Drums 3rd (?) Battalion Grenadier Guards
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2017-09-7-4-16
Description
Photograph showing the 3rd (?) Battalion Corps of Drums, Grenadier Guards, Frensham Camp, 1894. They are standing informally in two rows in a field with tents in the background. As well as drums some of them have bugles. They wear white drill jackets, dark trousers and blue field service caps. To the right of the image a man is holding the lead of a dog, possibly their mascot. Image taken by F.G.O. Stuart. From an album of 77 photographs (including some archives and postcards) relating to the Grenadier Guards, 1894-1909 (c). Includes training at Frensham Camp, boxing matches, orders for King Edward VII’s Coronation and images from Staff College 1909, including a trip to the Franco-Prussian War battlefields in France.
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