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'Investiture at Buckingham Palace', 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), London, March 1944

Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, World War Two, 1944.

This group of officers of the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) were presented with a number of gallantry awards, following active service in the Italian Campaign. Most would subsequently travel with the regiment to Normandy, where they landed on 7 June 1944.

The officers are named as Lieutenant Dunn MC, Captain Sale MC, Lieutenant Hawkins MC MM, Major Grant MC, Captain Whorlow MC,Lieutenant-Colonel Cameron DSO MC, Captain Aitken MC, Major Gale MC, Major Woods MC and Lieutenant Henningham MC.

From a photograph album containing 120 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-17-2

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-17-2