Sherman tank of 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) in the Sicilian town of Mascalucia, 1943

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, Italy, 1943.

The two British soldiers sharing their tank with inquisitive local children are named as 'Jack Jenkins' and 'Trooper Findlay'. Mascalucia was occupied by the Allies in August 1943 following the invasion of Sicily.

Corporal James Brisbane Jenkins died of his wounds on 6 October 1943, aged 21, during the fighting around Termoli on the east coast of mainland Italy. He is buried at the Sangro River War Cemetery.

From an album containing 246 photographs compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).