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Panoramic photograph of the Escort to the Colour, 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards, on the occasion of Her Majesty the Queen's Birthday Parade (trooping the Colour), London, 11th June 1960. The battalion undertook several 'Farewell to the City of London' events that year before the Battalion was disbanded. The pose for the formal image in four rows, wearing service dress including their scarlet tunics and bearskin caps. Most of the soldiers in the front row have their rifles on the ground, leaning against their right knees. The Colour is held in the middle of the image. Trees and a metal railing behind them - possibly taken at Wellington Barracks or Horseguards. The image was taken on a Cirkut panoramic camera by P J Hart, who operated out of Streathbourne Road, London. 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.

Ceremonial Events (1900-1999)

Trooping the Colour (Ceremonial Events)