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Graves of soldiers from 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), killed in action at Wanssum, Netherlands, January 1945
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1975-03-63-21-107

Description

Graves of soldiers from 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), killed in action at Wanssum, Netherlands, January 1945. Photograph: L to R - Graves of Cpl. Howe, Tpr. Taylor N and Tpr. Russell G., killed in action in the WANSSUM Battle. Shows a man in uniform saluting three snow covered graves marked with white wooden markers. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission records the deaths of Robert Weir Howe’s death (aged 28), Norman Taylor (aged 21) and George Newbigging Russell. (aged 27), on 8 January 1945 and their burials at Venry War Cemetery. From a photograph album containing 222 photographs and captions compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944-1945. Photographs are of locations in Holland, Belgium and Germany. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1939-1945).

Campaigns

World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)