Members of 'A' Squadron, 3rd County of London Yeomanry, visiting 283rd Battery, Royal Artillery, 1942 (c)
Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943), 1942 (c).
Both of these units belonged to 7th Armoured Division, the famous 'Desert Rats'. This division fought in every major battle during the North African Campaign. Later it would land and fight in Sicily and Italy before being withdrawn to Britain to prepare for the Normandy landings in 1944.
From an album of 183 photographs compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-8-124
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-8-124