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Group photograph of the Colonel, Officers and Non-Commissioned Officers of the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards at Cove Common camp, Hampshire, gathered for Queen Victoria's Jubilee, 1897. The 20 officers and other ranks pose for the image in three rows on the grass in front of trees and tents. The soldiers are wearing their scarlet tunics with pillbox caps, and holding their rifles. A musician stands to the right hand side wearing the elaborately braided musician's tunic. The officers in the centre of the front row (seated) are wearing patrol jackets and field service caps. Image produced by W. Gregory & Co., London, and F. G. O. Stuart. The most senior men in the picture are named as (from left to right) Col Sgt Aston (standing, far left); all seated: 2/Lt John A C Quilter; Lt & Adjutant Maxwell Earle; Col Horace Ricardo; Maj Robert Scott-Kerr; Lt Wilfred W Ashley; Sgt Major Fletcher. 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)