Men of the 5th Battalion, The Northamptonshire Regiment, in the town of Portomaggiore, Italy, April 1945

Photograph, World War Two, Italy (1943-1945), 1945.

The 5th Battalion was part of the 11th Infantry Brigade and served throughout the campaigns in Sicily and Italy, ending the war with crossing the Italian border into Austria. Portomaggiore is located near Ferrara in Emilia-Romagna.

From a collection of British official war photographs relating to the 78th Division.