In the background

[Geoff Winnington-Ball (RIP)]

Originally posted by sapper740
Here's some kit having a really bad start to the war. I'm wondering if the UC flipped while off-loading an LST. The ramp may have been too steep.

Don't think so, Derek... I've seen a bigger copy of this famous pic, and there is a lot of damage to the right-side bogies. My guess is that he clipped a mine that was big enough to flip him right over. Unfortunately, reading of similar incidents, there's almost no chance the crew survived.

BTW, that's a Queen's Own Rifles' carrier IIRC, on NAN WHITE Beach near Bernières-sur-Mer.