
Online Collection
'2 Troop', 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), North Africa, 1943
Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1943.
Group photograph taken at Cowley Camp, Mena, with names listed as: rear row: Troopers A Watson, R G Johnson, A J Bigham, Lance Corporal O Chappell and Trooper T Brook; middle row: Corporal A Harvey, Sergeant R Lockyer, 2nd Lieutenant G H Copson, Lance Sergeant T R Bryant, Lance Corporal R Williams; front row: Troopers J Hoyle, J Fyles, J Hill, E Gray and W Walker.
In early 1943, the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) was moved to Cowley Camp at Mena near Cairo where the unit was re-equipped and personnel undertook training in preparation for the invasion of Sicily.
From a photograph album containing 84 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-3-65
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-3-65