United Kingdom - Ireland
Sep. 09, 1954 - Exercise London Pride On Salisbury Plain; Some 12, 000 men and 4, 000 vehicles of the 56th. (London) Armoured Division (T.A.) is carrying out Exercise London Pride on Salisbury Plain. The exercise is designed to practice the Division in carrying out an approach march followed by an opposed crossing of the River Avon and a break out from a bridgehead. against an enemy known to be equipped with Arom Bombs. Photo Shows The Helicopter carrying Major General David Dawnay, G.O.C. of the Division flying over a Comet Tank - as he directs the exercise on Salisbury Plain
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13170751
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46155751
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(c) Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Mary Evans
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