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Photograph of the Band and Massed Drums entering the garden of Buckingham Palace playing ‘Semper Fidelis’, during an inspection of the regiment by King George V in the garden of Buckingham Palace, 29th June 1910. Three Drum Majors in gold state coats, jockey caps and holding their maces lead the band along the long pathway past trees. The band are wearing their full dress scarlet tunics and bearskin caps. Brass instruments and drums can be seen being played. Photograph by James Russell & Sons of Baker Street, London. From an album of 40 photographs compiled by Captain and Adjutant Robert Lygon, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, showing the inspection of the regiment by King George V in the garden of Buckingham Palace, 29th June 1910.