Second Lieutenant C F A Pritchard, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944
Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1944.
A photograph of Pritchard's grave marker appears in a later album and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission confirms Second Lieutenant Capel Francis Anthony Pritchard as killed on 18 August 1944. His grave is recorded at the Banneville-la-Campagne War Cemetery. The 3 County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) War Diary records heavy fighting on 18 and 19 August 1944 near Rouffigny with three of its tanks hit by anti-tank fire; ten men are recorded killed and eleven men wounded or missing in action, but no names are listed.
From an album of 328 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1938-1940.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-17-54
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-17-54