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Ref No578-K/2/9/2/1
Title1st Battalion sporting events, parades and activities at Bordon, in Northern Ireland and Egypt
DescriptionImages of informal scenes, small groups of soldiers and vehicles in several locations. Includes Bordon, 23rd April 1927, St. George's Day celebrations; Aldershot, c.1927, No 2 Platoon marching and A Company football team, winners of the Inter Company Senior League; Trooping of the Colour to commemorate St Georges Day in 1915 and the attack on Ypres; Maresfield Camp, 1928; Netheravon, 1928, football team, winners of the MGs Concentration Camp Cup; Belfast, 1928, cross country race, the Battalion were winners of the Northern Ireland Cross Country Shield; Londonderry, 1930, concert party, Regimental sports day, Mr Justice Wilson inspecting the guard of honour at the opening of the Assizes 12 Feb 1930, a hunt crossing a bridge; Sidi Bishr, Egypt, 1936, athletics team, the camp, members of H.Q. Wing, Major P.G. Day; Affule, Egypt, or Palestine, 1936, soldiers on the beach, three Austin Cars; Alexandria, Egypt, 1936, members of the Battalion and cars; Catterick, 1939, H.Q. staff; [dates and locations unknown] machine gunners, members of the Battalion sitting down to eat a meal, soldiers at camp, on the beach and seafront, kit laid out on a bed ready for inspection, a bride and groom with bridesmaids and pageboys, group of soldiers in fancy dress.
Date[c.1919]-[c.1939]
FormatPhotograph
Extent161 items
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