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'Sunday morning. Chiddingfold', 1940 (c)

Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1940 (c).

Portrait group of British soldiers named as 'Charles', 'Peter' and 'Frank'. B Squadron 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) were billeted at Chiddingfold in October 1940.

Sergeant Charles Harris was killed in action in Sicily on the 13 July 1943. According to the unit's war diary, his Sherman tank, along with six out of seven others, was knocked out by anti-tank and mortar fire near Tenutella, Sicily. Harris is commemorated at the Syracuse War Cemetery.

From a photograph album containing 620 photographs compiled by Major Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1940-1941.

NAM Accession Number

NAM. 1975-03-63-2-105

Copyright/Ownership

National Army Museum Copyright

Location

National Army Museum, Study collection

Object URL

https://collection.nam.ac.uk/detail.php?acc=1975-03-63-2-105