Physical training in the desert, 1943 (c)

Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1943 (c).

Although troops were kept 'fighting-fit' by their officers, life in the desert was very tough. Adequate drinking water and medical supplies were not always available. Soldiers had to survive extremely high daytime temperatures and very cold nights. Newly arrived men generally spent time acclimatising in the Nile delta area before moving into the desert.

From an album containing 217 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).