'Rameses II by the main pylon', Luxor, Egypt, 1943
Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1943.
A view of a statue of the Nineteenth Dynasty Pharoah Rameses II, Rameses the Great, within the temple complex at Luxor on the eastern bank of the River Nile, the site of the ancient city of Thebes.
Having arrived in late 1941 the 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) fought in the tough campaign to oust Axis forces from Libya. It remained in North Africa until July 1943 when it embarked for the landings on Sicily as part of 4th Armoured Brigade.
From an album of 206 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).
NAM Accession Number
NAM. 1975-03-63-11-20
Copyright/Ownership
National Army Museum Copyright
Location
National Army Museum, Study collection
Object URL
https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-11-20