Studio portrait photograph of 798 RSM Thomas Cheal standing in uniform holding a sword against a draped background, cap on pedestal, Canterbury, 1905 (c).
With card backing.
Produced by R Sinclair and Son, Northgate, Canterbury.
One of 9 photographs relating to RSM Thomas Cheal, 1st and 3rd Bn the Buffs Regiment, 1883-1908.
RSM Cheal served in Malta, Singapore and India and was appointed Sergeant Major in 1895, and Regimental Sergeant Major, Depot, the Buffs in 1901. 
He also fought in the Chitral Relief Force, 1895, and the South Africa War, 1900-1901. 
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.