‘Bill’, William ‘Billie’ Palmer, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), North Africa, 1942
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1975-03-63-7-151
Description
Photograph: Bill. Shows Bill Palmer wearing headphones sitting on top of a tank of 4 Troop, ‘A’ squadron. Tank commander Bill Palmer sits in the turret of ‘Ailsa II’ (T43709), a Crusader Mark 6 tank. ‘Ailsa II’ was crewed by Jimmy Sale, Gordon Bridge, Peter Maxwell and Brian Darch. Photographs are portraits and scenes of interest associated with 7th Armoured Division in Africa. From a photograph album containing 189 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1942. With captions from a separate index volume.
Campaigns
World War Two, North Africa (1940-1945)