El Alamein, 1942

KingForce, so named after its commander Major Norris King MC, was formed from six Churchill Mark IIIs which arrived in Egypt on 1 October 1943. These were reworked tanks as indicated by their T numbers having the suffix R.

Churchill T31954/R Name of commander not known
Note the canvas screen dodger, designed to minimise thrown up dust,
which was only marginally successful.

The other five Churchills numbers and commanders were:
T68189/R, Major King; T31950/R, Lieutenant Howard; T31665/R, 2nd Lieutenant Appleby; T68186/R, Corporal Kelly; T68714/R, Corporal McCaffery.

Crews camouflaging Churchills with sand coloured paint drawn from
trailer carried drums, Alexandria, Egypt.

Copyright photographs courtesy Imperial War Museum,
not to be reproduced without permission.

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