'2 Troop', 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Egypt, 1943
Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1943.
Group photograph taken at Cowley Camp, Mena, with names listed as: rear rank, left to right: Troopers D H Rees, Edward Gardiner, Mark Read, C Grainger, J Taylor and Robert Lord; middle row, left to right: Trooper Freddie King, Corporal Tom Shore, Sergeant J Longstaff, 2nd Lieutenant R C Roberts Sergeant Charles Harris, Lance Corporal L Barnshaw and Trooper Cyril Whaley; front row, left to right: Troopers J Vernon, J MacFarlane and T Benthom.
In early 1943, the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) were moved to Cowley Camp at Mena near Cairo. While in Egypt, the Sharpshooters undertook routine training as well as TEWTs, Tactical Exercises Without Troops.
From a photograph album containing 84 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-3-45
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-3-45