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Captain Patrick McCraith, speaking into the camera, of Y Patrol of the Long Range Desert Group

Desert Exploration by Major Ralph Bagnold from 1929 to1933.

Photographs |
1940 |


Headquarters |





G Patrol |







R Patrol |

















S Patrol |









T Patrol |





















W Patrol |

Y Patrol |






photograph of the Yeomanry
Patrol celebrating at Kufra after
a successful raid deep behind
enemy lines. Back row from left
to right: Trooper ‘Tankie’ Babb
(Tank Corps); Corporal Jack
Harris (Somerset Yeomanry);
Gunner James Patch (Royal
Artillery); Sergeant Derek
Hutchins (Somerset Yeomanry);
Lance Corporal Arthur Cave
MM (Somerset Yeomanry);
Lance Corporal Brian
Springford (Somerset
Yeomanry); Trooper Kenneth
Tinckler (Cheshire Regiment);
Craftsman Alf Tighe MM
(REME); Trooper Armstrong.
Front row (left to right): Private
Devine (Seaforths); Private John
McKay (Seaforths); Trooper F.
Gordon Harrison (Yorkshire
Hussars); Private William Fraser
(Seaforths); Trooper L. D.
Coombs (Somerset Yeomanry);
Trooper Robert Davies
(Yeomanry); Trooper Donald
Cashin (Cheshire Yeomanry).











Medical Section |



Artillery and Royal Artillery Section |







Heavy Section |



Long Range Desert Group Air Force |





Long Range Desert Group Signallers |

New Zealand LRDG patrol during parade for General Auchinleck in Cairo, October 5th, 1941. |

















Cecil Beaton Collection |









































