NAM.2017-09-7-39-35

Photograph of four officers posing for the image in a tented camp, possibly Frensham Camp, 1894, where the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards were on manoeuvres. Other soldiers and tents can be seen the four officers, who are wearing patrol jackets and field service caps. Three are on horseback whilst Lord Methuen stands and holds the reins of his horse. Swords and sabretaches can be seen hanging from their belt slings. Image produced by W. Gregory & Co., London, and F. G. O. Stuart. They are named as (from left to right): Capt Henry G D Shute (Coldstream Guards, Brigade Major Home District); Gen Lord Paul Methuen (Major-General commanding the Brigade of Guards and General Officer Commanding the Home District); Capt Lord Luke White, 3rd Baron Annaly (Scots Guards, Aide-de-Camp) and Capt Laurence Drummond (Scots Guards, Aide-de-Camp to Lord Methuen, Home District). From an album of 75 photographs and archives entitled: ‘Personal Album, G F M Montgomerie. The Regiment 1893-1894’ (but relates to the period 1893-1896); 1st Battalion group images, in camps and on manoeuvres, in places such as the West Indies, Windsor, Pirbright and Chatham.