Captain John Haselden, a cotton merchant living in Egypt before the War broke out often accompanied the LRDG. Fluent in Arabic and well versed in their customs, he could pass as one in a pinch. in the photo below he stands in front of a Ford F30, disguised as a local shepherd. He would later die in the ill fated raid on Tobruk.

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Updated on Mon, 02/07/2022 - 13:45.