NAM.1975-03-63-7-119

Photograph: 'War Strikes'. Norrie, Geof, Mike + Bill. Men from 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters) take cover in an entrenchment, North Africa, 1942. Photograph compiled by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa, 1942. The men posing as if taking cover from an air attack are named as ‘Norrie’, ‘Geof’, ‘Mike’ and ‘Bill’. Norrie Allison is on the far left, wearing a beret while Bill Patterson is on the far right wearing a steel helmet. One soldier, Mike Carter, is armed with a Thompson sub-machine gun, another, Geof Fiske, mans a Bren gun. The four men made up the crew of the Crusader Mark II tank (T16569) nicknamed ‘Anitha’, 4 Troop, ‘A’ Squadron, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters). From a photograph album containing 189 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1942. Photographs are portraits and scenes of interest associated with 7th Armoured Division in Africa. With captions from a separate index volume. Associated with World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943).

World War Two, North Africa (1940-1945)