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Photograph of the Warrant Officers and Staff Sergeants, 1st Battalion Grenadier Guards, Kasr-El-Nil barracks, Cairo, 1931 (c). Taken by Garrison Photographer S Sarkis. They pose for the image in three rows in front of the barracks. They are wearing hot weather uniform including shorts and pith helmets. They are named (from left to right): Back Row: SMC A Lanham; CQMS H Robinson; CQMS S Balchin; D/M M McCoy; CQMS E Shaw MM; CQMS A Massey; Sgt C Lax; Sgt B Toon Middle Row: D/Sgt W Bray DCM MM; Sgt MT A Smith; CSM W Povey; CSM W Brenchley; CSM A Pitt DCM; CSM H Cooper; CSM G Garton; Armourer S/Sgt T Whittaker; D/Sgt W Ward MM Front Row: RQMS W Lavers DCM; Sgt/Maj R Walker; Capt & Adjt W H Goschen; Lt Col J S Hughes MC; Major F G Beaumont-Nesbitt MC; ORQMS W Starkes 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.