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Photograph of the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards on the shooting ranges at Pirbright Camp, 1912. Three soldiers in service dress lie on the ground with their rifles pointing out towards the ranges. A fourth man lies next to them at the back. The soldier lying nearest to the camera with a forage cap is possibly Lt Edward Davenport Ridley. Lt William Spelman Pilcher stands and watches behind them, land the Sergeant closest to the camera is possibly a Musketry Instructor. From an album of 212 photographs (including archives) compiled by or presented to Lt Col Wadham Heathcote Diggle, 1910-1912 (c). It includes many portraits, group portraits and other images, many taken at the Guards Depot in Caterham and Pirbright, plus images of parades, sports, dogs and horses.