House Group, 1914
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2017-09-7-19-6

Description

Photograph entitled ‘House Group, 1914’, showing a group portrait of young men and boys from Eton College, posing for the formal image with College Master Annesley Asheworth Somerville, who is seated beside a display of house cups and trophies and a dog. Behind them is a college building covered in ivy. Taken by Hills & Saunders, Eton. Pictured, from left to right: (Back row): G W J Farquhar, F R Turner, R L Sherlock, H McC Bramwell, R P Ralli, C R A Oakeley, R C G de Reuter, E Boughton-Leigh (Second row from the back): B V Cherry; R A G Hill, R W Verelst, R L Murray-Laws, B H Allfrey, Hon I B Freeman-Thomas, R H Combe, C P E de Paravicini; O F W Baden-Powell, H W Trelawny, N R Abbey, O W Dudley Smith, C B Church, W Brandford-Griffiths (Second row from the front): R H Pike Pease, P H G Pye-Smith, F S Hankey, A A Somerville Esq, C J Dudley-Smith, R E D Sassoon, R D Crossman, F A M Browning, (Front row): G W Erle Drax, H W Forester, G B Gordon, Hon G W R V Coventry, R Gilbey-Riviere, J F Dewar-Harrison. / Absent: A D Letts, R F Sherlock, Prince George of Teck, F A Knight From an album of 73 photographs compiled by or presented to Lt Col Osbert Walter Dudley Smith. The album is entitled: ‘Personal Album of O W D Smith’, and covers the period 1912-1930 (c). Contains portraits, group photos, including sports teams, and images of Eton College. Grenadier Guards reference number 83.

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