Ancestry’s recently updated database, UK, Wartime Records and Material, 1914-1918, 1939-1945, sourced from the Imperial War Museums (IWM), is primarily composed of 30,182 photographs, but also includes illustrations, letters, newspapers, leaflets, and posters.
The search interface allows for specific filtering by military year, catalogue number, and description. Some of the images include names in their original descriptions, so a keyword search should find them. Otherwise, the collection provides visual context for uniforms, equipment, and daily life in various theatres of war.
Search fields available are: military year (Range), keyword (e.g., “pilot” or specific unit names), description, catalogue number.
The browse feature is helpful for finding representative imagery of specific battles, home front activities, or military roles.
Sounds like a great resource for history students…and for context, which is so important to genealogists.