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| Picture No | 10640202 |
| Date | 9 August 1914 |
| Description | Grenadier Guards in London 1914 |
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The 2nd Battalion Grenadier Guards march through London in their campaign kit. They are headed by Major Edward Henry Trotter (1872-1916), who had lost an arm during the Second Boer War. By the end of August 1914 Trotter had been placed in command of the 18th Battalion, The King's (Liverpool Regiment). He lost his lfe on the front line in July 1916, during German bombardment at the Somme.
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| Source | Illustrated London News 15 August 1914 |
| Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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