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Photographic copy of five officers of the Grenadier Guards standing around a cannon with two dogs, taken at the fort in Eastbourne, 6th May 1863. Three of them are wearing undress uniform with frock coats and peaked pillbox forage caps. The other two (Lt Col Hogge and The Hon Charles Ernest Edgcumbe) are wearing civilian suits. The officers are named as: (Back row) - Lt Col Cameron Neville Hogge (leaning an elbow on the cannon), Lt Alexander Louis Ricardo (sitting next to a dog named Boatswain). (Standing) - Col John Hynde King (wearing frock coat), The Hon Charles Ernest Edgcumbe (wearing civilian suit). A dog named Judy lies between their feet. (Seated on the ground) - Capt Charles Berners Jarrett. From a photograph album containing 22 copies of images taken by Lt Col Henry William Verschoyle, 3rd Battalion, Grenadier Guards. The original photographs were taken between 1860-1864, and consist mainly of group portraits. Grenadier Guards reference number 99.