Major Robert Frank Gale MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), England, 1944

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

This photograph was taken in England prior to Operation OVERLORD, the invasion of mainland Europe in June 1944.

Major Robert Frank Gale MC, of 'C' Company, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), died on 10 July 1944 during heavy fighting near Eterville. According to the unit's war diary, 'C' Company were in action against German infantry attacking Eterville on 10 July 1944 and Gale is listed as among seven casualties that day. The diary records, 'Major Gale MC, fatally wounded by shell fire and several officers wounded during periods of intermittent shelling'. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission record confirms the date of death, serial number and records Gale's permanent grave at the Banneville-la-Campagne war cemetery.

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