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The Liberation of Basra by the 7th Armoured Brigade, 6th April 2003 by David Rowlands. No text for this item |
C Squadron, 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards, Al Faw Peninsula, Iraq, 2003 by David Rowlands. No text for this item |
Patrol in Az Zubayr, Iraq by David Rowlands. 1st Battalion The Duke of Wellingtons Regiment. Operation TELIC, April 2003. |
River Patrol, Iraq by David Rowlands. 1st Battalion The Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Operation TELIC II, June - November 2003. |
Sergeant-Major Darren Leigh MC, 1st Battalion The Queens Lancashire Regiment by David Rowlands. On 9th August 2003 there was widespread and violent disorder across Basrah due to fuel and electricity shortages. In the suburb of At Tannumah a large crowd gathered outside the Iraqi police station. While his company commander sought support from the Iraqi police, Company Sergeant-Major Leigh, with only some 30 soldiers and three vehicles, faced a crowd 300 strong. The rioters were throwing a hail of bricks, then surged forward in an attempt to overwhelm the police station. Sergeant-Major Leighs small force held them back, but came under small arms fire from gunmen behind the crowd. Despite the disparity in numbers, and sensing that his small party of Queens Lancashires were isolated on the far bank of the Shatt Al Arab, with reinforcement unlikely, Sergeant-Major Leigh seized the initiative by rapidly advancing into the crowd to disperse them. One of three grenades thrown by the Iraqis wounded him in the legs. Despite his injuries he led his 30 men in the subsequent baton charge against the mob, which so unnerved the rioters that they were forced to withdraw and eventually disperse as darkness fell. For his quick thinking, courage under fire, and determination despite his wounds, Sergeant-Major Leigh was awarded the Military Cross. |
Crossing the North Rumaylah Bridge, Iraq. by David Rowlands. 25th-26th March 2003. 3rd Battalion The Parachute Regiment Battle Group. Operation TELIC. |
Corporal S G Jardine CGC by David Rowlands. B Company, 1st Battalion The Kings Own Scottish Borderers, Al Uzayr, Iraq, 9th August 2003. |
B Squadron, 1st The Queens Dragoon Guards, Safwan, Iraq, 2003 by David Rowlands. No text for this item |
Thrown Tracks by David Rowlands. Between 27th March and 4th April 2003, C Squadron The Royal Scots Dragoon Guards was attached to 40 Commando Royal Marines on the Al Faw peninsula. |
Light Infantry in Iraq by David Rowlands. Operation TELIC 1, February - June 2003, TELIC 3, October 2003 - March 2004, TELIC 8, April - November 2006. |
40 Commando Royal Marines by David Rowlands. Capturing the Manifold Metering Station (MMS) on the Al Faw peninsula, Iraq. During Operation TELIC, the liberation of Iraq, on the night of 20th March 2003, 40 Commando Royal Marines, under the command of Lt Col G K Messenger OBE, mounted an amphibious helicopter assault to seize key Iraqi oil infrastructure on the Al Faw peninsula. It took around five hours from H hour until the area was deemed secure, and this painting shows the scene at first light on 21st March. As the first conventional troops on the ground, the strategic significance of the operation was immense. The Commando Group's role in the success of the coalition operation in Iraq was pivotal and profound. In a two-week period of intense operations, it secured vital oil installations, cleared a large expanse of enemy held terrain, and defeated a major enemy stronghold on the outskirts of Basra, killing over 150 Iraqi soldiers and taking 440 prisoners. |
Kicking in the Door by David Rowlands. Royal Engineers providing Close Support during the initial ground offensive into Iraq, 21st March 2003. |
Operation Charge of the Knights, Basra, Iraq, April 2008 by David Rowlands. No text for this item |
The Poachers Strike by David Rowlands. The scene depicts a strike operation in downtown Basra, Iraq. This type of operation was conducted by all four Companies of the 2nd Battalion The Royal Anglian Regiment 'The Poachers' throughout the period April to November 2006, whilst deployed on Operation TELIC 8. |
Cyclops Squadron by David Rowlands. Cyclops Squadron of the 2nd Royal Tank Regiment raiding into Az Zubayr, Iraq, at midday on 26th March 2003. |
Corporal C.J.G. Comber MC by David Rowlands. Corporal C.J.G. (Fred) Comber MC and crew of the Corps of Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers in action on Bridge 4 over the Shatt al Basra waterway, Iraq, 24th March 2003. |
Zulu! by David Rowlands. Zulu Company of the First Fusiliers Battle Group in the attack on Bridge 4, Basra, on the evening of 22nd March 2003 |
Operation TELIC, Iraq by David Rowlands. March - April 2003. 1st Battalion The Royal Irish Regiment deployed in the Rumaylah oilfields in order to secure the Gas Oil Separation Plants and clear the area of any remaining enemy forces. |
Howay the Lads by David Rowlands. Y Company of 1st Battalion The Royal Regiment of Fusiliers assault Bridge 2 over the Shatt al Basrah waterway under heavy fire on the morning of 23rd March 2003. |
Ambush at Kardalan Fields, 18th January 2007 by David Rowlands. 539 Assault Squadron Royal Marines on the Shatt al Arab, Basra, Iraq, during Operation TELIC 9. |
Quo Fata Vocant by David Rowlands. First Fusiliers Battlegroup leading 7th Armoured Brigade into Iraq. 21st march 2003 Operation Telic. |
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