archiwalia arch2

GERMANY: G?znter at Halstead, Camp 129, 1948. He would decided to stay on in the UK and spent 71 years living in England and travelling Europe. A RELU...

GERMANY: G?znter sitting on top of an 88-mm anti-aircraft gun. A RELUCTANT Nazi???s memoir has revealed the anguish of fighting for a fascist governme...

UK: SAS Sergeant Bob Turnbull MM on a march into a jungle base in 1955. Note the unwieldy equipment. Woodhouse was constantly trying to find new metho...

UK: Elements of the SAS' D Squadron waiting for transport. FASCINATING never-seen-before photos and a new book chronicle the life and times of John Wo...

GERMANY: On parade. G?znter is front row, second from the left, looking at the camera. A RELUCTANT Nazi???s memoir has revealed the anguish of fightin...

UK: Beware the unguarded moment. Even such a mundane task as washing mess tins requires an alert sentry. Borneo, c.1963. FASCINATING never-seen-before...

UK: As the commanding officer of 22 SAS Regiment John Woodhouse prepares to go on a light order patrol, South Yemen, 1964. FASCINATING never-seen-befo...

UK: Recruit training in the Brecon Beacons during a 1955 selection. Woodhouse created the SAS selection process, one of the most difficult in the worl...

UK: General Bourne visits D Squadron in Malaya, 1956. Woodhouse is on the right of the picture. His SAS squadrons are reciving high praise for their w...

UK: Major John Woodhouse checking the route timings for the selection course that he devised in Wales, 1954. His selection process meant that SAS recr...

UK: Captain John Woodhouse MC is presented with his war medals by his father Brigadier Charles Woodhouse OBE MC. FASCINATING never-seen-before photos...

UK: Renowned for his fitness levels and discipline, Woodhouse secured third place in the slalom event of the British Army Ski Championships of 1949. F...

UK: No. 78 Division Battle Patrol in Italy 1943, led by Lieutenant John Woodhouse. He recived a Military Cross for his actions in the conflict. FASCIN...

UK: Lieutenant John Woodhouse, taken in 1943 at Palermo. He was applauded for his service during the Second World War. FASCINATING never-seen-before p...

UK: Chairman of Hall & Woodhouse Brewery, 1995. Whilst at the company he started the 'Panda Pops' Brand. FASCINATING never-seen-before photos and a ne...

UK: At an SAS reunion in 1959 some of the Malayan veterans get together. Left to right: Ian Cartwright, Bill Ross, John Woodhouse, Mick Reeves, Ip Kwo...

UK: On exercise in Norway, Woodhouse can be seen shaving. FASCINATING never-seen-before photos and a new book chronicle the life and times of John Woo...

UK: The officers of 21 SAS Regiment in 1958. Major Woodhouse, the second-in-command, is second from right in the front row. FASCINATING never-seen-bef...

UK: John Woodhouse with his parents outside Buckingham Palace after his MBE presentation in 1957. FASCINATING never-seen-before photos and a new book...

UK: John Woodhouse and Peggy Lacey married at East Horsley on 29 May 1958. He was an excellent father and husband. FASCINATING never-seen-before photo...

UK: John Woodhouse at a D Squadron base in 1955. FASCINATING never-seen-before photos and a new book chronicle the life and times of John Woodhouse ??...

UK: Sorting stores after a resupply air-drop in 1955. John Woodhouse would not have been amused, according to the author. "Not a weapon in sight!" FAS...

UK: John Woodhouse at the headquarters of Gassim Monassir in Yemen watching the Egyptian air base, 1965. FASCINATING never-seen-before photos and a ne...

GERMANY: Book cover. A RELUCTANT Nazi???s memoir has revealed the anguish of fighting for a fascist government you despise, the bloody reality of figh...

GERMANY: G?znter with Luftwaffenhelfer colleagues. G?znter is far left, with face partially hidden.A RELUCTANT Nazi???s memoir has revealed the anguis...

GERMANY: Beetz as a prisoner of War. A RELUCTANT Nazi???s memoir has revealed the anguish of fighting for a fascist government you despise, the bloody...

GERMANY: G?znter, armed forces recruit, 1943. He was more interested in girls than war. A RELUCTANT Nazi???s memoir has revealed the anguish of fighti...

GERMANY: Mealtime with friends, a modest repast of rye bread. G?znter is second from the right. A Russian prisoner of war is pouring coffee. A RELUCTA...

GERMANY: A break with other teenage recruits whilst training. As German forces were stretched over various fronts by 1944, young and inexperienced wer...

GERMANY: Luftwaffenhelfer at binoculars. From 1943, boys born from 1926??"1927 were forcefully removed from conventional schooling and placed into Fla...

GERMANY: Beetz' unit The engineers were a ???mobile unit?????"they had bicycles, shown here while cycling ???light?????" without any arms and equipmen...

GERMANY: ???Alarm, alarm Tommy has landed, let???s have you lazybones assemble in headquarter forecourt with all equipment in half an hour.??? This ph...

GERMANY: US sappers clear mines for advance near La Haye du Puits, Normandy, July 1944. It's very posible Beetz' unit had laid the mines in the first...

GERMANY: G?znter???s Mitglieds-Ausweis der Hitler-Jugend??"membership card of the Hitler Youth. He frequently 'forgot' to pay his membership fees. A R...

GERMANY: Amateur dramatics at Ely POW camp in Engalnd with G?znter at the piano. A RELUCTANT Nazi???s memoir has revealed the anguish of fighting for...

GERMANY: G?znter as a new recruit to the Hitler Youth (Hitler-Jugend), c. 1936. He was ten year's old. A RELUCTANT Nazi???s memoir has revealed the an...

GERMANY: La Haye du Puits, Normandy, just seven days before G?znter???s capture. He was caught in a delapidated house very nearby. A RELUCTANT Nazi???...

GERMANY: Three US soldiers advance beside a typical thickly grown hedge in the bocage countryside of Normandy. This was a typical battleground for Bee...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: Harvesting sugarcane from a burnt field. EXQUISITE vintage colour snaps from the 1940s show the backbreaking toil of sugar workers on...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: Sugar cane workers inspect their tools and machetes before starting tgeir long, hard days in the plantations. EXQUISITE vintage colour...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: Cutting through the plants, some reaching over ten foot, was backbreaking work. EXQUISITE vintage colour snaps from the 1940s show the...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: A sugar cane crane. EXQUISITE vintage colour snaps from the 1940s show the backbreaking toil of sugar workers on the US Virgin Islands...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: The USA bought the Virgin Islands off the Danish in 1917. Much like the southern states, there was a large hangover of slaves of Afric...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: A sugarcane field set alight. Possibly to aid with harvesting, possibly to enrich the soil for the next crop rotation. EXQUISITE vinta...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: A brief respite. despite the challenging nature of their work, these farmers seem to be enjoying their break. EXQUISITE vintage colour...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: FSA photographer had only ten days to capture the essence of the farm work on the Virgin Islands. He was so struck by the island he ev...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: Canecutters, noth male and female, work the earth to grow the precious sugarcane in 1941. EXQUISITE vintage colour snaps from the 194...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: Brutal: Working the land in tropical heat. EXQUISITE vintage colour snaps from the 1940s show the backbreaking toil of sugar workers o...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: The sweat soaking through this farmer's hat is testament to the hot weather and hard work he undertakes. EXQUISITE vintage colour snap...

VIRGIN ISLANDS: Almost all of the hard work was completed by hand or by animal. The industry was not mechanised in 1941. EXQUISITE vintage colour snap...