A troop of tanks passing carriers of the Dutch Brigade and moving up to assault the crossings over the dykes south of the town of Tilburg, 26 October 1944
Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1944.
3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry reached Tilburg, in tandem with the Dutch Brigade, on 26 October 1944 after overcoming light German opposition. The regiment lost two tanks to a 50 mm anti-tank gun. In the foreground are Universal Carriers.
From an album containing 222 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-21-14
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-21-14