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Photograph of the McCalmont Cup Team and Household Bridge Inter-Unit Cup from the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, Pirbright, 1929. They pose for the image in three rows with open landscape behind them, wearing khaki service dress and forage caps, many with their rifles resting against their legs. The McCalmont Cup is a shooting competition. Two silver trophies, one large and one small, have been placed on the grass in the centre of them. They are named as (from left to right): Back Row: L/Sgt E Poulton; Sgt H Scott; CSM C Wighton; Sgt E Philpott; CSM C Jeffries MM; CSM T Garnett Middle Row: CSM R Iddison; ORQMS W Underwood; Lt H R H Davies; Lt & QM R Beard MBE DCM MM; D/Sgt R Walker Front Row: Sgt W Yates; D/Major A Collier. From an album of 69 photographs covering the period 1922-1938 - mainly relating to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions Grenadier Guards, taken at camps and events in Aldershot, Windsor, Pirbright, various barracks in London and the Guards Depot in Caterham.