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Pork Pie Stride, by Sharpshooters from the album Back to Mine∶ Krafty Kuts


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Analyze Sharpshooters · ...and all the pieces matter, Five Years of Music from The Wire (deluxe version) · Song · 2008


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Analyze Sharpshooters · ...and all the pieces matter, Five Years of Music from The Wire (deluxe version) · Song · 2008


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Analyze Sharpshooters · ...and all the pieces matter, Five Years of Music from The Wire (deluxe version) · Song · 2008


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Pork Pie Stride, by Sharpshooters from the album Back to Mine∶ Krafty Kuts


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British tank drives onto beach

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
#Sharpshooters #SWW #History

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British tank drives onto beach

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

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British tank drives off Landing ship

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

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Pat Dyas with 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, former of 4CLY by his tank.

Pat Dyas with 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, former of 4CLY by his tank.

Pat Dyas looking rather splendid #Sharpshooters

#OTD 13th June 1944, Pat had a tiger in his sights but his gunner was off having a pee…

KSYM-SAL-22-112 #CLY
#SWW #History

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Concrete defences

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
#3CLY #Sharpshooters #4Armd #SWW #History

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View of the Gold Beach area with AFVs in foreground.

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
#3CLY #Sharpshooters #4Armd #SWW

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British tanks moving along shoreline- Gold Beach

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
#3CLY #Sharpshooters #4Armd #SWW #History

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British tanks drive up from beach.

British tanks drive up from beach.

More of 7th Armoured Division arrive on Gold #OTD 7th June 1944, this time from the camera of Sgt Christie.

Cromwell ‘T121766W’ from ‘A’ Squadron, 4th County of London Yeomanry leads the way.

The ‘W’ indicates a welded tank with armour up to 100mm thick!

IWM B 5251
#4CLY #22Armd
#Sharpshooters

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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

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British tanks lined up in residential street.

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
#4Armd #3CLY #Sharpshooters #SWW #History

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Tank in woodlands with crew.

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

#4Armd #3CLY #Sharpshooters #SWW #History

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British Sherman tank and crew.

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

#4Armd #SWW #History #WW2 #Firefly
NAM 1975-03-63-20-153

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Analyze Sharpshooters · ...and all the pieces matter, Five Years of Music from The Wire (deluxe version) · Song · 2008


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How about a caricature? Continuing with the Jimmy Sale, Sharpshooters theme…

#CLY #Sharpshooters #4Armd

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British soldiers sat on their Humber Scout Car

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

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British Sherman tank having engine serviced.

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
#4Armd #3CLY #Sharpshooters #SWW #History #WW2

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Sherman command tank crew by their vehicle.

Sherman command tank crew by their vehicle.

More of Lt. Col Rankin, 3rd/4th CLY, again with tab in hand, by his RHQ Sherman II, ‘named appropriately enough, ‘Sharpshooter’!

With Pat Dyas of Villers Bocage fame and L/Cpl. Voce and Sgts Prior and McArthur.

NAM 1975-03-63-20-210

#Sharpshooters #CLY #4Armd #SWW #History #WW2

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Humber Scout car crew with selection of wine bottles. Tank in background, and buildings behind that.
From the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry museum- 
KSYM-SAL-19-153

Humber Scout car crew with selection of wine bottles. Tank in background, and buildings behind that. From the Kent and Sharpshooters Yeomanry museum- KSYM-SAL-19-153

Lt. Col W. Rankin and Corporal Quye from 3/4 County of London Yeomanry, 4th Armoured Brigade sat in their Humber Scout Car, with one of A Squadrons Sherman II in the background. Excellent selection of refreshments!
Auxy-le-Chateau, 1944

KSYM-SAL-19-153
#Sharpshooters #CLY #4Armd #SWW #History #WW2

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Sherman tank advances along a tree lined road.

Sherman tank advances along a tree lined road.

A Sherman II from B Squadron, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, passing through Hopsten,
#OTD 8th April 1945.
Sgt Travis photographed the scene.

3/4 CLY supported 5 KOSB on the advance to Halverde.

IWM BU 3324 #4Armd #CLY #Sharpshooters #SWW #History

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Tank crossing anti tank ditch in desert.

Tank crossing anti tank ditch in desert.

#OTD (ish) 6/7 April 1943, photo by Sgt. Palmer during the fighting around Gabes.

Sherman III of 4th County of London Yeomanry, supporting 154 Bde of 51st HD, crossing the anti-tank ditch at Wadi Akarit.

IWM NA1877
#22Armd #4CLY #Sharpshooters
#SWW #History #WW2

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Three British soldiers smiling at the camera after crossing the Rhine. Vehicles in background.

Three British soldiers smiling at the camera after crossing the Rhine. Vehicles in background.

As it’s Friday, a favourite from the Jimmy Sale collection.

Capt Kal Berelowitz, Major Ollie Woods, and Capt Pat Dyas, from 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry, pictured just after crossing the Rhine.
And Humber SCs!

From KSY Museum-KSYM-SAL-22-044 #Sharpshooters #CLY #4Armd #SWW #History #WW2

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