A Universal Carrier with men of the Black Watch Regiment, 51st Royal Scottish Highlanders, on a road near the community of Palazzolo, 10 miles north-west of Catania, Sicily; 14 July 1943.


Overlooking the countryside

"Matilda II" tanks of the British 7th Royal Tank Regiment in the area besieged by German-Italian troops, Tobruk, Libya, North Africa; April 1941-November 1941.
With its heavy armor, the Matilda II was an excellent infantry support tank but with somewhat limited speed and armament. It was the only British tank to serve from the start of the war to its end, although it is particularly associated with the North Africa Campaign.    

Walzing Matildas

Men of the 6th Inniskillings, 38th Irish Brigade, British 8th Army, searching houses during mopping up operations in the village of Centuripe, central part of Sicily, August 1943.  