"Captain L Cotton MM with his Cromwell Mk VI tank and crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, Normandy, 17 June 1944." Captain L Cotton MM (left, wearing a 'liberated' German Iron Cross!) with his Cromwell VI tank, 'Old Bill', and crew of 4th County of London Yeomanry, 7th Armoured Division, 17 June 1944. Cotton had been promoted to captain following the regiment's action at Villers Bocage.