Crewmen of a Sherman Firefly of 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, 1944 (c)

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

The 'C' Squadron soldiers depicted are: Lance Corporal Bond, Trooper Jones, Trooper Symes and Corporal Proudfoot. Their Sherman is fitted with a 17-pounder gun which was capable of knocking out the largest German tanks.

The Sherman tank had a crew of five consisting of a commander, the driver, a gunner, a radio operator who also acted as gun loader, and a co-driver who also manned the hull machine gun.

From an album containing 266 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).