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'Crowley's at Home', 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Chilford Hall, Linton, Cambridgeshire, 1940

Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1940.

By mid-August 1940, the Sharpshooters were in Cambridgeshire undertaking training, primarily equipped with light Vickers tanks. The war diary of the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) mentions 'A' Squadron billeting 'on farm at Chilford Hall' during the high summer of 1940. Sale's collection includes a series of photographs showing farm animals, tractor rides and some likely candidates for the farmer and his family.

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. 1975-03-63-1-267

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-1-267