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Headquarters Squadron, 'Tank Troop', 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Cowley Camp, Mena, Cairo, 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 row ( left to right): Troopers W Ford, D Chittenden, E Dyke, G Elliott, W Simmons, A Partridge, A MacArthur and G Chaplin; middle row (left to right): Corporal B Barker, Sergeant E G Coe, Lieutenant K Piggott, Major Allan W Grant (Military Cross), Lieutenant-Colonel George Willis (Distinguished Service Order), Captain E R C Bradbury, Sergeants J Balding, J Rhodes and Corporal J Gill; middle row (left to right): Troopers A Legg, W Griggs, Signalman T Vose, Troopers S Walsh and G Stock.

In early 1943, the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) was moved to Cowley Camp at Mena near Cairo where the unit was re-equipped and personnel undertook training in preparation for the invasion of Sicily.

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. 1975-03-63-3-72

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-3-72