Personnel of a Canadian Highland regiment receiving training about the Oerlikon 20mm. gun aboard the troopship H.M.T. NEA HELLAS en route to Philippeville, Algeria, 5 July 1943.
1900 At Wolve Spruit, near Standarton in South Africa, Sergeant A.H.L. Richardson of the Strathcona's Horse spotted a wounded Canadian trooper whose horse had been shot, and rode through heavy crossfire to within 300 metres of the enemy in order to rescue his comrade. For his actions Sergeant Richardson earned the Victoria Cross.
