Click on the thumbnails to view larger pictures

"Charlie Whitehurst May 1943" Killed in Action. Trp. Charles Whitehurst. 4041341. 4th. Queens Own Hussars. RAC. 17th. September, 1944. Age 36. Son of John & Ellen Whitehurst. Husband of Mary Whitehurst, of Sandyford, Staffordshire. His grave is number XX, Row D, plot 6, Coriano Ridge Cemetery. Thanks to Kenneth Allen for the info.	"Dave Bloom"
Group photo on bikes. John McDonald (far left), Leslie Coltman (third from right)	"Christmas Morning 1942" Group wearing cap badges of The 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars.

Lieutenant RSJ Wallington 2nd Troop Leader in B Squadron. "The place was Villa Capra in Italy and the photograph was taken by my Troop Sergeant Kingsley (Ken) Gallop in January 1945 just before we made the last advance across the River Senio towards the Po.", Richard Wallington, 15th Jan 2003	Unknown crew member
Unknown crew member	Group photo

Group photo - names are Smith, Ody, Lyon, McCormack, Green, Chambers, Taylor, Whitehurst, Wood, Lanigan, Morley, Bish, Jones, Love and Stevens	Group photo
Group photo - Topper Brown is front row far right	This is John McDonald (my Uncle)

John McDonald and Topper Brown right	"1942 model Ford 4x2 1.5-ton truck. Interestingly, this seems to be the US-built G8T rather than the Canadian-built FC60L (which was a type of truck widely used in North Africa)." Information supplied by Hanno Spoelstra
Group photo with Sherman tank	Group on Crusader Tank

88mm Flak (Flugabwehrkanone) 18 - German Anti-Aircraft Gun could also be a Flak 36 type	Tanks at speed. These could be Mark II Matilda tanks, but not sure
Armoured personnel carrier. Type is a mystery at the moment. Thanks to Euan again for pointing me in the right direction. Euan says its a SdKfz251 /9 model but awaiting confirmation. Click here for a cool page for the SdKfz251	Certainly early models of the M4A1 Sherman. Note the cast hull, early type return rollers and early gun mantlet. (Thanks to Trent_H at Onwar.com for identification)

John McDonald in command of his tank	These are not Russians. These are certainly Germans engaged in prewar exercises. Tanks are Panzerkampfwagen I Ausf. A
Crusader	"Topper at T.D.R , July 1942"

Lining up something in the sights of the MG. Tank is a M3 Stuart, a light tank known as "Honey" to the British in North Africa.	Tank is a M3 Grant, different from the M3 Stuart. This is a medium tank. She has got the larger turret designed for British service which differentiates her from the M3 Lee (basically the same tank in US service.)
Lining up something in the sights of the MG. Tank is a M3 Stuart, a light tank known as "Honey" to the British in North Africa.	German tank turned turtle. Model of tank is a "Panzerkampfwagen IV Ausf G, H or early J"

German tank. Type is perhaps a "Panzerkampfwagen III Ausf. L or M"	Motor cycle trial
Motor cycle trial	Motor cycle trial

Motor cycle trial	Motor cycle trial
Motor cycle trial	J. McLean, A. Thurlow, J. McDonald and D. Turner. 24/9/42

Churchill inspecting the 4th Hussars in Egypt. "November 1943 the Regiment was at Beni Yusef camp, not far from Mena and the Giza pyramidsGǪ". For full story see this story	Churchill inspecting the 4th Hussars in Egypt. "November 1943 the Regiment was at Beni Yusef camp, not far from Mena and the Giza pyramidsGǪ". For full story see this story
Churchill inspecting the 4th Hussars in Egypt. "November 1943 the Regiment was at Beni Yusef camp, not far from Mena and the Giza pyramidsGǪ". For full story see this story	Churchill inspecting the 4th Hussars in Egypt. "November 1943 the Regiment was at Beni Yusef camp, not far from Mena and the Giza pyramidsGǪ". For full story see this story

Churchill inspecting the 4th Hussars in Egypt. "November 1943 the Regiment was at Beni Yusef camp, not far from Mena and the Giza pyramidsGǪ". For full story see this story	Churchill inspecting the 4th Hussars in Egypt. "November 1943 the Regiment was at Beni Yusef camp, not far from Mena and the Giza pyramidsGǪ". For full story see this story
4th Hussars on Parade	Churchill

Churchill	Churchill
Churchill	Churchill

Churchill	Churchill
Cpl. Cumblidge - Commander of a modified M4A4 or Sherman VC ,Firefly. His 3 other crew members were Trooper Force - gunner, Trooper Bridle- wireless operator and Trooper Dredge - Driver. Cpl. Cumblidge was killed in action on 25th April 1945. Villa Capra, Italy in January 1945	Cpl. Thompson - Driver of a M4A4 Sherman V (British Parlance, fitted with 75mm gun). Villa Capra, Italy in January 1945

Sgt. Kingsley (Ken) Gallop - Commander and his crew of a M4A4 Sherman V. Rear left to right, Trooper McGill - wireless operator, Sgt. Gallop badly injured shortly after this was taken, L/Cpl. Singleton-Gates - Gunner - killed 20th April 1945. Front left to right, Trooper Bright - lap gunner - killed 11th April 1945, Unknow crew member - Driver. Villa Capra, Italy in January 1945	Troop Sergeant Kingsley (Ken) Gallop, MM. 2nd Group "B" Squadron. Paternion, Austria, 11-06-45 On 11th April 1945 during the advance from the winter line on the River Senio towards the Santerno, his tank was knocked out by 88mm fire and his driver and co-driver were killed and the other members of his crew wounded. On 20th April during the final push to the River Po, "B" Squadron's task was to attack the town of Portomaggiore. It met stiff resistance and Sgt. Gallop's tank was again hit, his gunner was killed and he himself was severly wounded in the head and upper body. In spite of his wounds he insisted on reporting in detail to his Troop Leader the directions from which the enemy fire had come. For this action he was awarded the Military Medal. This photo was taken after he was discharged from hospital.
4th Hussars. Cpl Cumblidge is far right back row. "Topper" Brown, back row middle	McGill, Sgt.Macdonald, Force (behind him Wanless) and a n other

Sgt. McDonald, back row second left. Others are unknown at this time.	2nd RGH. Dated September 1942 Panzer IV ausf. G or Panzer IV ausf. F2 special. Both would explain the threaded barrel but it would most likely be the ausf. G. Thanks to John McCabe for tank identification. Update from Hugo Gielkens .. can only be a Panzer IV ausf. F2 or G armed with the long barreled 75 mm (KwK 75mm/L42), of which only a few reached the DAK. In NO way can the depicted tank be a Panzer III because of the clearly visible driver's and radio-operator's entrance/escape hatches in the front part of the upper hull roof. This was a distinctive feature on the Panzer IV and not present on any of the mark Panzer III's (most of which had escape hatches on both sides of the lower hull). The gun barrel does indeed look a bit too short, but the muzzle brake has been removed (hence the thread at the end) and perhaps the recoil mechanism of the gun has been damaged.
"I can tell from the drive sprocket in the right foreground that this is either a Sherman or more likely a Grant, looking at the vertical plate with the opening in it which suggests the side mounted 75mm gun. Bit its such a mess that it is difficult to be sure. The engine can be clearly seen with the fan blades showing. Nobody got out of this to be sure. The extensive damage is due mainly to the explosion of ammunition inside the tank after the hit.", Description by Lieutenant RSJ Wallington Update from Ian at the Desert Rats website Ian believes this is a Grant from the height of the side and as the square hole in the side is the port escape hatch and if you look at the left side, middle the wedge shape is seen on many Grants. To reinforce this thought Pete Harlem writes:- There is little doubt the tank in the photo is a Grant (M3). The open door in the left side and shape of the armor forward of that clearly indicates a M3 type hull, not a Sherman. The British pattern rack on the right front fender is typical of Grants in North Africa. The lack of a visible turret on top of the wreckage means the explosion was powerful enough to toss the heavy cast turret some distance away.	German grave of Werner Bohner with dates 28.7.21 - 31.10.42

Close up of epitaph	Photograph that was picked up from battle ground. This shows Rommel drinking with his Afrika Korps.
4th Hussars: "Topper" Brown is far left. Rest are unknown. Somewhere in Egypt.	J. McDonald, "Topper" Brown and "Tex", Rein Sqn, Khatatba

2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars - unknown	4th Hussars: Sgt McDonald back row, middle
Unknown.	2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars Sidi Bishr, Nov. 1942

4th Hussars. Sgt. McDonald is rear 2nd from left, "Topper" Brown is front row left. August 1943	2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussars - J.McDonald (right). Sidi Bishr, Nov. 1942
2nd RGH, John McDonald reading the "Egyptian Mail". Sidi Bishr, December 1942	unknown

John McDonald. Unknown location and regiment	4th Hussars. July 1944. Names on back of photo are: Smith, Ody, Lyon, McCormack, Green, Bishop, Chambers, Taylor, Whitehurst, Morley, Love, McDonald, Jones, Wood and Lanigan.
4th Hussars. "Bish", G. Parker, Tenans, "Topper" Brown, K. Ballinger and Sgt. John McDonald. K.T., March 1943	Cpl Thompson and Sgt. McDonald. Rest Camp - Paternion, Austria May 1945

Cpl Thompson Rest Camp - Paternion, Austria May 1945	Cpl Thompson Rest Camp - Paternion, Austria May 1945
2nd RGH U.F. Bath Club, October 1942.	2nd RGH

Charlie Whitehurst	2nd RGH. Unknown
2nd RGH. Unknown Christmas 1942	unknown, unknown and Sgt. Currie. Rest Camp - Paternion, Austria May 1945

John McDonald	Cpl Thompson Rest Camp - Paternion, Austria May 1945
"B" Squadron - 4th Hussars Group 1 - Inspection 2 This photo has been scanned so that you can make the faces outGǪit is 600kb	A Squadron - Ferndorf, Austria - May 1945 Back Row House, Westlake, Burroughs, Carstairs, Holmes, Lees, Haines, Hatch, Goldstein,Howard, Davis, Hunt, Ball, Hewitt, Jefford, Richardson, Dash, Howell, Harwood, Hewitt, Grayston, Shave, Bellinger. Second Back Row Stilleto, Evans, Fortheathe, Houldsworth, Slaite, Ewan, Willis, Rolfe, Jones,Syms, Bennet, Holmes, Manning, Lawrence, George, Miller, Howard, Pulham, Faulkner, Davis, Johnson, May, Morrison, Grant, Ward, Cresser Middle Row Biggs, Kendall, Evens, Wyatt, Ashford,White, Metcalfe, Garrett, Jackson, Westwood, Oag, Hope, Wilson, Wallis,Gorton, Elliot, Brennan, Ayre, Haynes, Waite, Gerahty, Mollard, Jarvis, Porter, Stillwell, Crighton, Richardson. Second Row Fuller, Cunningham, Butterworth, Maloney, Rascelles, Ward, Graham, Munns, Gould, Allsop, Skinner, Brown, Davies, Rigby, Douthwaite, Hobbs, Jervis, Holmes, Davis, Sherman, Ullrich, Thompson, Cross, Leigh, Bowler. Front Row Hill, W/O Kem, Metcalfe, Haywood, Wasled, Boult, Chiltern, Broderick, Ellis, Stone, Buckley, Thomas, O'Brien, Waddingham,Walmsley, Harris, Jackson, Rogers, Taylor, Holland, Balfour, McMoreland, Atkinson, Mundy Photo courtesy of Ron Goldstein

Ron Goldstein - Trieste, Italy - 1945 Photo courtesy of Ron Goldstein	Trooper Cresswell Rutter - 4th Hussars. Killed in action at Coriano Ridge, Italy, 5th. September, 1944. Photo added at request of Ken Allen
Trooper Cresswell Rutter - 4th Hussars. Killed in action at Coriano Ridge, Italy, 5th. September, 1944. Photo added at request of Ken Allen	This is a colourised version of the photo of the gunner on the Stuart Tank. Matt Murphy found this web site and was very kind to carry out the image editing. I think it looks great and many thanks to Matt for taking the time to do this.

Victor Samuel Gadd Born: March 19th, 1914 in Wordsley, Worcs. Killed in Action - April 26-30, 1941 (Greece or Crete).. Served pre-war with 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars Service with 4th Queen's Own Hussars Photos kindly supplied by David Gadd, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. View his field grave HERE View his permanent grave stone, Phaleron War Cemetery in Greece HERE. View Victor's Biography HERE	Victor Samuel Gadd The date of death (DOD) for Victor on his original grave marker clearly has the DOD 28-4-1941, yet an early Commonwealth War Dead Commission (CWGC) record shows the DOD to be 26 April, 1941. A transcription error between 28 and 26 is feasible, but a later version of the CWGC record and the permanent headstone, has the DOD as between April 26 & 30, 1941. The precise DOD is significant in placing Victor in Greece or Crete when he was killed. The War Diary extract indicates that although the 4th Queen’s R.A.C. were at the Corinth Bridge on 26th and 27th April, the surviving portion of the 4th Queen’s Hussars left that area and, in fact, landed in Crete on 28th April. Therefore, this crucial piece of information lends credence to the possibility that Victor was indeed killed on 28th April 1941 in Crete (although not in the Battle of Crete per se). Perhaps it is even more plausible that he would be killed by a sniper in this situation, rather than in the heavy bombing environment of the 26th and 27th in Greece.
Churchill inspecting the 4th Hussars in Egypt. "November 1943 the Regiment was at Beni Yusef camp, not far from Mena and the Giza pyramidsGǪ". For full story see this story	The Governor of Cyprus at the Russian Day Service. 21st February 1943

The 4th Hussars lead the march past at the Russian Day Service. Major Blackit & Captain Vaughan at the front. 21/2/43	Churchill inspect the men of the 4th Hussars. February 1943. Along side him is Colonel Kidd (with moustache)
"2nd February 1943. Prime Minister's Inspection of the 4th at K.T."	Churchill takes the salute as the "new" Shermans roll past. Churchill's daughter, Sarah, is far left with Col Kidd to the immediate left of Churchill

Staff cars escorted by Military Police swing in from the Cairo-Alexandria road	The 4th Hussars gather round Winston Churchill who has climbed onto a vehicle to give his address.

102 Thumbnails displayed on this page