NAM.2017-09-7-61-108

Photograph of 27 officers from the 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards, 1903 (c). They pose for the image sitting or standing in two rows, with trees behind them. The image was probably taken in the United Kingdom after the battalion had returned from South Africa in October 1902. They are wearing peaked caps and either service dress, patrol jackets or frock coats. They are named as (from left to right): Back Row: 2/Lt Edward S Ward; 2/Lt W E Nicol; 2/Lt H C Woods; 2/Lt Euston F F Sartorius; 2/Lt Alexander L M Napier; Brigade Major Harold G Ruggles-Brise; 2/Lt Mark E Makgill-Crighton-Maitland; 2/Lt Andrew de Portal Kingsmill; Lt Bertram N Brooke; Lt George R Houston-Boswall; unnamed officer; Capt Arthur St Leger Glyn; Lt Charles le Despencer Leslie-Melville; Lt Humphrey St Leger Stucley; unnamed officer; Lt (Hon) B C Gordon-Lennox Front Row: QM William G A Garton; 2/Lt Edward M Colston; unnamed officer; unnamed officer; Lt Col Robert Gordon-Gilmour; Maj Gen Lord Laurence J Oliphant (Commanding the Brigade of Guards); Maj (Hon) William E Cavendish; Capt Lord Ardee; Lt Lord Francis G Montagu Douglas Scott; Lt (Hon) Montagu B Parker; Lt John Arnold C Quilter. 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.