An unlikely war hero: A photo of the HMS Ranchi by Allen C. Green, 1948-53.

V for victory: A photo of British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill flashing the V sign, World War II.

Did he make it back home? A photo of an unknown Indian soldier in Singapore, 1941.

We were there: A photo of soldiers of the Bombay Sappers and Miners regiment in China, 1900.

Pyre for the poor.

How not to doze off.