Sniper cleaning rifle while another sleeps – Royal Armouries Library

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Sniper believed to be of the 5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division cleaning his No. 4 MK. I (T) rifle using a German pull-through while another man sleeps. This Battalion was [part of the 69th Infantry Brigade which was pulled back to the UK in December 1944 so this photo is likely between June 6 1944 and December 1944. (Royal Armouries Library)

Sniper believed to be of the 5th Battalion, The East Yorkshire Regiment of the 50th (Northumbrian) Division cleaning his No. 4 MK. I (T) rifle using a German pull-through while another man sleeps. This Battalion was [part of the 69th Infantry Brigade which was pulled back to the UK in December 1944 so this photo is likely between June 6 1944 and December 1944. (Royal Armouries Library)