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Pegasus Bridge John F. Sellars

Pegasus Bridge Yorkshire Air Museum
Lancaster 111 JB421 K-King of 49 Squadron 1970 Colin Ashford (b.1919)

Lancaster 111 JB421 K-King of 49 Squadron 1970 Yorkshire Air Museum
B26 Marauders on Airfield in North Africa 1998 P. W. Hall

B26 Marauders on Airfield in North Africa 1998 Yorkshire Air Museum
Pitched Battle Scene c.1700 Antonio Calza (1653–1725) (attributed to)

Pitched Battle Scene c.1700 The Wilson
Portrait of a Governor 1898 Philip Tennyson Cole (1862–1939)

Portrait of a Governor 1898 University of Aberdeen
Spitfire 1978 R. Thorley (active 1977–1979)

Spitfire 1978 Yorkshire Air Museum
Spitfire AC1 1980 R. Forsythe

Spitfire AC1 1980 Yorkshire Air Museum
Cromwell at Marston Moor c.1820–1830 Abraham Cooper (1787–1868)

Cromwell at Marston Moor c.1820–1830 Museum of London
DH9A of 84 Squadron Charles Halliwell (1916–1999)

DH9A of 84 Squadron Yorkshire Air Museum
Halifax at Elvington Trevor Shoesmith (1944–2011)

Halifax at Elvington Yorkshire Air Museum
Roundheads at an Arundel Church 1847–1851 John Frederick Herring I (1795–1865)

Roundheads at an Arundel Church 1847–1851 Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museum
Catch-22: Mending the Stove 1970s Dick Lee (1923–2001)

Catch-22: Mending the Stove 1970s IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Halifax Mk111 LK-R of 578 Squadron George Collier (1932–2015)

Halifax Mk111 LK-R of 578 Squadron Yorkshire Air Museum
The 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards Departing from the Crimea 1869 H. Quinton

The 4th Royal Irish Dragoon Guards Departing from the Crimea 1869 York Army Museum
Kohima Battlefield Ethel M. Kitson (active 1920–1972)

Kohima Battlefield Kohima Museum
The Sending Off, Hull Branch Morris Furman (1914–1999)

The Sending Off, Hull Branch Kohima Museum
Lord Butler Ruskin Spear (1911–1990) (attributed to)

Lord Butler University of Essex
Mountain Railway Transporting Tanks 1939–1946 Roland Davies (1904–1993)

Mountain Railway Transporting Tanks 1939–1946 The National Archives
Wolverhampton Dream 2000 Peter Howson (b.1958)

Wolverhampton Dream 2000 Wolverhampton Art Gallery
German Star Shells: Men at the Guns off the German Coast, 11 August 1918 1918 Charles Pears (1873–1958)

German Star Shells: Men at the Guns off the German Coast, 11 August 1918 1918 IWM (Imperial War Museums)
Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) Robert Walker (1599–1658) (attributed to)

Oliver Cromwell (1599–1658) Oliver Cromwell's House
Gunpowder Press House, c.1880 1981 Robert Tinniswood (1936–1991)

Gunpowder Press House, c.1880 1981 Secret Island at Royal Gunpowder Mills
The Beaches at Dunkirk Joseph Rosinski (active 1975)

The Beaches at Dunkirk Worcestershire Record Office
World War Memorial to the Students of Heanor Grammar School c.1919 Frederick Cayley Robinson (1862–1927)

World War Memorial to the Students of Heanor Grammar School c.1919 South East Derbyshire College
Colonel Sir Joseph William Weld (1909–1992), OBE, TD c.1980 Leonard Boden (1911–1999)

Colonel Sir Joseph William Weld (1909–1992), OBE, TD c.1980 Dorset Police Force Headquarters
Red 4 Caught Out by Sergeant Pilot 'Ginger' Lace, DFM 1990 G. Burtelli (attributed to)

Red 4 Caught Out by Sergeant Pilot 'Ginger' Lace, DFM 1990 Yorkshire Air Museum
Normandy D-Day Landings Oliver Fox (1920–2014)

Normandy D-Day Landings Derby Civic Treasures
Tracked Amphibian Neptunes, Kabrit, Little Bitter Lake, Egypt, 1947 c.1950 John Nicoll

Tracked Amphibian Neptunes, Kabrit, Little Bitter Lake, Egypt, 1947 c.1950 The Royal Logistic Corps Museum
Medieval Times* Oliver Kilbourn (1904–1993)

Medieval Times* Woodhorn Museum
2nd Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, as Chindits, during Operations against the Japanese at Indaw Lake, Burma, 1944 1961 Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907–1996)

2nd Battalion The Leicestershire Regiment, as Chindits, during Operations against the Japanese at Indaw Lake, Burma, 1944 1961 New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, The Royal Leicestershire Regiment Museum
Lieutenant John Cridlan Barrett, VC, 1/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment during the Attack on Machine Guns in Forgan's Trench, 24... 1958 Terence Tenison Cuneo (1907–1996)

Lieutenant John Cridlan Barrett, VC, 1/5th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment during the Attack on Machine Guns in Forgan's Trench, 24 September 1918 1958 Newarke Houses Museum
Sir Duncan Macgregor William Gillard (c.1812–1897)

Sir Duncan Macgregor The Regimental Museum of the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders
Colonel Sir John Ruggles-Brise, Bt, CB, OBE, TD, JP of Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (1958–1978) 1978 Leonard Boden (1911–1999)

Colonel Sir John Ruggles-Brise, Bt, CB, OBE, TD, JP of Spains Hall, Finchingfield, Lord Lieutenant of Essex (1958–1978) 1978 Essex County Council
Major-General William Allan (1832–1918), 41st Regiment, Colonel of The Welch Regiment (1904–1918) 1900 Daniel Albert Wehrschmidt (1861–1932)

Major-General William Allan (1832–1918), 41st Regiment, Colonel of The Welch Regiment (1904–1918) 1900 The Regimental Museum of The Royal Welsh
Commemorating the Anniversary of the D-Day Landings, Normandy Beach, 6 June 1944 1994 Terry Harrison (b.1951)

Commemorating the Anniversary of the D-Day Landings, Normandy Beach, 6 June 1944 1994 Hampshire Cultural Trust Headquarters, Winchester (Hampshire County Council’s Fine Art Collection)
The 'Antelope' Packet Captures the 'Atlanta' French Privateer, off Jamaica, 2 December 1793 Geoff Shaw (1924–1992)

The 'Antelope' Packet Captures the 'Atlanta' French Privateer, off Jamaica, 2 December 1793 National Maritime Museum Cornwall
HMS 'Broadsword' Rescuing Survivors from HMS 'Coventry', 25 May 1982 1982 Charles David Cobb (1921–2014)

HMS 'Broadsword' Rescuing Survivors from HMS 'Coventry', 25 May 1982 1982 Herbert Art Gallery & Museum
'Henry IV', Part I, Act I, Scene 3, Hotspur and the Fop 1828 Samuel John Egbert Jones (1797–1861)

'Henry IV', Part I, Act I, Scene 3, Hotspur and the Fop 1828 Royal Shakespeare Theatre
Under Mars 1950s Bryan Wynter (1915–1975)

Under Mars 1950s York Art Gallery
Officer of the 64th Foot c.1835 unknown artist

Officer of the 64th Foot c.1835 The Staffordshire Regiment Museum