Col & Officers 2nd Grenadier Guards Stuart Copyright 2985 W Gregory & Co 51 Strand London
photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2017-09-7-61-3

Description

Group photograph of 24 Officers of the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards at Cove Common camp, Hampshire, gathered for Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1897. They sit or stand in several rows on the grass in front of trees and tents. They are all wearing patrol jackets and field service caps, apart from one officer on the left (Capt Loftus) who is wearing a frock coat and peaked cap. Image produced by W. Gregory & Co., London, and F. G. O. Stuart. They are named as (from left to right) Back Row: Lt Wilfred William Ashley; Lt & Adjutant Maxwell Earle; Lt Arthur St Leger Glyn; 2/Lt Hugh Harrison; (possibly Lt Grosvenor A A Wood) Standing in front of Lt Ashley is Lt Francis L Fryer; standing in front of Lord Ardee is Lt Wroth P C Lethbridge Middle Row: 2/Lt Ivo A Broadwood; Capt George C Nugent; Lt William Murray-Threipland; Lt Noel A Lowry Corry; Capt Henry R Crompton-Roberts; 2/Lt John A C Quilter (standing behind Crompton-Roberts and Bonham); Lt George L Bonham; 2/Lt J S Reeve Front Row: Capt Dudley F Loftus (standing in frock coat); Capt Hercules A Pakenham; Maj Robert Scott-Kerr; Maj David A Kinloch; Col Horace Ricardo; Capt (Hon) William E Cavendish; 2/Lt G S Clive (seated just behind Cavendish and Kilcoursie); Lt F R Lambart, Viscount Kilcoursie. From a photograph album of 111 photographs entitled '2nd Battalion 1897-1909', relating to the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards in the UK, South Africa and Gibraltar from 1897 to 1909. Mostly group photos and individual portraits.

Events

Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria, 1897 (Ceremonial Events 1800-1899)

People

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