Temporary grave of Staff Sergeant Major Tom Brown, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), killed in action, Eterville, Normandy, July 1944

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

Sergeant Tom Leonard Brown was killed in action on 11 July 1944 during heavy fighting near Eterville. According to the unit's war diary, 'A' and 'C' Companies were in action against German infantry and armour and were heavily shelled during the day. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission record confirms the date of death and records Brown's grave at Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville.

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