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Photograph of the finale of the Jubilee Review by H.M. King George V, at Rushmoor Arena Aldershot, 13th July 1935. A large formation faces the Saluting Base (off camera) upon which the King and other dignitaries watch. A caption states that the 1st Guards Brigade have just advance in Review Order, halted and given a Royal Salute. At the front of the parading group is the General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Aldershot Command, General Sir John Francis Gathorne-Hardy, and behind him the Aldershot Command Staff. They are all on horseback. Behind them stand a long line of Colour Parties with the Colours of all regiments of the 1st and 2nd Divisions. Then come the 1st Guards Brigade with the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, 1st Battalion Coldstream Guards, 2nd Battalion The Queen’s Royal Regiment, 2nd Battalion The West Yorkshire Regiment. In the rear are the Massed Bands of the 1st Division. From an album of 69 photographs covering the period 1922-1938 - mainly relating to the 2nd and 3rd Battalions Grenadier Guards, taken at camps and events in Aldershot, Windsor, Pirbright, various barracks in London and the Guards Depot in Caterham.