One of four photographs showing the British Royal Family at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst, 1918.
Penlington was selected as Captain of the Guard of Honour on the occassion of the visit of the Royal Family.
One of ten items relating to Lt Col Thomas Neville Penlington who served in 52nd Bn Royal Fusiliers, 7th, 3rd and 2nd Bns The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment), the West African Frontier Force and finally 5th (Weald of Kent) Bn (TA), 1918-1949.
Penlington served in France, India, Mesopotamia, Aden, and Palestine.
From the collection of the former Buffs Regimental Museum.