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Across the bridge, showing road blocks + the fortified house. 'A' Sqdn advanced to beyond the house turned into the vineyard on the left of the road. Scene of Joe Ward's death + near where Chris Wrey brewed up. Here Lt Col Willis + Bill Palmer were killed + B Sqdn turned right.
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Accession Number

NAM.1975-03-63-13-202

Description

Photograph: Across the bridge, showing road blocks + the fortified house. 'A' Sqdn advanced to beyond the house turned into the vineyard on the left of the road. Scene of Joe Ward's death + near where Chris Wrey brewed up. Here Lt Col Willis + Bill Palmer were killed + B Sqdn turned right. Shows a road with a road block. 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)

Associated collection