A posed group portrait of personnel from
'Y' Patrol returning to Kufra after a successful raiding sortie-- Libya, 1942
Back row (left to right): Trooper 'Tankie'
Babb ( Tank Corps); Corporal Jack Harris (Somerset Yeomanry); Gunner James D
Patch (RA); Sergeant Derek (Hutch) Hutchins (Somerset Yeomanry); Lance Corporal
Arthur (Tich) Cave MM (Somerset Yeomanry); Lance Corporal Brian Springford
(Somerset Yeomanry); Trooper Kenneth Tinckler (Cheshire Regiment); Craftsman
Alf Tighe MM (REME); Trooper 'Jesus' Armstrong (?).
Front row (left to right): Private 'Darkie'
Devine (Seaforths?); Private John 'Daisy' McKay (Seaforths) ; Trooper F Gordon
'Harry' Harrison (Yorkshire Hussars); Private William 'Jock' Fraser
(Seaforths); Trooper L D 'Mickey' Coombs (Somerset Yeomanry?); Trooper Robert
Davies (?Yeomanry); Trooper Donald (Bomski) Cashin (Cheshire Yeomanry).
Taken from the Imperial
War Museum Files: Imperial War Museum UK
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