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Photographic copy of the 2nd Company of Lt Colonel Henry William Verschoyle, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, 1861-1864 (c). It shows 41 soldiers, who are probably all other ranks, posing for the photo on a hillside, with other hills in the background. Some are standing and some and sitting on the ground. Around half of them are wearing white drill jackets and pillbox forage caps, with the rest in tunics. Some have their rifles with them. The photograph is annotated with a numbered key showing the identities of the soldiers: 1 - Sgt Hardstaff; 2 - G Wright; 3 - J Wicks; 4 - W Dager; 5 - A Blount; 6 - G Mitchell; 7 - G Johnson; 8 - H Sanders; 9 - J Coleman; 10 - W Grist; 11 - J Tanner; 12 - R Colton; 13 - J Hall; 14 - G Ryder; 15 - Sgt Head; 16 - G Dix; 17 - Sgt Fowler; 18 - E Fletcher; 19 - Cpl Peters; 20 - G Hammond; 21 - J Anderson; 22 - E Marlow; 23 - M Layton; 24 - W Holden; 25 - G Callaby; 26 - R Hawkins; 27 - M Coole; 28 - E Childs; 29 - Cpl Cox; 30 - Green; 31 - H Gee; 32 - J Wells; 33 - G Jenkins; 34 - R Cole; 35 - Cpl Wilcox; 36 - A Ward; 37 - E Floyd; 38 - D Route; 39 - J Walters; 40 - W Isgrove; 41 - W Taylor From a photograph album containing 22 copies of images taken by Lt Col Henry William Verschoyle, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. The original photographs were taken between 1860-1864, and consist mainly of group portraits. Grenadier Guards reference number 99.