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'C' Squadron, Officers' Mess, 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 on a similar photograph (NAM. 1975-03-63-3-62) as: rear rank, left to right: Lieutenants W H Palmer and F H James, 2nd Lieutenant G H Copson, Lieutenant P P R F Knight; front row, left to right: Captain R F Gale, Major H M Matthews and Captain P W Pearson.

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 an album of 206 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-11-149

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-11-149