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Group photograph of the Depot Companies, Grenadier Guards - Champion All-Round Company both for 1933-34 and 1934-35. They have succeeded in all manor of sports including football, cricket, athletics, shooting, boxing and rugby. They pose for the image in 7 rows wearing their scarlet tunics with forage caps. The drummers are obvious with their elaborately braided tunics, whilst the officers in the front row wear blue frock coats. In the middle of the front row, with a shield in front of him, sits HRH The Duke of Connaught - Colonel of the Regiment. A row of trophies and shields are on the ground in front of them. Taken by H R Gwyer Gibbs of Pirbright. They are named as (from left to right): Back Row: TS - E Phillips; S Hadley; H Jordan; C Greening; F Whyley; J Hughes; H Wrath; J Biggenden; T Noakes; G Nye 6th Row: TS - E Chamberlain; W Kearsey; G Astle; W Wainright; P Sedgewick; W Coles; R Kilford; W Gillett; M Howard; C Lyons; K Fisher; W Kearsey 5th Row: TSs - F Vickers; A Paget; C Golding; J Carter; W Abbott; J Witcomb; Drmr J Vine; TS J Braithwaite; N Lawrence; C Gregory; H Lanham; H Miller; G Timms 4th Row: TS - A Grimmer; A Husselbee; E Seddon; C Barnes; T Riley; C Eason; W White; W Newman; R Hall; W Latham; D Corbett; K Fieldon; A Thompson; R Hargraves 3rd Row: TS - H Wood; L/Cpl F Sawyer; H Charters; J Parkhouse; E Spry; A Stevens; A Robertson; H Solley; L/Sgt E Green; L/Cpl E Everard; W Higgins; H Platt; L Boggis; A Attenborough; F Marcham 2nd Row: Drmr G Rolfe; L/Sgt Munday; L C Williams; H Southgate; G Raikes; H Wood; J Poole; Sgt F Ponting; J Wilford; L/Sgt G Lawton; W Moughton; J Lowe; F Shaw; F Dowling; G Rowson; Drmr W Weaver Front Row: Sgt A Hoare; M Young; C Fitzhugh; CSM Robinson H; Lt R H Lomer; Capt R B Colvin; Lt Col G E C Rasch DSO; HRH Duke of Connaught KG etc; Capt A F L Clive; Lt G E W Potter; CQMS Stopp; CQMS Donlan; Sgt A Folkes; Sgt W Betts; Sgt J Brown From an album of 29 photographs compiled by or presented to Sgt J Biggenden. It covers the period 1927-1951 and includes mainly group images taken at the Guards Depot in Caterham, plus some inspections such as by HM The Queen at Windsor Castle.