'Invasion craft off King Beach Mont Fleury La Riviere, Normandy', June, 1944
Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945), 1944.
The war diary of the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) for 7 June 1944 records that 'At first light, about 0500, land was sighted and the convoy was now amid a mass of other shipping lying offshore. Moreover, we lay off the American sector, some miles to the West of 'M' & 'O' beaches which were at Graye-Sur-Mer, and where we scheduled to land. Coasting East we were finally told to go in off Mont Fleury La Riviere, about 5 kilos West of our allotted beach.'.
This image shows the coast of Normandy where the 3rd County of London Yeomanry landed on 7 June 1944. This was about three miles west of Sword Beach where they had originally been intended to land. The landing site was changed because the original location was still commanded by German guns at Ouistreham, and the tides were unfavourable. Landing Craft Tank (LCT) can be seen with barrage balloons, anchored to the craft by cables, positioned to deter attacks by enemy aircraft.
From a photograph album containing 210 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944.
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-18-26
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-18-26