To the Green Fields Beyond, Cambrai, France, 20th November 1917 by David Pentland.  At 0620 hours covered by a brief barrage from 1000 guns, Brigadier General Elles in a MkIV called Hilda led his 476 tanks against the impregnable German Hindenburg line at Cambrai.  Supported by 6 infantry divisions and 4 Royal Flying Corps squadrons flying ground attack missions, the attack had broken through 3 trench lines and penetrated 5 miles on a 6 mile front by lunchtime.  Although these gains were not exploited and later retaken by a German counter offensive, Cambrai showed the full potential of the tank on the battlefield. 

David and Goliath, Vernon, France, 27th August 1944 by David Pentland.  Leading 30th Corps assault across the Seine at Vernon, 43rd Wessex Division gained an initial foothold on the east bank.  Heroic efforts however by the Royal Engineers of 71st, 72nd and 73rd Field Companies, succeeded in constructing a Class 9 Bailey bridge (David, shown left) and a Second Class 40 bridge (Goliath, shown right).  Despite constant enemy fire this amazing feat was achieved in only 2 days, and allowed 15/19th Hussars Cromwells and 4.7th Dragoons Guards Shermans to cross just in time to repulse a serious German counter attack by Tiger IIs of SS Panzer Abteilung 101.

Battle for Wireless Ridge, Falklands, 13th June 1982 by David Pentland.   Captain Fields 2 Scimitar and 2 Scorpion light tanks of 3 Troop The Blues and Royals along with the Milan platoon, provide vital covering fire for 2 Paras assault on the North Spur Wireless Ridge (Apple Pie).  Following lessons learned at Goose Green additional support was available from artillery, mortars, machine guns and even HMS Ambuscade.  Despite the attack being conducted at night, with frequent snow flurries, and minefields, all the objectives were taken, and at first light the road to Port Stanley lay open and unopposed.

Operation Dynamo, Dunkirk, France 24th May - 4th June 1940 by David Pentland.   Trapped within a rapidly decreasing perimeter, the exhausted BEF along with elements of the French 1st Army appeared to be at the mercy of the mighty Luftwaffe.  No one though had reckoned on the brilliant leadership of Admiral Ramsay nor the gallant and unstinting efforts of the military and civilians who managed to rescue over 330,000 troops in nine days.

Piper Bill, Pegasus Bridge, Normandy, 13.00hrs, 6th June 1944 by David Pentland.  Commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade, led by Lord Lovat, are piped past the defenders of the Caen canal (Pegasus) bridge by piper Bill Millin.  The bridge was originally taken in a coup de main attack by the gliders of 6th Airborne Divisions D Company, 2nd battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, led by Major John Howard earlier that morning.  Shortly afterwards the glider troops were reinforced by 7 Parachute Battalion, and together they held the area against German attacks until the main British forces landing at Sword beach could fight through to join them.

Operation Supercharge, 4th November 1941 by David Pentland.  British MK1 Grant tanks of the Staffordshire Yeomanry 8th Armoured Brigade, 10th Armoured Division, breakout from El Alamein.

Road to Mandalay, Burma, February 1945 by David Pentland . M3 Lee tanks and troops from General Slim's 14th Army clear Japanese resistance form the village of Ywathitgyi in their drive to Mandalay.

Disaster at Dieppe, France 19th August 1942 by David Pentland.   Under pressure from Stalin to open a second front in Europe, Operation Jubilee was designed ostensibly as a reconnaissance in force on the French coast, to show the feasibility of taking and holding a major defended port for a day, in this case Dieppe. The plan devised by Lord Louis Mountbatten failed due to inadequate naval and air support, carrying out the landing in daylight and general lack of intelligence of the target. Here new Churchill tanks of the 14th Canadian Tank Regiment (The Calgary Regiment), with men of the Royal Hamilton Light Infantry and Fusiliers Mont-Royals, struggle to fight their way off the beach. Only a handful of men penetrated into the town itself, and eventually the remaining troops were ordered to withdraw. Out of 5086 soldiers who landed only 1443 returned. Raid on Dieppe. In military art prints. The Dieppe Raid was planned in April1 942 by Bernard Montgomery and admiral Louis Mountbatten after Winston Churchill was pressured by Joseph Stalin to open a second front in Europe. This  experimental amphibious assault at Dieppe took place on the 19th august 1942. A small  mixed force of 5,000 Canadian troops and 1,000 British Troops landed at Dieppe and came under immediate attack by General Kurt Zeitzler's German troops. and within hours a total of 4,000 Canadian and British troops were either dead or captured. These military art prints pay tribute to the heroic Canadian and British troops who took part in the assault.  

Operation Bluecoat, Normandy 30th July 1944 by David Pentland.   Churchill MkIV tank of the 6th Guards Tank Brigade (comprised of 4th Battalion Grenadier Guards, 4th Battalion Coldstream Guards and 3rd Battalion Scots Guards), pass infantry of the 2nd Battalion Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders during the Battle for Caumont.

Operation "Crusader" 18th November 1941 by David Pentland.  British Crusader MK1 tanks of the 4th County of London Yeomanry Regiment, 22nd Armoured Brigade, charge Axis positions during the opening days of the offensive  battle of Bir El Gibi.  (El Gubi is remembered today as the Regimental battle day by C Sqn (Kent and Sharpshooters). The Royal yeomanry who are the successors to the 4th County of London Yeomanry)

Victory at Beda Fomm by David Pentland.   British Vickers MKV1B Light tanks of the 3rd Hussars, 7th Armoured Division celebrate their part in the momentous victory over Italian forces in North Africa, February 1941.

"Operation Veritable" Eastern Holland, 8th-22nd February 1945 by David Pentland.  LVT Mark II and IV Buffaloes of 79th Armoured Division carry the men of 3rd Canadian Infantry Division through the flooded lower Rhine valley to secure the left flank of the Anglo-Canadian operation.

"Graebners Attack" Arnhem Bridge 18th September 1944 by David Pentland.  German Armoured Reconnaisance troops led by SS Captain Viktor Graebner, of the 9th SS Panzer Division, are decimated and repulsed by the men of Colonel Frost's 2PARA, as they attempt to retake the bridge by a coup-de-main.

The Road to Basra, Southern Iraq, 7th April 2003 by David Pentland.  Challenger II tanks of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and Warrior APC's of the Irish Guards, 7th Armoured Brigade, the "Desert Rats" supported overhead by US Marine Corps Cobras during their epic dawn attack to finally take and secure Basra.

Business as Usual, Great Victoria street Belfast, 21:56 4th December 1991 by David Pentland.  A Provisional IRA bomb left outside the Unionist Party Headquarters in Glengall street (off Great Victoria Street ) exploded prematurely injuring  8 police,3 army and 8 civilians. At the same time it devastated the recently repaired Grand Opera House and Europa Hotel.

Search on the Quoile 1985 by David Pentland.  A joint arms search by members of 3rd Battalion Ulster Defence Regiment and officers of the Royal Ulster Constabulary.

The Royal Irish Regiment by David Pentland.    From Tiffins Regiment of Foot 1689, to present day Royal Irish Regiment Infantryman.