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Photograph showing HM King George VI (left) shaking hands with an officer of the 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, as the rest of the battalion line up in the background, Perth, Scotland, 1942. The King had come to inspect the battalion. Some of the soldiers are formed up in lines with their rifles resting on their shoulders. Another line of soldiers stand to attention. There are trees and some buildings behind them. They are wearing Battle Dress with peaked caps, and the King is wearing Service Dress with peaked cap, riding breeches, boots and Sam Browne belt. From a photograph album of 135 photographs; album entitled: ‘3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards 1930-1960’, showing parades, portraits, and group images, taken mainly in Egypt, North Africa, Italy and Palestine.

World War Two (1939-1945)