The Corporals 1931
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2017-09-7-45-13

Description

Photograph of the Corporals, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, Kasr-El-Nil barracks, Cairo, 1932. Probably taken by Garrison Photographer S Sarkis. They pose for the image in six rows in front of the barracks. They are wearing uniform including white belts and pith helmets. Seated in the centre of the front row is Commanding Officer Lt Col J S Hughes MC (eighth from the left). From an album of 203 photographs relating mainly to the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards in Egypt 1930-32’; with images of sports teams, group images at Kasr-El-Nil barracks in Cairo, local people and battalion transport. Many were taken by the Garrison photographer S Sarkis.