Irish Guards wearing gasmasks advance through smoke with 'tommy guns' at the ready, at Nooks Head near Woking in Surrey, 8 July 1940. Navy renewing public faith in the

renewing public faith in the strength of the British Navy and bolstering pride

of No 220 Squadron RAF

In the background

Correspondence in the Imperial War Museum between Nash and the Ministry of Information reveal that the picture wassubstantially complete towards the end of 1918 and that Nash planned

CECIL BEATON PHOTOGRAPHS: POLITICAL AND MILITARY PERSONALITIES

Irish Guards wearing gasmasks advance through smoke with 'tommy guns' at the ready, at Nooks Head near Woking in Surrey, 8 July 1940. Navy renewing public faith in theIrish Guards wearing gasmasks advance through smoke with 'tommy guns' at the ready, Nooks Head near Woking in Surrey, 8 July 1940.