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Photograph of the officers of the 4th Tank Battalion, Grenadier Guards, being presented to HRH Princess Elizabeth at Stockton House, Wiltshire on the 13th April 1943. The Princess is Colonel of the Regiment and had come to inspect the battalion. The officers and dignitaries at the front are named as (from left to right): (Row being presented): George Rocke; John Frederick Dame Johnston; Charles Williams; John Hollingsworth (shaking the Princess’s hand); Lt James Marshall-Cornwall; The Quartermaster Henry Randall; Rev. Minton-Senhouse. (Front row): Col John Prescott; Lady Delia Peel (Lady in Waiting); Major Arthur Penn; Lt Col John Davies and HRS Princess Elizabeth. 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.