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Photograph of officers of the 4th Tank Battalion, Grenadier Guards, standing in a line as they are presented 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. She is accompanied by her Lady in Waiting, Lady Delia Peel, Col John Prescott (left), Lt Col John Davies (in battle dress) and another officer (behind). Rows of soldiers in battle dress can also be seen, as can a cameraman on top of a car in the field. The officers in the front row are named as (from left to right): Capt John A Gascoigne; Capt Robert Heywood-Lonsdale; Capt George Grey; Capt Tony Hedley; Capt John Cannan; Capt Philip Colville; Lt Basil Lowe; Hamish Curry (shaking hands); Capt Jay Gould; Lt Ronnie Monteith; Lt Michael Harvey; Lt Bill Agar; Henry Woolaston; Capt David Stobart and Hugh Kennedy. 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.