Desert Rats - Cromwell Mark IV Tank Little Audrey 2
by Richard Reeve
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Desert Rats - Cromwell Mark IV Tank Little Audrey 2
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Richard Reeve
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Desert Rat Memorial, Thetford Forest, Suffolk, UK
The Mark IV Cromwell Tank on the plinth is a replica of "Little Audrey" 5 Able, "B" Squadron, 1st Royal Tank Regiment
7th ARMOURED DIVISION
DESERT RATS
FROM EL ALAMEIN TO BERLIN
Via
NORTH AFRICA - ITALY - THETFORD FOREST - FRANCE -BELGIUM - HOLLAND
The 7th Armoured Division was stationed in Thetford Forest between January and May 1944 while they prepared for the invasion of Normandy. This was the only time the division was in the United Kingdom in it's entire Existence. The Division sailed from Felixstowe on the 5 June 1944 with the first tanks landing on Gold Beach on the evening of 6th June 1944
May your glory ever shine, May your laurels never fade, May the memory of this glorious pilgrimage of war you have made from Alamein, via the Baltic to Berlin never die. It is a march unsurpassed through all the story of war.
May the fathers long tell the children about this tale.
- Winston Churchill
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Meg Shearer
Wonderful shot and pov! L/F!
Richard Reeve replied:
Thank you, Meg! It's quite unusual to be able to get underneath a tank like this - a very odd feeling. I cannot imagine how it must have been to face one of these in battle - absolutely terrifying would not even come close I should think.
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