| Original caption: “D-Day. Troops assembling on beach from landing craft in background. Red Cross men attending to casualties. Beach group markings. Thirteenth/Eighteenth Hussars. White Beach.” Troops of United Kingdom Royal Army 3rd Infantry Division on Queen Red Sector, Sword Beach, circa 0845 Hours, June 6, 1944. In the foreground are sappers of 84th Field Company Royal Engineers, part of Number 5 Beach Group, identified by the white bands around their helmets. Behind them, medical orderlies of 8th Field Ambulance, Royal Army Medical Corps, can be seen assisting wounded men. In the background commandos of 1st Special Service Brigade can be seen disembarking from their Landing Craft Infantry (Small). The men are armed with Short Magazine Lee-Enfield (SMLE) Mark III .303 caliber (7.7 millimeter) rifles and Mark III “turtle” helmets. | |
| Image Filename | wwii0469.jpg |
| Image Size | 913.33 KB |
| Image Dimensions | 3270 x 2535 |
| Photographer | James H. Mapham |
| Photographer Title | Number Five United Kingdom Royal Army Film and Photo Section, Army Film and Photographic Unit |
| Caption Author | Written or Adapted by Jason McDonald |
| Date Photographed | June 6, 1944 |
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| Country | France |
| Archive | Imperial War Museum |
| Record Number | B 5114 |
| Status | Caption ©2026 MFA Productions LLC Please Do Not Duplicate or Distribute Without Permission; Image in the Public Domain |
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