An entire division devoted to Infantry Sharpshooters, or is it an 'ace' armoured brigade?
Fought in Normandy alongside the 27th British Armoured who suffered at the hands of Michael Wittman.

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No, they weren't 'snipers' or anything like that - I beleive the name came from their tradition and history : -

http://www.regiments.org/milhist/uk/.../LonCo4KEH.htm

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This was a territorial cavalry regiment, formed in 1908 from a militia unit called The Sharpshooters.

In WW2 they were an armoured unit that indeed did fight at Villers-Bocage; after that action it was amalgamated with the 3rd County of London Yeomanry and became the 3/4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters).

It's war diaries up to July 1944 are on-line at:

http://www.warlinks.com/armour/4_cly/4cly_43.html

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Cheers fellas for both the links.

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"CURRAHEE"-War-cry of the US 506th PIR.
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for a good insight inot the regiment in normandy read the After the Battle book on Villiers Bacage. It was after this action that regiment was amalgamated with its parent regiment.

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Agree with you there, Mahross - ' Villers - Bocage : Through The Lens ' is a really fascinating shot-by-shot account of the engagement.

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