'Mosaic work inside the Blue Mosque', Cairo, 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).

The interior of the Blue, or Aqsunqur, Mosque in Cairo contains the mausoleum of the Ottoman Amir Ibrahim Agha Mustafazan. It was built in the 14th century and restored by the Ottomans in the 17th century, using blue Iznik tiles.

The Sharpshooters arrived in Egypt in late 1941 and took part in the successful campaign to oust German and Italian forces from North Africa. The unit moved on to Sicily and mainland Italy, returning to the United Kingdom in time to participate in the Normandy Landings in June 1944.

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