NAM.1973-10-42-2-33

Photograph of the polo team from the 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers (previously the 24th Regiment of Foot), after winning a Polo Tournament in Gibraltar, 1895. It shows four officers posing for the image on horseback. They are wearing polo kit and hold their mallets. Trees and some buildings can be seen behind them. Image taken by Joseph Porral of Gibraltar. They are named as (from left to right): Capt Sydney Fitzwyman Cooke, Lt (although listed as Capt) Wilfred Edward Bownas Smith, Capt Hugh Gilbert Casson and Lt Anthony Julian Reddie. Also serving in the regiment at the time was 2/Lt Harry Whitehill Stevens. From a collection of 36 photographs associated with the Stevens family: Lt Col Stephen James Stevens and his sons and grandsons, 1870-1915 (c). Most served in Indian Cavalry regiments, plus also the Royal Artillery and the South Wales Borderers. Images include portraits and group images taken in India, at Sandhurst Royal Military College and the School of Musketry in Hythe.