd Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, crossing a bridged mine crater between Celle and the River Elbe, 14 April 1945.
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    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45
    © IWM BU 3426
    Object description
    Churchill tanks of the Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade carrying men of the 10th Highland Light Infantry, 15th (Scottish) Division, during the advance to the River Elbe, 13 April 1945.
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    BRITISH TANKS AND AFVS IN NW EUROPE 1944-45
    © IWM BU 3427
    Object description
    A Churchill tank of the 3rd Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade, with infantry of 10th Highland Light Infantry aboard, crossing a bridge over a mine crater on a road between Celle and the River Elbe, 14 April 1945.
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    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45
    © IWM BU 3428
    Object description
    Churchill tanks of the Scots Guards, 6th Guards Tank Brigade carrying men of the 10th Highland Light Infantry, 15th (Scottish) Division, negotiate a crater during the advance to the River Elbe, 13 April 1945.
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    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45
    © IWM BU 3915
    Object description
    Infantry of the Royal Scots Fusiliers supported by Churchill tanks of the 3rd Scots Guards advance over open ground during operations to outflank German resistance in Uelzen, 16 April 1945.
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    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH-WEST EUROPE 1944-45
    © IWM BU 3919
    Object description
    Infantry of the Royal Scots Fusiliers supported by Churchill tanks of the 3rd Scots Guards during operations to outflank German resistance in Uelzen, 16 April 1945.
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    OUTFLANKING ULTZEN
    © IWM BU 3920
    Object description
    Original wartime caption: Royal Scots Fusiliers and tanks of the Scots Guards during the outflanking manoeuvre.
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