Ken Piggotts tank which partially submerged whilst fording river after this we waited 3 hours whilst Sappers built a Bailey bridge.
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Accession Number

NAM.1975-03-63-15-10

Description

Photograph: Ken Piggotts tank which partially submerged whilst fording river after this we waited 3 hours whilst Sappers built a Bailey bridge. Shows a tank half submerged in a river. Inscribed on the side of the tank: '3 [within a circle]'. Photograph from an album containing 242 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1943-1944. Photographs are of locations in Italy. With captions from a separate index. Associated with World War Two, Italy (1943-1945).

Events

Termoli, Battle of, 1943 (World War Two, Italy 1943-1945)