Sherman tank indirect fire support role Anzio bridgehead, Italy, 5 May 1944 46 RTR IWM NA 14605

75mm HE shells being loaded into a 46th (Liverpool Welsh) Royal Tank Regiment Sherman tank, used in the indirect artillery role in the Anzio bridgehead, 5 May 1944. LT D. Bayfield of Hove, Sussex, hands a round through the revolver port. In the background in SGT H.S. McCormac of 34, Munsell Road, Fairfield, Liverpool. Note the good lieutenant’s RTR black beret and squared-away pistol belt. IWM NA 14605

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