A Churchill tank of 51st Royal Tank Regiment crashes through a hedge during the advance across the Italian countryside, 20 July 1944. Interwar Troops of the 2nd Monmouthshire

Troops of the 2nd Monmouthshire Regiment leap from their Universal carrier during an exercise near Newry in Northern Ireland

Roll call of the 1st Battalion

armed with a 'Tommy gun'

The Prime Minister Winston Churchill makes his VE Day broadcast to the British public at the microphone in the Cabinet Office announcing that the war with Germany was over

A Churchill tank of 51st Royal Tank Regiment crashes through a hedge during the advance across the Italian countryside, 20 July 1944. Interwar Troops of the 2nd MonmouthshireA Churchill tank of 51st Royal Tank Regiment, moving through the undergrowth during an advance across the Italian countryside.