Kind of a favourite this one so…

‘50’ a Sherman III from B Squadron, 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, pictured by Sgt. Christie, on 28th June 1944, near Rauray.

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#OTD 4th April 1944, B & C Sqn of 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards took part in Exercise SMASH I, with 50th Division in Studland Bay.

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A Sherman Vc ‘T148496’ from ‘A’ Squadron, 24th Lancers, 8th Armoured Brigade, south of St. Leger, heading towards Audrieu and Point 103, photographed #OTD 11th June 1944, by Sgt Midgley.

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Any excuse to post ‘Shaggy Dog’, a Sherman III from 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards, moving up for the attack on Goch.
Sgt Jones captures the scene #OTD 17th February 1945.

Great view of the disruptive camouflage.

Also, 17pdr!

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A Sherman II DD from 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards, pictured by Sgt Laing, #OTD 25th June 1944, passing through Douet, as engineers work to clear debris left from the fighting.

8th Armoured Brigade were the only British users of the Sherman II DD.

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More from 4th/7th Royal Dragoon Guards, by Sgt Christie, #OTD 28th June 1944, near Rauray.

A pair of Sherman III, one called DINGAAN. Do like the style of font on the ‘27’…

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Sherman III ‘VIRGIN’ from the Brigade HQ of 8th Armoured, indicated by the ‘Fox’ formation sign combined with the Arm of Service 993 on Red. The white bar underneath identifies Army troops, as befitting an Independent brigade.

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Photographed on the 29th June 1944 by Sgt Christie, infantry of 49th Division dig in near Rauray.

The Sherman I Hybrid is from 8th Armoured Brigade, so a replacement vehicle as they started the campaign with Mk III (like the one in the background), Mk II DD and Vc.

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Continuing with Sgt Charles Hewitt’s work, #OTD 25th November 1944.

A Sherman III (M4A2) from 4/7 Dragoon Guards (both A and C Sqn were here), 8th Armoured Brigade, receiving some attention from REME in the mud and rain, near Gillrath, Geilenkirchen.

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Trooper Minshull from Bury, with Susy the terrier.
Sat on an early Sherman Vc (T148465 on the original print), no hull appliqué, with fittings for Houseboat. 24th Lancers, 8th Armoured Brigade.
Sgt Alcock photographed the scene 7-14 April 1944.

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#OTD 9th June 1944

Keith Douglas of ‘A’ Sqn, Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry is killed by mortar fire.

Rev Leslie Skinner buried him the next day.

‘Remember me when I am dead
and simplify me when I'm dead’

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Lest we forget.

Sherman III from 4th/7th Dragoon Guards, on the beach by LA RIVIERE

Their war diary reports on 6/6/44, ‘two tanks of A Sqn failed to get off the shore, one going into a large shell hole on the shore’

Stowage, wading trucking, and a clear view of the turret number.
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Probably no surprise there’s a connection between Edward Payne and Independent Armoured Brigades… 'A Tank of 'C' Squadron, 4/7 Royal Dragoon Guards: Burnt out at La Folliot Farm, 20th June 1944'
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Seems appropriate to show the next one in the series, photographed by Sgt Laing.

A second Sherman Vc, this time the combined 8th Armoured ‘Fox’ formation sign and AoS ‘995’ clearly visible on the rear plate. #BritishTankMarkings #24Lancers #Firefly

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They make an appearance in this clip on the IWM website, from around 1 minute in. #24Lancers #8Armd

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