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Photograph of the winners of the McCalmont Cup, London District Rifle Meeting, from the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, 1912. They pose for the image in two rows, in front of a building, wearing white drill jackets and forage caps. The officer in the centre of the front row is wearing his dark blue braided frock coat, and he is flanked by two others wearing their scarlet tunics. They have their rifles resting against their legs - the McCalmont Cup is a shooting competition. Two silver trophies have been placed on the ground in front of them. They are named as (from left to right): Back Row: L/Cpl F G Coles; L/Cpl A Pearce; L/Sgt W Scott; L/Cpl T Hudson; Drummer A Betts Front Row: L/Sgt F Allen; Sgt H Latter; C/Sgt S Jones: Drill Sgt H Wood; Lt & Asst Adjt A L C Forbes; C/Sgt Instructor in Musketry J L Capper; Sgt R Broughton; Sgt V Burke; L/Sgt W Waterworth From an album of 27 photographs entitled: ‘3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Sergeants Mess’, 1898-1922. Most are images taken in Chelsea Barracks, Wellington Barracks and the Tower of London, with some taken in South Africa.