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Photograph of the football team for the 1936-37 season from No. 3 Company, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, posing for the image in front of a building at Mustapha Barracks in Alexandria, Egypt. They are the winners of the Company Shield, the Alexandria Area Small Units Junior Cup and semi-finalists in the Egyptian Command Small Units Competition. The team are in their sports kit, with two officers in Sam Browne belts and a non-commissioned officer, wearing a light-coloured uniform and forage caps. A large shield, two silver trophies and some medals are on the ground in front of them. They are named as (from left to right): Back Row: Gdsn T Brown; L/Cpl F Wilson; GdsnW Armstrong; Gdsn Forsyth; Gdsn Gaunt; L/Cpl J Elliott; Gdsn A Hopper Front Row: Gdsn W Reynolds; Gdsn E Bridgewater; CSM Godlington; Lt Col F A M Browning DSO; Lt & Adjt W R de B des Voeux; Gdsn J Humphries; Gdsn R Sturgess. From an album containing 90 photographs compiled and presented by Lt-Col J R S Besly, Grenadier Guards, entitled: ‘Egypt 1936’, but covering the 2nd Battalion during 1935-1937.