Trooper Val Brent, killed in action in Tony Streat's tank at CRUYSHAUTEM.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1975-03-63-19-178
Description
Photograph: Trooper Val Brent, killed in action in Tony Streat's tank at CRUYSHAUTEM [sic]. Shows three wooden grave markers. The graves have been laid with flowers. Inscribed on one of the grave markers, 'R.I.P. / 5574498 Tpr. V. BRENT / 3/4 COUNTY OF LONDON YEOMANRY / KILLED IN ACTION - 6/9/44'. From a photograph album containing 211 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3/4 County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944-1945. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)