Lt Dan Godfrey
photograph, photograph
Accession Number
NAM.2017-09-7-38-39
Description
Photograph of Lt (Hon) Dan Godfrey, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, standing in a field, 1894 (c). He is wearing service dress, with scarlet tunic and sash, medals, bearskin cap, sword and gaiters. Godfrey served as the Bandmaster of the Grenadier Guards from 1856 to 1896, and was the first Bandmaster to be given a commission. Some equipment can be seen lying on the field in the background. Image produced by W. Gregory & Co., London, and F. G. O. Stuart. From an album of 79 photographs in the Grenadier Guards Photograph Archive entitled: ‘1st Battalion 1888-1902’; mainly group images and portraits, with locations such as Dublin and Wellington Barracks.
