'J. Sale's tank and 'A' Squadron moving to the Ruffini [sic] area', Normandy, 18 August 1944

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

A column of British Sherman tanks, some with turrets reversed, on a road, near Rouffigny in Normandy. The men on the leading tank are named as (from left to right), 'Tony Pistori, Johnny Davies, Topper Brown, Nobby Clark'. The leading Sherman has spare tank tracks stowed on its glacis which provided additional protection from anti-tank fire.

The 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) War Diary records heavy fighting on 18 August 1944 near Rouffigny with three of its tanks hit by anti-tank fire; ten men are recorded killed and eleven men wounded or missing in action.

From an album of 211 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).