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Photograph of members of HQ Squadron, 4th Tank Battalion, Grenadier Guards, raising their forage caps and shouting three cheers to the Colonel of their Regiment, HRH Princess Elizabeth. The Princess was there to undertake an inspection of the battalion at Stockton House, Wiltshire on the 13th April 1943. Rows of soldiers in battle dress stand in a field. Some of the officers in the front row are named as: Lt Richard Rasch; Lord Ardee (Maj Anthony Brabazon); Maj P H Lort-Phillips; Charles Williams; Lt James Marshall-Cormwall; Phillip Colvillle and Ronnie Monteith. From a photograph album containing 13 images and 2 press cuttings relating to the inspection of the 4th Tank Battalion, Grenadier Guards, by H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth, 1943.