In the shadow of the Pyramids en route to Beni Yusef, 1943 (b/w photo)

In the shadow of the Pyramids en route to Beni Yusef, 1942. Photograph by Major Wilfred Herbert James Sale, MC, 3rd County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters), World War Two, North Africa (1940-1943), 1942. A column of tanks from 3rd County of London Yeomanry drive down a road in Cairo with the pyramids visible in the distance to the left. For the first half of 1943 the regiment remained near Cairo training until July when it embarked for the landings on Sicily as part of 4th Armoured Brigade. From an album containing 182 group photographs compiled by Major W H J Sale, MC, 3rd/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).