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Photograph of a group of three soldiers from the Grenadier Guards standing at edge of a pavement in front of a brick building, possibly a guard house, Windsor, March 1864 (or possibly more likely 1865). It shows Captain and Adjutant John Julius Johnstone on the left, wearing a frock coat and holding a book into which Drill Sgt Dods (centre) looks. Sgt Major George Hayes stands on the right holding another book. Two large black birds called ‘Grey Peter’ and ‘Bob’ can be seen on the left of the image. 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.