'A' Squadron, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), before their attack to outflank Rouffigny, Normandy, 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 on a road in woodland near Rouffigny in Normandy. According to the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) War Diary, after three tanks were hit by anti-tank fire, with the loss of ten men killed and several more wounded, 'A' Squadron succeeded in finding a way around the town of Rouffigny in the early evening of 18 August 1944.
From an album of 211 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-19-70
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
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