'Navigator', naval officer, Operation HUSKY, 1943

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1943.

Naval officer on board one of the American-built 'Landing Ships, Tank', or 'LSTs', that transported 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) from North Africa to Sicily, as part of Operation HUSKY in July 1943.

Compared with the hardships of the desert campaign the voyage along the North African coast to Tripoli and then on to Sicily was relatively relaxing for the Sharpshooters. While aboard, relations with the Navy were good and duties were shared with the crew. For example, Sharpshooters helped man the vessels' Oerlikon anti-aircraft guns, although the German and Italian air forces were largely absent during the voyage.

From an album containing 241 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).