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'The wag pays for his pint of milk', 1944

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

Trooper Dawson of 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) kisses a French woman on the cheek after obtaining a can of fresh milk - no doubt a welcome addition to the usual rations consumed by the soldiers.

From an album of 211 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-19-120

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-19-120