NAM.2017-09-7-21-38

Panoramic photograph of the HQ Wing, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, Pirbright Camp, July 1931. They are wearing khaki service dress and forage caps, and pose with two large shields or plaques on the ground in front of the group. Two drummers sit on the ground at the front with a drum each. Image taken by H R Gwyer Gibbs of Pirbright. The officers and non-commissioned officers sitting in the front row are named as (from left to right): L/Cpl Atkinson (Barber) - standing; L/Cpl Sutton; L/Cpl Morris; L/S Harrison; L/S Barastock (Pioneer); L/S Davies O.R.; SIM Philpott; D.S. Minchin; RQMS Hunt; RSM Hawkins MBE; Lt H R H Davies; Drmr E Bolan - seated on the grass; Capt J A Inglis-Jones; CSM Holliday MM; Drmr Newman - seated on the grass; D.S. Turner DCM; L/S Wells, QR Stores; Sgt White, QR Stores; Sgt Hallam, Pioneer Sgt; CQMS Love; Sgt Sheffard, Transport Sgt; Sgt Brown, Master Tailor; L/Cpl Watson, QM Stores; L/Cpl Wiggins; L/Cpl Humphreyson - standing. 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.