Men of 1st Battalion The Durham Light Infantry cleaning weapons on board the 'Winchester Castle', July 1943

Photograph, World War Two (1939-1945), 1943.

During 1943 the 1st Battalion served in Malta, Egypt, Palestine and the Aegean before moving to Italy, where it fought until being sent to Greece in December 1944.

From a collection of 650 photographs compiled by the Commando Association.