Members of 3rd County of London Yeomanry rest by one of their Shermans, 1943

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

British tank soldiers rest next to one of their Shermans in the Western Desert. In early 1943 the Sharpshooters were out of the line re-fitting and training. The unit was re-equipped with six pounder Crusader and Sherman tanks after suffering heavy losses in the previous year's Gazala battles. The regiment stayed in and around Cairo training until July 1943 when they embarked for the landing on Sicily.

From an album containing 216 photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).