'"B" Squadron tanks lining the Ridge North of Cheux', 27 June 1944

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

The attack on Cheux was part of 'Operation EPSOM' which was designed to outflank and seize the German-occupied city of Caen during the Battle of Normandy. 'B' Squadron 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) held the ridge enabling them to overlook the nearby village of Mouen.

From a photograph album containing 210 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944.