Trooper King, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), on wireless watch, Scheesel, 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.
A Sherman tank of 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) parked in the town of Scheesel, with stowage on the glacis plate and a wooden ladder propped against its side. A crew member sits on the turret manning a radio.
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 notes that 'A' Squadron followed 1st Battalion Highland Light Infantry from Scheesel to Westerholz on the 23 April 1945.
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. 1975-03-63-22-110
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-22-110