Hi All,
I finally got round to asking for help identifying where the picture was taken, from members of Historic Military Vehicle Forum in the UK. They had it solved in a couple of hours. (-:
The photo was taken about here on the junction of Church Road and Cheltenham Road, with The King's Head pub on the right:
https://www.google.com/maps/@51.947...4!1sPwnqHioH4DsRWKnHqrXSOg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656
I thought it very possible the the memorial had been moved, and the road renumbered, but all the other changes in that time too are incredible. That's one I would have been very unlikely to find.
The Memorial was moved in the 1980's, details can be found here:
Other cross
www.warmemorialsonline.org.uk
Yes, the 1940 date on the same image on the link is not possible!
Just north of here is Cheltenham. WIKI states that during the Second World War, the United States Army Service of Supply, European Theatre of Operations established its primary headquarters at Cheltenham under the direction of Lt. Gen. John C. H. Lee, with the flats of the Cheltenham Racecourse becoming a giant storage depot for countless trucks, jeeps, tanks and artillery pieces. Most of this materiel was reshipped to the continent for and after the D-Day invasion.
Best Regards,
Adrian