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File:Matilda Compass.jpg

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A Matilda II tank of the 7th Royal Tank Regiment in the Western Desert, 19 December 1940.
Date 19 December 1940
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IWMLondonThumbnail.jpg This is photograph E 1416 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-32) Flag of the United Kingdom.svg
Author Keating G (Capt) No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit
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