Through their eyes

Royal Marine Commando photo album 1945-48

11/17/2011 00:14:00

John Underhill Served with Royal Marine Commando 1945 -1948 .

Album contains many fascinating photos ..we see training at Deal barracks 932 squad . lympstone in Devon ...Commando training unit at Towyn Wales .

He is then drafted to 45 Commando in Malta in 1947.

Album contains some nice photos of Royal navy ships in Grand harbour , Malta . These include carriers HMS Indefatigable and HMS Triumph ....a few photos of HMS Ajax , a photo of HMT Empress of Australia , heavy submarine k-36 ..

There are also few photos relating to service in special boat section ...we see special boat service submarine HMS Solent in grand harbour and 4 photos of an inflatable canoe "FOL-boat " being pulled out of the subs forward hatch .

Cd containing high resolution scans is available by clicking on link below . http://www.throughtheireyes2.co.uk/ROYAL-MARINE-COMMANDO-PHOTOS.html

New Album German soldiers photos , served in Greece and Crete 1941

08/01/2011 08:39:00

Gunter Geucke photo album relates to service during the invasion of Greece and Crete 1941

I have just scanned this excellent album which offers a fascinating glimpse into this mans war time experience . DVD contains over 330 high res scans of individual photos , plus whole page scans showing the original captions . The album is well captioned with locations and dates .

Gunter is seen throughout the album . The album features some good quality photos of German army vehicles . There are photos of StuG III assault guns / panzers . Columns of trucks on the move . Several very nice photos of Kruppe Protze trucks .

3 photos feature a US Douglas Dakota transport plane with German markings ..I believe this plane could have been one of the Dutch KLM planes captured during the invasion of Holland .There are photos of Luftwaffe Ju 52 transport planes Gunter travelled to Crete via one of these planes on 23.5.1941 , during the invasion of the Island, 2 photos were taken within the plane .

Other images include bomb damage to various locations in Greece & Crete , funeral services , Grave sites , Pows , locals going about there daily lives .

The album ends with images of a poorly looking man , Gunter contracted malaria while serving in Crete .

New album ..German officer 6 Gebirgs division Murmansk front Winter 1941-42

05/13/2011 21:07:00

I have just finished scanning a new photo album which belonged to a German officer Franz Amberger of 6 Gebirgs division ( mountain troops ) . The album covers service on the Murmansk front during the winter of 1941-1942 . The album contains many good images of winter gear in use . There are also photos of dead Russian soldiers , Russian POW's , machine gun posts etc . This is an album gives a real flavour of the harsh conditions these tough men had to endure .

feel free to click on the link below .

http://www.throughtheireyes2.co.uk/6-Gebirgs-Division-photos.html

NEW ADDITION 17th/21st LANCERS REGIMENT PHOTO ALBUM 1937-1939

01/09/2011 15:37:00

NEW ADDITION 17th/21st LANCERS REGIMENT PHOTO ALBUM 1937-1939

"Buck Boyd" ..served with the 17th/21st Lancers regiment . The album cover his service in India NWFT 1937-1939. ( he later went on to serve in WW2 ) .

The album has some nice photos of light tanks ..I believe he was a tank driver ..more research required . If you are able to help in tracking this mans WW2 service please contact me .

To view more details of the album please click here.

NEW ... TANK REGIMENT PHOTO ALBUM

12/21/2010 00:57:00

NEW TANK REGIMENT IN INDIA, NORTH WEST FRONTIER TERRITORY AND AFGHANISTAN IN THE 1930's

Lastest addition to the archive is an excellent photo album which belonged to a member of the tank regiment . He served in India , North west frontier territory and Afghanistan during the 1930s . Album contains many great quality images including over 70 original photographs of armoured cars and light tanks .

There are a total of 195 photos in the album , these give a real flavour of the time.

CLICK HERE for link to page .

SPECIAL OFFER

11/20/2010 22:39:00

SPECIAL OFFER

4 excellent original WW2 German soldiers photo albums on 1 DVD . ONLY £10 ( FREE WORLDWIDE POSTAGE) ..click on photo for details

Album 1 ..Fallschirmjager invasion of Crete and service in Russia .

Album 2..SS Soldier in Poland and Russia .

Album 3 ..German Officers photo album ..served 1936- 1959.

Album 4 . German soldiers photo album showing photos of the invasion of Poland in 1939.

DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES PHOTO DVD

10/28/2010 21:06:00

I have now produced a new DVD containg 2700 high resolution scans .(Previously sold on 5 different cds ).

Images include 1000 of western region diesels ..hymeks, westerns & warships produced from original negs dated 1969-71.

550 scans of class 55 Deltics ..

feel free to take a look DIESEL LOCOMOTIVES DVD

jim

STEAM LOCOMOTIVE PHOTOS DVD

10/28/2010 20:56:00

I have now produced a DVD containing 2900 high resolution scans produced from original negs , photos and slides I previously offered these on 10 separate cds .

Images include 20 from original negs of the Cheadle Hulme train crash 1964 . 800 scans of black and white photos and around 2000 scans of preserved steam trains dating to 1970s . 80s & 90s .

Feel free to take a look ..DVD containing 2900 high resolution scans

jim

New ..Luftwaffe pilots photo album.

10/22/2010 00:07:00

Luftwaffe pilots photo album

Just finished scanning a new photo album which belonged to luftwaffe pilot who flew Heinkel He115 seaplanes . These large float planes were used for dropping torpedos , bombs and magnetic mines . They also had a role in coastal patrol .

The photo album contains some good images of He115s , many uniformed photos plus interesting images of the pilots sweetheart ( later wife) and home life ..mainly in Italy where he was stationed in Italy . Album dates 1939-1943 when album ends , I have no idea at this stage if he served the war ..

Feel free to take a look , its now on the website . LUFTWAFFE PILOTS ALBUM

Site curently being completely reorganised and updated .

10/07/2010 22:18:00

I have finally found some time ( and enthusiasm) to give the site a complete , long overdue reworking and add much more information & images .

It will be a long task and ongoing ...hopefully by the end of October it will be getting close to be much better organised and of greater interest to visitors .

I'm still very much in the learning phase when it comes to all things relating to websites and information technology ....any contructive comments welcome .

jim