4th County of London Yeomanry (Sharpshooters)
NORTH WEST EUROPE 1944
The first half of 1944 was spent re-equipping with Cromwell tanks and training for the invasion.
Still with 7th Armoured Division, 4CLY landed in Normandy on D+1.
In an early attempt to break out, they ran into unexpected German armoured reinforcements at Villers Bocage losing Regimental Headquarters and one squadron. After two months of bitter fighting, armoured losses had been so high that it was decided to reduce the number of regiments.
On July 30th, 3CLY and 4CLY met at Carpiquet airport near Caen to amalgamate and to be known as the