Photograph of Sgt Drummer Benjamin Gates, 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, leading the Corps of Drums as they march along, Gibraltar, 1899 (c). They are all wearing their full dress scarlet tunics with elaborate braiding and shoulder wings, and white spiked Foreign Service helmets. Sgt Drummer Benjamin Gates holds a short staff in place of the taller Drum Major’s mace. Behind him are other drummers and flute players. 

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. 