'Native caique (from Northern Mediterranean)', North Africa, 1943
Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1943.
3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), having been withdrawn to Egypt after a gruelling campaign with German and Italian forces in Libya, reorganised, re-equipped and trained for Operation HUSKY, the assault on the island of Sicily. The unit sailed from Alexandria to Tripoli and then on to Sicily in July 1943.
From an album containing 241 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-13-37
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-13-37