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Photograph of a group of Grenadier Guards, posing for the image in front of some trees with a large silver plate, 1910. All of the men are wearing white drill jackets and forage caps. The three officers are in blue frock coats and sit in the middle of the front row, along with Drill Sergeant J E Parkin (to the right of the officers) who is wearing his tunic and holds a cane in his hands. Two soldiers sit on the ground with the silver plate, at least one of whom appears to be a boy. Some of the other Sergeants in the front row are named as (from left to right): Pickhaver (standing to the far left of the image); Weeks; O C Bowe(?); Mortimer; P Perry. To the right of Drill Sgt Parkin is Quinn; Hillier and Norton. They mainly have their rifles with them also. From an album of 59 photographs entitled: ‘The Regiment, 1910’. It includes images of the regiment’s involvement in the State Funeral of King Edward VII in May 1910, as well some portraits of officers and groups.

State Funeral of King Edward VII, 1910 (Ceremonial Events 1900-1999)