Soldiers from 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Westbury, 1941

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

The soldiers are named as 'Bill Nottley, Bill Peet, Jock Campbell, Peggy O'Neill'. The truck has a reel of barbed wire attached to its front. The insignia on the mudguard is the white rhinocerous of the 1st Armoured Division. At the beginning of World War Two the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) was part of 22nd Armoured Brigade which became part of 1st Armoured Division in October 1940.

The unit's initial road and rail move to Westbury in Wiltshire occurred at the end of May 1941. According to the unit's war diary, on 1 June 1941, the Sharpshooters numbered 40 officers and 589 other ranks. It was equipped with 22 Cruiser tanks (including Marks VI, V and VIa), 26 light tanks, 10 scout cars and 7 personnel carriers, along with around 65 soft-skin vehicles and 17 motorcycles. The 3rd County of Yeomanry undertook training at Westbury until mid-August. It then moved to Avonmouth and embarked on the voyage to North Africa.

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