Wimbledon 1888
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2017-09-7-59-11
Description
Photograph of two Staff Officer, Grenadier Guards, posing for the image on horseback in front of trees, Wimbledon Common, 1888. They are wearing their blue undress uniform with sashes and peaked caps and hold bamboo swagger sticks. They are possibly at the camp to take part in the National Rifle Association competitions, the last one held at Wimbledon before moving to Bisley. Although unnamed they appear to be Lt (Hon) Edward G V Stanley (2nd Bn Grenadier Guards) on the left and Lt Joseph H R Bailey (1st Bn Grenadier Guards) on the right. From an album of 24 photographs compiled by or presented to the Honourable Edward G V Stanley, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, 1886-1889 (c).
