'"A" Squadron tanks unloading in Molenstraat, Asten, after their return from Wanssum', January 1945
Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1945.
Civilians watch a Sherman tank roll by in the snow in the town of Asten, North Brabant, Holland. 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry arrived in the Dutch town of Asten on 19 December 1944 for rest and refitting and remained there until late January 1945. An appendix in the unit's war diary records the Sharpshooters involved in an operation against German forces in the Wanssum area on 6-8 January 1945.
From an album containing 222 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-21-100
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-21-100