British Sherman tanks cross the River Meuse over the Grave Bridge on the road to Nijmegen, Netherlands, 1944

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1944-1945 (c).

The bridge at Grave was one of the targets of Operation MARKET GARDEN. The bridge now bears the name of John S Thompson of the 82nd Airborne Division who led the initial assault to take the bridge in September 1944.

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