Earl of Avon: Sir Anthony Eden - Vintage Photograph

Earl of Avon: Sir Anthony Eden, examined an anti-tank gun which was manned in North Africa in 1942 by Pte. A. H. Wakenshaw, V.C, after he had opened the Victoria Cross Centenary Exhibition at Marlborough House. Pte. Wakenshaw, of the Durham Light Infantry, although seriously wounded, continued to fire the gun, causing heavy losses among the enemy troops. In the background is a tank in which Lt. C. H. Sewell won the posthumous award of the V.C. in France in August, 1918. In full view and short range of the enemy machine-guns he went, to the rescue of the crew of another tank which had overturned in a shell hole. He then assisted his own driver who was lying wounded behind the tank. Earl of Avon: Sir Anthony Eden, examined an anti-tank gun which was manned in North Africa in 1942 by Pte. A. H. Wakenshaw, V.C, after he had opened the Victoria Cross Centenary Exhibition at Marlborough House. Pte. Wakenshaw, of the Durham Light Infantry, although seriously wounded, continued to fire the gun, causing heavy losses among the enemy troops. In the background is a tank in which Lt. C. H. Sewell won the posthumous award of the V.C. in France in August, 1918. In full view and short range of the enemy machine-guns he went, to the rescue of the crew of another tank which had overturned in a shell hole. He then assisted his own driver who was lying wounded behind the tank.

Dimensions: 20.5 x 25.1 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-TELE-01196701

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OCR computer generated text:

996 Nr 9
FLEET STREET 7A
GUN AND TANK USED BY V.C.s. An anti-tank gun which
was manned in North Africa in 1942 by Pte. A. H. Wakenshaw,
V.C, being examined by Sir Anthony Eden after he had opened
the Victoria Cross Centenary Exhibition at Marlborough House
esterday. Pte. Wakenshaw, of the Durham Light Infantry,
although seriously wounded, continued to fire the gun, causing
heavy losses among the enemy troops. In the background is
a tank in which Lt. C. H. Sewell won the posthumous award
of the V.C. in France in August, 1918. In full view and short
range of the enemy machine-guns he went, to the rescue of
the crew of another tank which had overturned in a shell hole.
He then assisted his own driver who was lying wounded
behind the tank.