Preparation for invasion, Sherman Firefly tank, Worthing, 1944

tograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, Home Front, 1944.

A Sherman Firefly tank, armed with a 17-pounder gun, in a residential street in Worthing. It belonged to 3rd County of London Yeomanry who were then billeted in the town while awaiting embarkation for the D-Day landings. At this stage of the war the Firefly was the only British tank capable of defeating the German Panther and Tiger tanks at standard combat ranges.

From an album of 120 photographs compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).