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The bend in the road approximately 1 mile short of the start line for the battle of WANSSUM Wood. Here in the early morning tanks were unable to move round the bend owing to thick ice on the road surface and the camber of the bend. Here, by this bridge Cpl. Howe, Tpr. Taylor and Tpr. Russell were buried.
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Accession Number

NAM.1975-03-63-21-92

Description

Photograph: The bend in the road approximately 1 mile short of the start line for the battle of WANSSUM Wood. Here in the early morning tanks were unable to move round the bend owing to thick ice on the road surface and the camber of the bend. Here, by this bridge Cpl. Howe, Tpr. Taylor and Tpr. Russell were buried. Shows a snowy landscape with a road, a bridge is visible in the middleground and a building to the left hand side. From a photograph album containing 222 photographs and captions compiled by Maj Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), 1944-1945. Photographs are of locations in Holland, Belgium and Germany. Associated with World War Two, North West Europe (1939-1945).

Campaigns

World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945)