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General Montgomery awarding Captain Bill Cotton with the Military Cross, 1944

General Montgomery decorating Captain Bill Cotton with the MC, 1944

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

Captain Cotton, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), was awarded the Military Cross (MC) for his gallantry during the Battle of Villers-Bocage in Normandy on 13 June 1944.

From an album containing 266 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-20-46

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-20-46