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Group photograph of five Officers of No. 1 Company, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards at Cove Common camp, Hampshire, gathered for Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1897. They stand together on the grass in front of trees and tents. They are all wearing patrol jackets and field service caps, with Col Ricardo holding a walking cane. Image produced by W. Gregory & Co., London, and F. G. O. Stuart. They are named as (from left to right) 2/Lt John A C Quilter; Maj Robert Scott-Kerr; Col Horace Ricardo; Lt & Adjutant Maxwell Earle and Lt Wilfred W Ashley. 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.

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