Colin Moncrieff, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), Surrey, 1940-1941 (c)
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1975-03-63-2-188
Description
Photograph: Colin Moncrieff. Shows a man walking through a clearing in woodland, with various vehicles apparent in the background. From a photograph album containing 620 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1940-1941. Captain Colin Herbert Scott-Moncrieff was killed, aged 33, in North Africa during Operation CRUSADER in 1941. The war diary of the Sharpshooters records him missing in action on 22 November 1941 and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission commemorates him at the Knightsbridge War Cemetery at Acroma, Libya. With captions taken from a separate index volume. Associated with World War Two (1939-1945).
Campaigns
World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945)
