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Photograph (page loose in album) of the 22 men taking part in an Officers versus Sergeants Football Match, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, Cairo, 3rd January 1931. Taken by Garrison Photographer S Sarkis. They pose for the image in a long row on the football pitch, with buildings visible behind them. They are all wearing various items of sports kit including shorts and football boots. They are named as (from left to right): Capt Ellison, P; 2/Lt Fisher-Rowe, D; Capt Dury, G; Lt Sir H Cholmeley; Capt Verney, G; Maj Wiggins, A; Lt Lindsay, R; Lt Col Hughes, J S; CSM Garton, G; Capt Hogarth, J; Sergt Mantle; CSM Brenchley, W; RSM Walker, R; CSM Pitt, A; Sergt Toon; B; Sergt Jones; Sergt Riley; Capt Goschen, W H; Sergt Reynolds; Capt Browning, G; CQMS Massey, A; D/Sergt Ward, W. From an album of 203 photographs relating mainly to the 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards in Egypt 1930-32’; with images of sports teams, group images at Kasr-El-Nil barracks in Cairo, local people and battalion transport. Many were taken by the Garrison photographer S Sarkis.