British light tank drives along dusty Normandy road
Kicking up some dust, ‘HALCYON’ a Stuart V from the 8th King’s Royal Irish Hussars, the Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment of 7th Armoured Division.
Photographed #OTD 15th June 1944, by Sgt Laing.
IWM B5608 #8Hussars #7Armd #SWW #History #WW2
British Sherman ‘Firefly’ with turret reversed crossing bridge.
Next in the series by Dennis, is this one of a 5th Dragoons Sherman IC with its turret reversed, and the 17pdr supported in the gun crutch.
IWM BU 6131 #Firefly #SWW #History #WW2 #7Armd
Cromwell tanks crossing bridge.
Cromwells from 5th Royal Inniskilling Dragoon Guards, 7th Armoured Division, cross the Kaiser Wilhelm Canal near Steenfeld #OTD 9 May 1945.
Sgt. Dennis Smith doing the excellent camera work!
IWM BU 6130 #SWW #History #WW2 #7Armd
British Sherman next to Hamburg war memorial.
At the end of one war, next to a memorial to the last.
Sherman VC from 7th Armoured Division in Hamburg.
Sgt. Midgley behind the camera #OTD 4 May 1945.
IWM BU 5284 #SWW #History #WW2 #Firefly #7Armd
Cromwell tank crossing bridge
Bridge, Cromwell, and Sgt. Dennis Smith doing it right!
A fantastic photo by Dennis, taken #OTD 4 May 1945, Hamburg.
The rear Cromwell is marked with a White 40 on Black Square, which indicates this is from 7th Armoured Division’s HQ. #BritishTankMarkings
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