Billie Palmer's grave beneath the Bridge.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.1975-03-63-13-195
Description
Photograph: Billie Palmer's grave beneath the Bridge. Shows a white wooden grave marker inscribed, 'Lt W H PALMER / 3rd COUNTY of LONDON YEO. / RAC / KILLED / IN / ACTION / 17th JULY / 1943'. Associated with the Battle for Primosole Bridge, Operation FUSTIAN, World War Two, Sicily (1943-1945), 1943. Photograph album containing 241 photographs compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1943-1944. Photographs are of locations in Egypt, at sea, in Tripoli and Sicily. With captions taken from a separate index volume.
Campaigns
World War Two, Italy (1943-1945)
Events
FUSTIAN, Operation, 1943 (World War Two, Sicily 1943-1945)
