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'C' Squadron Headquarters, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) billeted at a farmhouse near Unterstedt, Lower Saxony, Germany, 1945

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

Lieutenant Peter Roberts and Major Edward 'Teddy' R C Bradbury.

In the last weeks of World War Two (1939-1945) 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) were in action in Lower Saxony. The Sharpshooters war diary entry for 22 April 1945 describes how tanks of 'C' Squadron and infantry from 1/5th Battalion, Welch Regiment took the village of Unterstedt against 'token opposition'. 40 prisoners of war were taken with no casualties.

From a photograph album containing 198 photographs and captions compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-22-106

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-22-106