The nuns of the convent who now tend the graves of Geoffrey, John and Trotter', Asch, 1944
Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North West Europe, 1944.
Major John Lampert Aitken MC, aged 30, Lieutenant Geoffrey William Hird, aged 21, and Trooper Thomas Trotter, aged 27, were killed when their scout car hit a mine during a reconnaissance patrol near Asch (As) in Belgium on 20 September 1944. They were buried in the grounds of a convent at Asch.
From an album of 266 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-20-56
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-20-56
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