'Lt. Col. Rankin', 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1944.

Lieutenant-Colonel W 'Bill' Rankin, smokes a cigarette during a quiet moment in the Normandy Campaign. Rankin organised the amalgamation of the 3rd and 4th County of London Regiments into a single Regiment, following heavy losses during June and July 1944. He commanded the Regiment until he received a severe leg wound just after crossing the frontier into Germany in early 1945.

From a photograph album containing 211 photographs compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944-1945.