Trooper Mannington and his pet dog 'Rose' 1944 (c)

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

A member of the 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry poses with a dog next to his Sherman tank. The regimental dog is part of a long tradition in the British Army of including pets 'on the strength', that is, animals that are fed and housed at regimental expense.

From an album containing 266 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).