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Church Parade, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Minehead, Somerset, 1939

Church Parade. Minehead, 1939

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1939 (c).

The 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) War Diary for 1939 records that the unit received the order to move to the seaside town of Minehead in Somerset on 8 September 1939. The 'War HQ' was moved to the Avenue Hotel and men were billeted in hotels, guest houses, cinemas and dance halls. The regiment left Minehead for Ilfracombe on 26 September 1939.

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

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-1-110

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-1-110