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Photograph of the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, posing for the image in five rows at Buena Vista Barracks, Gibraltar, 1898 (c). Barrack buildings can be seen on the rocky cliff behind them. The men are wearing white drill jackets and peakless caps, and holds their rifles down by their sides. Three men in the back row appear to be wearing civilian clothing. The officers sit in the front row wearing their dark blue frock coats and peaked caps, with their swords attached to their sword belts. They are flanked by two senior non-commissioned officers wearing their scarlet tunics with a sash. They are named as (from left to right): C/Sgt Frederick Aston (seated in the front row, second from the left); QM William Garton (3rd from the left, front row); Lt Lord Ardee (4th from the left); Lt & Adjt Maxwell Earle (5th from the left); Maj Francis Lloyd (holding his sword over a large wooden shield); Maj Robert Scott-Kerr (7th from the right, front row); 2/Lt John Quilter (6th from the right); Surgeon Maj Edward Sheldrake (5th from the right) and Sgt Maj William Fletcher (4th from the right). 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.