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'Lt. Harry Pitt and Infantry of the Dutch Brigade', 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Holland, October 1944

'Lt. Harry Pitt and Infantry of the Dutch Brigade', Tilburg, Holland, October 1944

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

Lieutenant Harry Pitt of 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) carrying infantrymen on his Sherman tank.

3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry reached Tilburg, in tandem with the Dutch Brigade, on 26 October 1944 after overcoming light German opposition. The regiment lost two tanks to a German 50 mm anti-tank gun.

From an album containing 222 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-21-13

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-21-13