'Road to Cassibile near the beachhead', Sicily, July 1943

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

A signpost directs Allied troops to a and ammunition and fuel depot near 'George Beach'.

Transported on American-built 'Landing Ships, Tank', or 'LSTs', sailing from North Africa, the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) landed in Sicily on 10 July 1943 as part of 4th Armoured Brigade.

According to the unit war diary 41 of 50 tanks were landed on 10 July 1943 primarily on beaches codenamed 'George' and 'How'. Resistance on the ground and from the air was limited. Cassibile and the high ground to the west of the village were among the initial objectives of the Sharpshooters following their successful amphibious landing.

The war diary for 10 July 1943 mentions an ammunition dump, near 'How Beach', exploding, resulting in the wounding of Sergeant Longstaff of 'A' Squadron.

From an album containing 246 photographs compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).