Lanchester armoured car of 'A' Squadron, 12th Royal Lancers, Budleigh, 1938

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1938.

A squadron of the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's), commanded by a former Sharpshooter, Major General W G Carr, joined the Sharpshooters in Budleigh Salterton in Devon for training in 1938. The 12th Lancers had given up their horses and were equipped with armoured cars in 1928. The six-wheeled Lanchester was introduced in the late 1920s. It was armed with .5 inch (12.7 mm) and .303 inch (7.7 mm) Vickers machine guns in a dual mount.

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