47th Tank Regiment veteran remembers African battle. . .

CALM before the storm . . . tank regiment members read the Oldham Chronicle before the battle: (from left, top) Cpls Wild and Stuttard, (centre) Trooper Keates and Lance Cpls Hoyle and Kelsall, (front) Troopers Mitchell and Fox, and Lance Cpl Gleave.
CALM before the storm . . . tank regiment members read the Oldham Chronicle before the battle: (from left, top) Cpls Wild and Stuttard, (centre) Trooper Keates and Lance Cpls Hoyle and Kelsall, (front) Troopers Mitchell and Fox, and Lance Cpl Gleave.