Fitters local protection, 1942 (c)

Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two (1940-1943), North Africa, 1942 (c).

A crewmen of a White scout car fires a Browning 0.5 inch calibre heavy machine-gun next to regimental fitters who are practising with machine-guns on tripods.

To keep the all vehicles and equipment in good working order, each squadron within an armoured regiment would have a fitters section. These men were supplied by the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME).

From an album containing 206 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).