'Outside the Tombs of the Nobles', 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 wall painting including ancient Egyptian women and a musician at the Tombs of the Nobles. The tombs are on the western bank of the River Nile, near Luxor, 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).