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Preparation for invasion, Sherman tanks being fitted with tracks, Operation OVERLORD, 1944

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

Sherman tanks being fitted with tracks in a residential street, probably Worthing, West Sussex. 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) were billeted in Worthing prior to D-Day and the invasion of Europe in June 1944.

From an album containing 210 photographs compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-17-111

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-17-111

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