Photograph captioned: ‘Sudanese Camel Corps’, probably at Mena Camp near Cairo, 1932. A Sudanese soldier in uniform with a fez hat and bandolier sits on a camel. His camel saddle is probably wooden with a skin cloth over the top. Some personal equipment can be seen underneath the saddle. Tents and vehicles are in the distance. Image relates to the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards who were stationed in Cairo at this time.

From an album of 275 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.