DD Sherman Tank Warriors: The 13th/18th Royal Hussars through Dunkirk, D-Day and the Liberation of Europe Food & Travel Writing Second installment of artwork in

Second installment of artwork in the series of some of The Tank Museums most treasured tanks

'The Heroes Of HQ Company'

Seekings was a farm labourer’s son who climbed from private to squadron sergeant-major and became one of the British Army’s most highly decorated non-commissioned officers of the Second World War

ahead of the infantry and Commandos

painted by world renowned artist Nicholas Trudgian

DD Sherman Tank Warriors: The 13th/18th Royal Hussars through Dunkirk, D-Day and the Liberation of Europe Food & Travel Writing Second installment of artwork inWhen the amphibious Duplex Drive (DD) Sherman tanks of the 13th 18th Royal Hussars (QMO) touched down on the sand of Sword Beach as the vanguard of the D Day invasion, ahead of the infantry and Commandos, it was the culmination of an evolution spanning several years. Switching roles from a mounted regiment in India, into a mechanised, armoured cavalry regiment, they fought in France in 1940, then faced an uncertain future, after evacuating through