NAM.2017-09-7-14-147

Faded photograph of five men swimming in the sea, 1900-1905 (c). Possibly taken in Bermuda. It is captioned ‘Midshipmen’ - one of the lower rankings of naval officers. From an album of 268 photographs compiled by or presented to Lt Col Wadham Heathcote Diggle, 1900-1909 (c). It follows some of his earlier naval service in places such as Bermuda and Newfoundland, before he joined the Grenadier Guards.