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Photograph of the Bearer party for the funeral of HM King Edward VII, May 1910, from the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards. The 37 soldiers pose for the image in four rows in front of the Sergeants Mess at Wellington Barracks, London. They are wearing full dress. The two officers sitting in the centre of the front row holding their bearskin caps are Lt Ian Onslow Dennistoun (fifth from the left) and Lt Viscount Gort (5th from the right). The late King’s funeral took place on 20th May 1910. From an album of 27 photographs entitled: ‘3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards. Sergeants Mess’, 1898-1922. Most are images taken in Chelsea Barracks, Wellington Barracks and the Tower of London, with some taken in South Africa.