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Photograph of soldiers from the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards who have won sporting competitions between July 1911 and May 1912. The 23 men pose for the image in three rows with a table full of trophies and medals in the centre. A building and trees are behind them. Most of the soldiers are wearing their scarlet tunics and forage caps although three are in sportswear. The competitions and winners are written around the outside of the image and include athletics meetings, shooting competitions, swimming and bayonet fighting. Image taken by J W Broadhead. 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.