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Jan 27, 2020

The Horror of the Holocaust in Colour

"Never shall I forget the little faces of the children, whose bodies turned into wreaths of smoke beneath a silent blue sky" - Elie Wiesel, Holocaust survivor. Today is Holocaust Memorial Day, marking 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz by the Soviets, and to mark this anniversary I have colourised a selection of photos taken throughout the first few months of 1945, as the wider world became fully aware of the horrors of the Nazi holocaust. This is the most harrowing p

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Tom Marshall

May 30, 2018

Air Raids of WW1: Zeppelins in Colour

They were the height of luxury travel before the war, but nobody imagined the death and destruction that airships could bring to Britain's streets during World War One. Damage in the yard of the home of vet and blacksmith Mr T.H. Walden in East Street off Albert Street, King’s Lynn, following a Zeppelin raid which took place on 19th January 1915. Despite the huge amount of damage caused by the bomb, the whole family - mother, father and three children - escaped with their liv

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Those Magnificent Men: Everyday Heroes of the RAF in Colour

Tom Marshall

Mar 29, 2018

Those Magnificent Men: Everyday Heroes of the RAF in Colour

April 1st 2018 marks 100 years since the formation of the Royal Air Force (RAF). On previous significant anniversaries I have colourised sets of official photographs to mark the occasions, such as my Somme and Passchendaele projects. This time I’ve decided to do something slightly different and have collated personal family photographs I’ve colourised for various clients over the past few years, to show the ordinary airmen of the RAF in colour for the first time. Women have

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Tom Marshall

Jul 25, 2017

100 Years On: Passchendaele in Colour

Just over a year ago I published a blog of photos taken during the battle of the Somme in 1916. This week marks the centenary of another famous and bloody battle of the First World War, the Battle of Passchendaele, which began on 31st July 1917. The battle took place on the Western Front, from July until November 1917 for control of the ridges south and east of the Belgian city of Ypres in West Flanders. Officially known as the Third Battle of Ypres, Passchendaele became inf

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Tom Marshall

Apr 24, 2017

The Easter Rising in Colour

Monday 24th April is an important date in the history of Ireland and Britain. 101 years ago, Ireland saw most significant uprising since the rebellion of 1798, and the first armed action of the Irish revolutionary period. These photographs were lost for decades, hidden in an album within the offices of the Irish Independent, and were discovered in 2015 almost a century after they were taken. Only 18 photographs of the Easter Rising of 1916 were taken by the Irish Independent

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Tom Marshall

Jun 19, 2016

100 Years On: The Somme in Colour

The Battle of the Somme was one of the bloodiest battles in human history and symbolised the horrors of warfare in the First World War. July 1st 1916, the first day of the battle, saw almost 60,000 British casualties. After months of fighting over one million men had been wounded or killed across all sides. By the end of the battle, the British Army had suffered 420,000 casualties. The French lost 200,000 men and the Germans nearly 500,000. Of the thousands of photos taken d

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Tom Marshall

Feb 10, 2016

The Welsh Guards in Colour

in 2014 I was asked by the Welsh Guards to colourise a series of photos for Trevor Royle's book 'Bearskins, Bayonets and Body Armour: Welsh Guards, 1915-2015'. The project was a massive undertaking and required hours of research into the colours of uniforms and equipment. I was lucky enough to have the help of ex-Guards officer and writer Nicholas Drummond to get the colours as authentic as possible. The text accompanying the following photos includes information taken from

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Tom Marshall

Oct 28, 2015

A Chaplain at Belsen

WARNING: THIS ARTICLE CONTAINS GRAPHIC IMAGES. (Originally written April 2015) The images contained in this article may be shocking, but are included to highlight a very dark period of human history. In my line of work as a photo restorer and colouriser of historical photos, I often come across very interesting stories that impel me to dig deeper and find out as much as I can about the people in the pictures, and what they did with their lives. This article is a bit different

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Tom Marshall

Jul 23, 2015

Two Tigers

Photos of a father and son, taken 30 years apart. Arthur James Langran served with the Leicestershire Regiment during the First World War and his son Peter Francis Langran served with the same regiment during the Second World War. The Leicestershire Regiment were famously known as the “Tigers” after their service in India during the early 19th century. From 1925 the regiment was granted the badge of a royal tiger, which can be seen on AJ Langran’s cap in his portrait. The

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Tom Marshall B.A. (Hons)

Professional Photo Colouriser

The Horror of the Holocaust in Colour

Air Raids of WW1: Zeppelins in Colour

Those Magnificent Men: Everyday Heroes of the RAF in Colour

100 Years On: Passchendaele in Colour

The Easter Rising in Colour

100 Years On: The Somme in Colour

The Welsh Guards in Colour

A Chaplain at Belsen

Two Tigers