British tank crew removing wading trunking
Removing the deep wading stacks from their Sherman III, men from 3rd County of London Yeomanry after landing in Sicily.
Fantastic details of the stacks internal construction.
From the albums of Jimmy Sale.
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British tank drives onto beach
Assuming the photo numbering is anything to go by, following ‘Churchill’ off the LST is ‘Clive’, another Sherman III, from SHQ, C Squadron, 3CLY.
The squared off drive hoods tell us ‘Clive’ was built by Fisher.
#OTD 10th July 1943, Sicily
IWM (NA 4264) #3CLY #4Armd
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British tank drives onto beach
Next in the series by Chetwyn, and ‘Churchill’, number 37, is up on the beach and we get a rare view of the tank from both sides!
Sherman III, SHQ C Squadron 3CLY.
#OTD 10th July 1943.
IWM (NA 4263) #3CLY #4Armd #Sharpshooters #SWW #History
British tank drives off Landing ship
‘Churchill’, a Sherman III with a deep wading stack fitted, from the SHQ of C Squadron 3rd County of London Yeomanry arrives in Sicily.
Sgt Leonard Chetwyn photographed the scene #OTD 10th July 1943.
IWM (NA4262) #3CLY #4Armd
#WW2 #History #Sharpshooters #SWW
British tank being resupplied.
Bit of logistics action for you, from the lens of Sgt. Laing.
A Sherman II from ‘A’ Sqn, 44th RTR, 4th Armoured Brigade.
‘Refueling…ready for another attack’. ‘Baron and Eterville’, #OTD 29th June 1944.
IWM B6192 #44RTR #4Armd #SWW #History #WW2
Brigadier JC Currie
26th June 1944, 4th Armoured Brigade sadly lost their CO, when Brigadier JC Currie was killed by shellfire near Brettville. Currie had lead the brigade since February 1943.
Picture from the Jimmy Sale collection, NAM 1975-03-63-15-115
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British tanks advance across field with tree line in distance.
#OTD 26th June 1944, Sherman II from 4th Armoured Brigade assembling for Epsom.
The markings, stowage and name, ‘RUSTLER’, of the rear most Sherman, suggests this is 44th RTR.
Photo by Sgt Laing.
IWM B6018 #4Armd #44RTR #SWW #History #WW2
British officer kneeling down, looking across field with knocked out enemy tanks in background.
Major Oliver Woods MC, OC ‘A’ Squadron, 3rd County of London Yeomanry, 4th Armoured Brigade, ‘watching the enemy positions’
Do rather like this one from the Jimmy Sale collection.
KSYM-SAL-18-061 #3CLY #TheSharpshooters #4Armd
British tank with gun reversed, drives past soldiers.
#OTD 12 June 1944
Sherman Vc, T211831 ‘Borealis’ from 4th Armoured Brigade, most likely 44 RTR, driving through Reviers.
Capt Malindine photographed the action.
44 RTR had landed on the 9th, concentrating at Amblie.
Nice details of the gun support and wading truck.
IWM B5385
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British tanks pass through French town. Viewed from church tower.
Two Sherman Vc led by a Sherman II, from 4th Armoured Brigade, passing through Douvres-la Delivrande, #OTD 8 June 1944.
Lt Handford climbed the church tower to get the view.
IWM B 5268
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Concrete defences
‘A’ Squadron, 3rd CLY supported 5th Black Watch in the attack on DOUVRES,
#OTD 7th June 1944.
Part of the defences of the German Radar Station near DOUVRES.
From the Jimmy Sale Collection
KSYM-SAL-18-041
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View of the Gold Beach area with AFVs in foreground.
A view across King Beach from ‘A’ Squadron, 3rd County of London Yeomanry’s first concentration area, as the crews remove the wading trucking and waterproofing. #OTD 7th June 1944.
Note the Crusader Gun Tractors!
From the Jimmy Sale Collection KSYM-SAL-18-034
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British tanks moving along shoreline- Gold Beach
Shermans from ‘A’ Squadron, 3rd County of London Yeomanry, 4th Armoured Brigade, moving along the beach to the de-waterproofing area. #OTD 7th June 1944.
From the Jimmy Sale collection KSYM-SAL-18-035
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Both 3rd and 4th County of London Yeomanry, arrived in the Gold Beach area, #OTD 7th June 1944.
#3CLY #Sharpshooters #4Armd
British tanks lined up in residential street.
At least 3 Rams pictured here in Worthing, in front of the Sherman IIs that 3rd County of London Yeomanry would take to Normandy.
NAM 1975-03-63-16-226
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Tank in woodlands with crew.
As well as Shermans, 3rd County of London Yeomanry used the Canadian built Ram for some training prior to D-Day.
‘1st Troop on the South Downs, 1944’ from the Jimmy Sale collection.
NAM 1975-03-63-16-228
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British tank crew preparing their tanks in residential street.
3rd County of London Yeomanry, in residential streets of Worthing, preparing their Sherman II for the invasion.
Wading trunking and track guards for stowage are worth noting.
From the Jimmy Sale collection.
KSYM-SAL-18-107
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British tanks drive off up tree lined cobbled road.
‘B’ Squadron, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, 4th Armoured Brigade, moving from Hamburg to Pinnenberg.
Great view of the Sherman Ic Hybrid, with stowage using track guards mounted on rear deck.
KSYM-SAL-22-184 #4Armd #CLY #SWW #History
British Sherman tank and crew.
I do like these crew with their vehicle pictures in the Jimmy Sale Collection, this time proving at least one use of ‘ACHILLES’ in NWE.
A Sherman Ic Hybrid from 2 Troop, A Squadron, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry. #Sharpshooters
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NAM 1975-03-63-20-153
Armoured recovery vehicle wades ashore.
More wading trunking, this time on an ARV based on a Sherman V, belonging to 3rd County of London Yeomanry.
7th June, #3CLY, MONT FLEURY as before.
#4Armd #TheSharpshooters #History
From the KSY Museum Collection.
Above rear view of Sherman wading ashore 7th June.
Wading trunking for the Sherman II (M4A1) seen here on 7th June 1944, as 3rd County of London Yeomanry arrive in the MONT FLEURY LA RIVIERE area.
Sherman II of Major Ollie Woods, A Sqn’s OC.
From the KSY Museum collection.
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4th Armd Bde HQ mention the capture of a submarine by 44th Royal Tanks with 5th King’s Own Scottish Borderers #OTD 26 April 1945.
#44RTR #4Armd
Bremen street scene with rubble and ruins. British tank and infantry
Not the best quality, but to the right is one of 44th RTR’s DD tanks in Bremen.
Sgt Crocker took the photograph #OTD 26 April 1945.
44th RTR had a relatively quiet day, with the infantry finding ‘little use for the tks’.
IWM BU 4429 #44RTR #4Armd #SWW #History #WW2
British light tank, in Bremen ruins with infantry in foreground.
One of 4th Armoured Brigade’s Recce troop Stuarts supporting 52nd Lowland in the dock area of Bremen.
Sgt. Midgley behind the camera, #OTD 26 April 1945.
IWM BU 4443 #4Armd #SWW #History #WW2
Sherman tank markings, including an Arm of Service 51
And another 51 in a different font.
The book on Arm of Service fonts is slowly coming together… #BritishTankMarkings #ScotsGreys #4Armd
British Sherman in Bremen street with smoke rising in the distance.
There’s good coverage of Royal Scots Greys on their advance into Bremen, although some is miscaptioned.
From the same series, Sgt Midgely photographed this Sherman Hybrid, clearly showing the markings the Greys used at this time.
#BritishTankMarkings
IWM BU4302
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#History #WW2
Sherman tank supporting British infantry in a Bremen street.
A Sherman II from the Scots Greys, supporting 52nd Lowland Division, advances into Bremen.
Sgt. Midgely photographed the scene #OTD 25th April 1945.
Nice view of the Arm of Service marking, white 51 on red. #BritishTankMarkings
IWM BU 4305
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#SWW #History #WW2
How about a caricature? Continuing with the Jimmy Sale, Sharpshooters theme…
#CLY #Sharpshooters #4Armd
British soldiers sat on their Humber Scout Car
One from the Jimmy Sale collection,
Tpr Williams and SSM ‘Boy’ Jewell, from ‘B’ Squadron, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, on their Humber Scout Car.
I do love these portraits of the yeomanry with their vehicles.
From the KSY Museum- KSYM-SAL-20-165
#CLY #4Armd #Sharpshooters #SWW #History #WW2
British Sherman tank having engine serviced.
Angel of Death gets some TLC!
This is ‘AZRAEL’, the Sherman II from A Squadron HQ, 3CLY, commanded by then Capt Jimmy Sale.
‘100 hour engine check’ by the fitters on the Continental R975 radial.
NAM 1975-03-63-18-136
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