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Crusader tank and crew, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), North Africa, 1942
Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)., World War Two, North Africa, 1942.
The tank crew are named as 'Jimmy Glassborow', 'Freddie Dressel', 'Chris Wrey'. and 'Ron Grant'.
'Jimmy Glassborow', probably Corporal Harold Leslie Glassborow, and Trooper Frederick Dressel, who were both killed in action on 5 June 1942, fighting in 'the Cauldron', part of the Allied defensive line at Gazala. Chris Wrey (second from right) was later badly wounded in Sicily in 1943.
From an album containing 189 photographs compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-7-95
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-7-95