Bill Barley, a despatch rider of 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1940 (c)

Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, 1940 (c).

The despatch rider sits on a Norton WD16H motorcycle. During the Second World War, Norton, like many other vehicle manufacturers, switched from civilian to military production and produced thousands of machines for the Army.

From an album containing 620 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).