Photograph of HM King Alfonso of Spain, probably taken in Cairo, Egypt, 1932 (c). He is wearing a light-coloured civilian suit and hat as he walks down the steps of a grand building towards a waiting car. Three officers from the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards are near him and another man in a civilian suit. The King had fled Spain in 1931 following the formation of the Second Spanish Republic.

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.