Thu 7 Jun 84
Burton’s Court, 2nd Bn Garden Party. HM The Colonel in Chief speaking to members of the 1 Bn who were present.
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2017-09-7-35-33
Description
Photograph showing Queen Elizabeth II, Colonel in Chief, Grenadier Guards, being introduced to some members of the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards who were present at a Garden Party in Burton’s Court in Chelsea for the 2nd Battalion, 7th June 1984. The Queen is introduced to some of the non-commissioned officers, wearing their scarlet tunics, by Lt Col Alex Heroys, who wears his dark blue undress frock coat and crimson belt. Some tents and other soldiers can be seen in the background. From an album of 63 photographs of the Grenadier Guards showing parades, training, Royal inspections and group images, taken in Germany, Cyprus and the UK, 1980-89.