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The wedding of Charles Rich, 1941

Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, 1941.

The wedding of Charles Rich, an officer with the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), probably in Wiltshire, 1941.

From the Home Counties the Sharpshooters moved to Westbury in Wiltshire. The unit's initial road and rail move occurred at the end of May 1941. Sale took a lot of photographs at Westbury, documenting the Sharpshooters' final period of training before being deployed overseas. Sale shows the unit working on physical fitness, vehicle maintenance, weapons training and tactics.

From a photograph album containing 620 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-2-478

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-2-478