Black and white photograph showing Col Julius Batt Backhouse in civilian dress, leaving Canterbury Cathedral after the unveiling of the tablet to Col Ravenhill of Buffs Regiment, 18 Sep 1908.
This Col Ravenhill may be Col Edgar Evelyn Ravenhill, DSO - 2nd Bn, The Buffs (8 December 1859 - 6th February 1907), whose memorial in Canterbury Cathedral reads ‘This monument is erected by the Officers, Non Commd Officers & Men of the 2nd Battalion The Buffs in memory of their Colonel Edgar Evelyn Ravenhill, D.S.O. who died at Wynberg, Cape Colony on Feb. 6 1907 AET. 47.’.
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.