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Photograph of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards during the presentation of their new Colours by His Majesty King Edward VII, Chelsea Barracks, 1906. The battalion, wearing ceremonial dress, line up on the parade square in several rows with their rifles resting on their left shoulders (Slope Arms). At least three officers can be seen at or near the front of the battalion, with the band to the left of the image. Various barrack buildings surround them. Photograph taken by Mons. Louis of Euston Road, London. 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.