The Colours 1982
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2017-09-7-35-9

Description

Card-mounted photograph of four officers and three non-commissioned officers, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, posing for the image with the regimental Colours and drums in front of a building, 1982. The five men who are standing wear full dress with their scarlet tunics and peaked caps, except for the two Quartermasters who wear cocked hats with a white plume. The two seated officers wear dark blue undress frock coats and peaked caps and hold their swords in their left hands. Drums and two cymbals have been arranged on the ground. Photographed by Marshalls of Camberley. They are named as (from left to right): Back Row: D/Sgt A Ferneyhough, MBE; Maj (QM) W R Clarke; RSM M Joyce; Capt (QM) D J Webster; AD/Sgt J Morris Front Row: Lt Col A A Denison-Smith, MBE; Capt & Adjt E T Bolitho From an album of 63 photographs of the Grenadier Guards showing parades, training, Royal inspections and group images, taken in Germany, Cyprus and the UK, 1980-89.