'A' Squadron billet, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Cumberland Terrace, London, September 1939

Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1939.

Sandbag protection outside Cumberland Terrace, near Regent's Park, London. The neo-classical terrace was designed by John Nash (1752-1835), under the patronage of the Prince Regent (later George iV) and was named after his brother, Ernest Augustus, Duke of Cumberland (1771-1851), King of Hanover (1837-1851).

The 3rd County of London Yeomanry was mobilised on 1 September 1939. 'B' and 'C' Squadrons moved to the Regent's Park Barracks in London while 'A' Squadron moved into billets at Cumberland Terrace, London.

From an album containing 328 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1938-1940.