'Sergeant's Mess', 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), North Africa, 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: Sergeant F Matthews, Staff Quarter Master Sergeant: W Williams, Sergeants J Rhodes, J Balding, C Wincote, E Coe, C Lonsdale, Staff Sergeant H Boon, Sergeants D Fleming, and T Wallis; middle row: Staff Sergeant Major P Yarrill, Master Quarter Master Sergeant F Day (Military Medal), Regimental Quarter Master Sergeant George Wada, Regimental Sergeant Major C A Holway, Quarter Master Sergeant G Page, Quarter Master Sergeant L Guy, Artificer Quarter Master Sergeant L Smart; front row: Sergeant T Brand, Staff Sergeant Major J Munro, Sergeants W Fitzgerald, E Scotton, E Kern and E Allchin.
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. 1975-03-63-3-80
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
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