County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) practising canal and river crossing by raft, Helmond, 1945

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1945.

It took approximately two hours to assemble the rafts which were capable of taking two Sherman tanks at a time. The rafts were winched across the river by hand.

In the winter of 1944/1945, after the failure of the Operation MARKET GARDEN, 'A' and 'C' Squadrons of the Sharpshooters were situated to the east of Eindhoven in North Brabant, Holland. It undertook training and maintenance in the Asten area, using ranges at Liesel, and across the border, at Lommel in Belgium.

From an album containing 222 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).