Photograph: Normandy: The advance to Troarn. Although thick mud is holding up operations in the Caen sector, a double blow by British and Canadian tanks and infantry has led to the capture of half of Troarn (22/7/44). Shows two British soldiers in position between Banneville La Campagne and Troarn. They are Pte S Clarke of Morley, Leeds and Pte H Leech of Prescott Street, Liverpool. Picture issued July 1944. British Official photograph B7786. From a collection of 33 contact prints of British official photographs mounted on card with original associated typescript captions. Photographs chiefly relate to D-Day and the Battle of Normandy, 1944. Some of the captions are incomplete. Associated with D-Day and Operation OVERLORD, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945) 1944 and the Normandy Breakout, World War Two, North West Europe (1944-1945) 1944.