The grave of Trooper F J Kingsbury, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Italy, 1943

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

Trooper Frank James Kingsbury, aged 36, was killed in action on 7 December 1943. 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) moved into the town of San Vito Chietino in Abruzzo on the 3 December 1943. The unit moved up to attempt to cross the River Moro but were unable to find a bridge that was intact following the German withdrawal. On the 7 December the Sharpshooters came under mortar and artillery fire and Kingsbury and another trooper, Billy Sullivan, were killed. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records that the two men are buried at the Sangro River War Cemetery.

From an album containing 233 photographs compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).