Crusader tank and crew, North Africa, 1942

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

A Crusader tank, probably 'Ailsa II' (T43709), a Crusader Mark 6 tank, of 'A' Squadron, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), with its crew, sheltering from the sun under a canvas awning, with a display of their stocks of food and drink.

The tank crew includes Jimmy Sale, with the other two crew identified as 'Peter', probably Peter Maxwell, and 'Arthur', possibly Arthur Aldred.

From an album containing 189 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).