9th Lancers at El Alamein - October / November 1942

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  1. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    Object # 205194820 : FIELD MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN KG GCB DSO 1887-1976 : General Montgomery : IWM E19699 - Photo taken by Captain Poston. Catalogued 18d11m1942.

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    Object # 205194821 : FIELD MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN KG GCB DSO 1887-1976 : Object description : IWM E 19129 - The Second World War 1939 - 1945: General von Thoma, Commander of the famed Afrika Corps, surrenders to Montgomery at 8th Army TAC HQ. The victory at Alamein marked the turning point in Allied fortunes in the Second World War. Photo taken by Captain Knight. Catalogued 7d11m1942.

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    Object : 205230334 : HALFAYA PASS AND SOLLUM ARE RECAPTURED

    E19642 is described. E19666 is currently seen.

    Object # 205625126 : THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947 - Is described as E19639 though E19693 is currently seen.

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    The next "Object # 205625126" - is "unlinked" / "Page not found" :
    https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205625127


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    Object - 205625144
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19653 is described, E19677 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625145
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19654 is described, E19678 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625146
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19655 is described, E19679 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625147
    https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205625147
    "Page not found"

    Object - 205625148
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19657 is described, E19681 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625149
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19658 is described, E19682 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625150
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19659 is described, E19683 is currently seen.

    Object description
    Original wartime caption: The road up the escarpment from Sollum was badly blown by the enemy as they left. New Zealand engineers promptly tackled the job of repairing it and within a day the road was open to traffic again.

    Object - 205625151
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19660 is described, E19684 is currently seen.

    Object description
    Original wartime caption: One man, held up for a time by the break in the road out of Sollum, was the Commander of the Eighth Army, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, K.C.B. He improved the situation by sitting down to a picnic lunch.


    Object - 205625152
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19661 is described, E19685 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625153
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19663 is described, E19687 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625154
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19664 is described, E19688 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625155
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19665 is described, E19689 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625156
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19667 is described, E19691 is currently seen.

    Etc.

    Object - 205625159
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19670 is described, E19694 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625160
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19671 is described, E19695 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625161
    https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205625161
    "Page not found"

    Object - 205625162
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19672 is described, E19696 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625163
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19673 is described, E19697 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625164
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19674 is described, E19698 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625165
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19675 is described, E19699 is currently seen.

    Object - 205625166
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19676 is described, E19700 is currently seen.
     
    Last edited: Nov 18, 2022
  2. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    Halfaya Pass and Sollum are Recaptured - 18d11m1944

    E19639 : Object description - Original wartime caption: An enemy gun found abandoned near Sollum.

    E19640 : Object description - Original wartime caption: A German fighter plane which crashed near Sollum.

    The Luftwaffe in World War II

    E19641 : Object description - Original wartime caption: One German staff car did not get away in time from Sollum. Out of it stepped a German officer - Lieut. Dr. Schmidt - to be promptly taken prisoner and searched.

    E19642 : Object description - Approaching Sollum, there was heavy rain and our troops had to drive and wade through mud and water. Here is a 25-pounder gun making its way through muddy ground.

    E19643 : Object description - Original wartime caption: British infantrymen tramping through mud on their way to Sollum.

    E19644 : Object description - Original wartime caption: The enemy left Sollum in such a hurry that even steel helmets were left behind.

    E19645 : Object description - Original wartime caption: An enemy booby trap, which would explode if lifted; but this New Zealand infantryman was up to the trick.

    E19646 : Object description - Original wartime caption: Burnout and wrecked enemy transport on the road leading into Sollum.

    E19647 : Object description - Original wartime caption: British infantry searching the ruins of Sollum for enemy snipers and suicide squads who might be left behind to hinder the British advance.

    E19648 : Object description - Original wartime caption: British infantry searching the ruins of Sollum for enemy snipers and suicide squads who might be left behind to hinder the British advance.

    E19649 : Object description - Original wartime caption: British infantry searching the ruins of Sollum for enemy snipers and suicide squads who might be left behind to hinder the British advance.

    E19650 : Object description - Original wartime caption: British infantry searching the ruins of Sollum for enemy snipers and suicide squads who might be left behind to hinder the British advance.

    E19651 : Object description - Original wartime caption: British infantry searching the ruins of Sollum for enemy snipers and suicide squads who might be left behind to hinder the British advance.

    E19652 : Object description - Original wartime caption: New Zealand gunners waiting in Sollum while the road is cleared of mines and booby traps. As soon as they got the 'all clear' they went on up the hill onto the plateau above.

    E19653 : Object description - Original wartime caption: New Zealand gunners waiting in Sollum while the road is cleared of mines and booby traps. As soon as they got the 'all clear' they went on up the hill onto the plateau above.

    E19654 : Object description - Original wartime caption: New Zealand gunners waiting in Sollum while the road is cleared of mines and booby traps. As soon as they got the 'all clear' they went on up the hill onto the plateau above.


    Etc.

    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA 1942
    E19656 : Object description - A Stuart tank advancing through the ruins of Sollum, 18 November 1942.

    E19657 : Object description - Original wartime caption: A light tank rumbles cautiously through Sollum on the look our for mines and boody traps. After being captured and recaptured several times, little is left of Sollum but ruins.


    E19658 : Object description - Original wartime caption: The road up the escarpment from Sollum was badly blown by the enemy as they left. New Zealand engineers promptly tackled the job of repairing it and within a day the road was open to traffic again.

    E19659 : Object description - Original caption: The road up the escarpment from Sollum was badly blown by the enemy as they left. New Zealand engineers promptly tackled the job of repairing it and within a day the road was open to traffic again.


    FIELD MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN KG GCB DSO 1887-1976
    E19660 : Object description - The Second World War 1939 - 1945: During the advance from Sollum through the Halfaya Pass, Montgomery sits on a hillside to have a picnic lunch; behind him is his ADC Captain John Poston.

    E19661 : Object description - Original wartime caption: One man, held up for a time by the break in theroad out of Sollum, was the Commander of the Eighth Army, General Sir Bernard Montgomery, K.C.B. He improved the situation by sitting down to a picnic lunch.

    E19662 : Object description - Original wartime caption: The Army Commander looks out across Sollum Bay after the town had been recaptured.


    Object : 205625126
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19639 is described, E19663 is shown.

    E19663 : Object description -
    Original wartime caption: British transport moving up Halfaya Pass as soon as the remnants of the enemy had been cleared away. The small vehicle in the foreground is a German scout car, one of the People's Cars that the people of Germany frequently paid for but never received.

    Object : 205625128
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19640 is described, E19664 is shown.

    E19664 : Object description - Original wartime caption: British transport moving up Halfaya Pass with Solium Bay in the background.

    Object : 205625130
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19641 is described, E19665 is shown.

    E19665 : Object description - Original wartime caption: British motor transport and tanks moving up Halfaya Pass, after the enemy rearguard had been cleared away.

    Object : 205230334
    HALFAYA PASS AND SOLLUM ARE RECAPTURED
    E19666 is shown - Object description - Original wartime caption: British motor transport moving up Halfaya Pass. In the distance scores of vehicles can be seen moving along the coastal road, while many more are parked on the plain.

    Object : 205625131
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19643 is described, E19667 is shown.

    E19667 : Object description - Original wartime caption: As British transport climbed down Halfaya Pass enemy prisoners marched down.

    Object : 205625132
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19644 is described, E19668 is shown.

    E19668 : Object description - Original wartime caption: British transport at the top of Halfaya Pass is seen passing wrecked enemy vehicles left by the retreating enemy.

    Object : 205625134
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19645 is described, E19669 is shown.

    E19669 : Object description - Original wartime caption: British transport at the top of Halfaya Pass is seen passing wrecked enemy vehicles left by the retreating enemy.

    Object : 205625135
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19646 is described, E19670 is shown.

    Object : 205625136
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19647 is described, E19671 is shown.

    Object : 205625137

    https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205625137
    "Page not found"

    Object : 205625138
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19648 is described, E19672 is shown.

    Object : 205625139
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19649 is described, E19673 is shown.

    Object : 205625140
    https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205625140
    "Page not found"

    Object : 205625141
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19650 is described, E19674 is shown.


    Object : 205625142
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19651 is described, E19675 is shown.

    Object : 205625143
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19652 is described, E19676 is shown.

    Object : 205625144
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19653 is described, E19677 is shown.

    Object : 205625145
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947

    Object : 205625146
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947

    Object : 205625147
    https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/205625147

    "Page not found"

    Object : 205625148
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947

    IWM E19657 is described, E19681 is shown.

    Object : 205625149
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19658 is described, E19682 is shown.

    Object : 205625150
    THE BRITISH ARMY IN NORTH AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST 1940-1947
    IWM E19659 is described, E19683 is shown.

    FIELD MARSHAL THE VISCOUNT MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN KG GCB DSO 1887-1976
    IWM E19660 :
    Object description - The Second World War 1939 - 1945: During the advance from Sollum through the Halfaya Pass, Montgomery sits on a hillside to have a picnic lunch; behind him is his ADC Captain John Poston.


     
    Last edited: Nov 18, 2022
  3. Ramiles

    Ramiles Researching 9th Lancers, 24th L and SRY

    WAR PICTORIAL NEWS NO 81 [Main Title]

    Catalogued : 23d11m1942
    Object description
    An edition of the British official newsreel "War Pictorial News", produced by the Ministry of Information, Middle East.
    Full description
    I. 'NEWS FROM ENGLAND.' Aerial footage shows Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress bomber aircraft parked on hardstanding at an undisclosed airfield location. Brief footage shows parked and uncamouflaged B-17C Flying Fortress aircraft in Royal Air Force (RAF) livery (footage is probably taken at the Boeing Works in Seattle). United States Army Air Force (USAAF) armourers work on .50-inch Browning heavy machine guns in the defensive waist gun position and ventral ball turret of a Boeing B-17 (England ?). A B-17's ball turret guns are test fired while the aircraft is parked and chocked. USAAF ground crews hand-prime the engines of a B-17(E or F). USAAF groundcrews winch GP bombs into the bomb bay of Fortress "Yankee Doodle." Interior footage shows B-17 waist gunners swinging their .50-inch Browning machine guns into position prior to a sortie. Boeing B-17(E?) 12-4418 takes off from an undisclosed location. Internal footage shows B-17 waist gunners posing with their guns (footage has been taken on the ground as the gunners do not wear any insulated flight clothing, essential at operating altitudes). USAAF B-17 Flying Fortress bombers take off for a mission as groundcrews wave from the sides of the runway. Aerial footage shows Boeing B-17(F?) 12-4413 in flight formation. Fortress 12-9415 releases its bomb load over the target area. Stock shots show bombs impacting far below.
    Full description
    II. 'THE AXIS GOES (RUNS) WEST.'(Titling has "Goes" replaced by "Runs" by a hand using a paint brush) Captured German General Ritter von Thoma is introduced to General Bernard Law Montgomery at his tented encampment in the desert (location undisclosed). Stock shots show a large column of Italian Army prisoners of war in desert terrain. The commentary states that the Germans had seized the Italian's transport vehicles in their eagerness to retreat. Footage taken at a former German Luftwaffe desert airstrip shows abandoned and unserviceable Messerschmitt Bf 109F/Trop fighters of I/JG 53 "Pik-As". A partially damaged German DFS 230 glider is inspected by British troops. Partially dismantled Bf 109F/Trop fighters stand in airfield blast pens, their engines covered by protective tarpaulin. Brief footage shows a Messerschmitt Bf 108 Taifun communications aircraft with its canopy open. Stock shot footage shows long columns of British Eighth Army soft-skinned vehicles on the road to Mersa Matruh. Eighth Army M3 Grant tanks, Crusaders and M4 Sherman tanks (three piece noses) enter Mersa Matruh. Partially sunk merchant shipping lies in the harbour of Mersa Matruh. Italian Army prisoners of war shelter under the wing of a damaged Italian Regia Aeronautica Fiat (Caccia Rosatelli) CR 42 Falco fighter aircraft. A Royal Tank Regiment Crusader drives past the camera position, its commander wears a civilian sheepskin overcoat. British Army M4A1 Shermans drive in convoy along a desert road. Aerial footage shows long column of Eighth Army soft-skins on the move. Italian Army Autoblinda 40 armoured cars burn by the road side. Brief footage shows partially dismantled German Luftwaffe Messerschmitt Bf 109E/Trop and Bf 110 fighter aircraft at an airfield near Sidi Barrani. General Bernard Law Montgomery chats to Air Vice Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham (Commander Desert Air Force) as they consult maps at a tented encampment. Stock shot aerial footage shows (South African Air Force ?) Martin Baltimore Bomber aircraft flying in formation with USAAF North American B-25 Mitchell bombers over desert terrain (cf WPN 80). Bombs drop and impact on the desert floor. British Eighth Army soft-skins head towards Halfaya Pass. Eighth Army Universal carriers armed with Bren .303-inch machine guns and Boys .55-inch anti-tank rifles cross into Libya at a border checkpoint. Stock shots show Italian prisoners of war in the desert. A road sign reads "Tobruk-El Adem". A Swastika flag is taken from a flag pole in Tobruk and replaced with the Union Flag.
     

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