'Tanks having de-waterproofed going inland passing some of the German concrete defences, part of the Atlantic Wall', 7 June 1944

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1944.

Sherman tanks of the 3rd County of London Yeomanry driving past abandoned German defences. The Sharpshooters landed on 7 June 1944 in support of 153rd Brigade near Mont Fleury La Rivière. Their war diary records them de-waterproofing at an assembly area at Banville. While their landing was unopposed by the end of June the unit was beginning to take casualties in heavy fighting with German forces.

From a photograph album containing 210 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944.