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'Transport', 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Egypt, 1943

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

Group photograph of 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), taken at Cowley Camp, Mena, with names listed as: rear rank, left to right: Troopers Richards, Imber, Briggs, Booth, Joyce, Dunbar, Stewitt, Vandermuelan, Robinson, Toutt, James, Potral and James; middle row, left to right: Troopers Smitherman, Griffin, Samuels, Lance Corporal Bentham, Sergeant Rowlands, Lance Corporal Collins, Lance Corporal Cottrell, and Troopers Gordon and Aldersley; front row, left to right: Troopers H Francis, Troiano, Nottley, B L Shaw, Fiddian, Tanner, Warnock, Factor and Bennett.

In early 1943, the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) were moved to Cowley Camp at Mena near Cairo. While in Egypt, the Sharpshooters undertook routine training as well as TEWTs, Tactical Exercises Without Troops.

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. 1975-03-63-11-136

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-11-136