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Photograph of a memorial tablet which states: ‘This tablet was erected by some old comrades in memory of Henry Verschoyle. Captain and Lieutenant-Colonel Grenadier Guards, Born 29 Jany. 1833, Died at Cowes 20 August 1870; After serving 18 years with the Regiment including the Eastern Campaign 1854-5’. Captain Verschoyle was taken ill on board his yacht ‘Vanguard’ during a race at Cowes and died. From an album of 202 photographs in the Grenadier Guards Photograph Archive compiled by or presented to Surgeon Major James John Marjoribanks Wardrop. The album is entitled: ‘Personal Album Surgeon Major Wardrup [sic], The Regiment, 1858-1868’, but covers the period 1854-1872. Mainly officers portraits. Grenadier Guards reference number 2.