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Lt-Colonel Alistair Gibb, commanding the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, in his Sherman command tank in Syria, 1943. The diamond on the turret indicates HQ squadron. Trowbridge is a town in Wiltshire where the regiment was raised; tanks in the regiment bore the names of Wiltshire towns, villages and pubs to aid identification and boost morale.

Photographer unknown British Army soldier, 1943.

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current	09:48, 11 April 2007	1,553×1,053 (750 KB)	Kim Dent-Brown (Talk \| contribs)	(Lt-Colonel Alistair Gibb, commanding the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry, in his Sherman command tank in Syria, 1943. The diamond on the turret indicates HQ squadron. Trowbridge is a town in Wiltshire where the regiment was raised; tanks in the regiment bore the)