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Photograph of the 4th Tank Battalion, Grenadier Guards, on parade as they are inspected by HRH Princess Elizabeth when she inspected the battalion at Stockton House, Wiltshire on the 13th April 1943. The Princess is Colonel of the Regiment. The men stand in long rows wearing service dress with forage caps. The officers and dignitaries at the front are named as (from left to right): Lt Col John Davies (with his back to the camera); Major Arthur Penn standing behind HRS Princess Elizabeth; Lady Delia Peel (Lady in Waiting) walking beside Col John Prescott, and RQMS J Bolton (far right, with his back to the camera). From a photograph album containing 13 images and 2 press cuttings relating to the inspection of the 4th Tank Battalion, Grenadier Guards, by H.R.H. Princess Elizabeth, 1943.