'"C" Sqn with the F.D.Ls and a discarded parachute', 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Operation VARSITY, March 1945

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

A Sherman tank of 'C' Squadron, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), positioned beneath a discarded parachute hanging from a tree. The unit, having crossed the River Rhine, was supporting infantry in 'F.D.Ls', Forward Defended Localities, during Operation VARSITY, the airborne assault in support of 21st Army Group's drive into northern Germany.

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