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Old 28-03-17, 01:20 PM
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© IWM (O 493) Men of 4th Royal Tank Regiment practising with their .38 revolvers in a farmyard near Arras, 6 October 1939.
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Oh dear, I do hope it was a rather small farmyard!
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Hello everyone,
I think I recognize a farmyard near Arras .... Maybe in Acq small village near Mont St Eloi ..... It looks very much like a farm that I know and that carries many gafitis of English soldiers Of 14-18 and 39-45 on its limestone walls
A R.T.R. stationed there in 1939-40 ....

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