Crossing Sherman Tanks Bridge Hewick
This crossing was used by the following British units to train Sherman tank drivers to move in water in preparation for D-Day in 1944:
- 3rd Royal Tank Regiment
- 24th Lancers regiment
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Source
- Text: Kaj Metz
- Photos: David Rogers
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- Military Buildings and Air-raid Shelters RAF Dishforth - Dishforth
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- Commonwealth War Grave St. John the Divine Churchyard - Sharow
- Commonwealth War Grave Cathedral St. Paul and St. Wilfrid Churchyard - Ripon
- Commonwealth War Graves Ripon Cemetery - Ripon
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