Armoured cars, Budleigh Salterton, Devon, 1938

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

Lanchester, Crossley and Rolls Royce armoured cars of the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) and the 12th Royal Lancers (Prince of Wales's).

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 ageing Rolls Royce armoured cars of the Sharpshooters were also replaced with Lanchesters prior to the outbreak of World War Two. 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.