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Photograph of HRH Princess Elizabeth, taken as she inspected the 4th Tank Battalion, Grenadier Guards, at Stockton House, Wiltshire on the 13th April 1943. The Princess is Colonel of the Regiment and wears a Grenadier Guards cap badge on her hat. She shakes hands with a row of young officers, introduced to her by Major Arthur Penn (left of the image). The six officers nearest to the camera have been named (from right to left) as: Charles Williams; J.F.D.J. (shaking hands with the Princess); George Rocke; Derek Ryan; Ian Swift and Desmond Winch. 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.