'Date collectors (not American). Race you up for an akker', Egypt, 1942 (c)

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1942 (c).

Newly arrived service personnel in Egypt generally spent time acclimatising in the Nile delta area before moving out into the Western Desert. During this time they visited the ancient monuments along the river and interacted with the locals.

From an album containing 182 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).