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    Rolls-Royce_Armoured_Car_Bardia_1940.jpg (646 × 411 pixels, file size: 86 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg)

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    English: The British Army in North Africa 1940

    IWM caption: "A Rolls Royce armoured car passing through Italian barbed wire on the Egyptian-Libyan frontier, 26 July 1940."

    "A 1924 Rolls-Royce Armoured Car with modified turret, in the Bardia area of the Western Desert, 1940"

    • catalogue_number :E 378
    • database_number : 205203448
    • part_of : War Office Second World War Official Collection
    • subjects:
    • Associated themes
    • British Army 1939-1945, North Africa 1939-1945
    Date Taken on 26 July 1940
    Source
    Image of the exterior main entrance to the Imperial War Museum in London. This photograph E 378 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Flag of the United Kingdom.
    Author No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit
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    This image was created and released by the Imperial War Museum on the IWM Non Commercial Licence. Photographs taken, or artworks created, by a member of the forces during their active service duties are covered by Crown Copyright provisions. Faithful reproductions may be reused under that licence, which is considered expired 50 years after their creation.

    Public domain
    This work created by the United Kingdom Government is in the public domain.

    This is because it is one of the following:

    1. It is a photograph taken prior to 1 June 1957; or
    2. It was published prior to 1975; or
    3. It is an artistic work other than a photograph or engraving (e.g. a painting) which was created prior to 1975.

    HMSO has declared that the expiry of Crown Copyrights applies worldwide (ref: HMSO Email Reply)
    More information.

    See also Copyright and Crown copyright artistic works.

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     The British Army in North Africa 1940 E378.2.jpg

    Original picture scanned by Ian Dunster 12:07, 10 Jun 2005 (UTC) from: Tank Museum Guide. Part IV Armoured Cars - Royal Armoured Corps Centre, Bovington - (No ISBN) and uncredited.

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    current14:36, 2 February 2025Thumbnail for version as of 14:36, 2 February 2025646 × 411 (86 KB)Ichcleaner version from IWM
    12:05, 10 June 2005Thumbnail for version as of 12:05, 10 June 2005800 × 519 (262 KB)Ian Dunster~commonswikiRolls-Royce Armoured Car Bardia 1940

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