Sherman tanks of 3rd County of London Yeomanry at Catania harbour, 1943

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

British tanks and their crews wait to be loaded onto ships prior to the Allied invasion of Italy in September 1943. The 3rd County of London Yeomanry had landed in Sicily on 10 July as part of 4th Armoured Brigade, having previously served in North Africa and the Middle East.

From a photograph album containing 246 photographs compiled by Maj W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).