NAM.2017-09-7-74-5

Object description: Photograph of 36 soldiers from the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards posing for the image in front of Waterloo Barracks at the Tower of London, 1908. There is also one other man sitting in the centre wearing a civilian suit. The soldiers, most of whom appear to be Corporals or Sergeants, are described as ‘Survivors of the Battle of Belmont” South Africa, 23rd November 1899’. They are wearing their scarlet tunics with forage cap and medals. Seated in the second row, second from the left, is the Drill Sergeant, and next to him (third from the left) is the RQMS, with a four bar chevron and a star above. The five men sitting on the ground at the front are Drummers, wearing the elaborately braided tunic with shoulder wings. Photograph taken by Mons. Louis of Euston Road, London. From an album of 27 photographs entitled: ‘3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Sergeants Mess’, 1898-1922. Most are images taken in Chelsea Barracks, Wellington Barracks and the Tower of London, with some taken in South Africa.