Grenadier Guards in the Sudan 1898 (1 Viewer)

[PolarBear]

In 2008 W. Britain released Redcoat # 44006 Guardsman, Grenadier Guards, 1898 from the Battle of Omdurman during the Anglo-Sudan War. I recently came across the 3 photos below showing some of the Grenadier Guards who participated in that battle and I thought I would share them with other fans and collectors of that conflict.

Source: Cambridge University Library


http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rcs_photo_project/409.html

Photo #1: Photographer: Gregson, Francis, fl 1898, war correspondent
Title: Grenadier Guards kit inspection [Cairo ?]
Description:162 x 102 mm. A view showing a group of soldiers standing outside their tents with their equipment at their feet.
Date created from:1898

Photo #2: Photographer:Gregson, Francis, fl 1898, war correspondent
Title: Officers' Mess, 1st Batt Grenadier Guards
Description: 153 x 114 mm. A view showing Grenadier Guards seated at a table under an awning. Their names are listed as: ' Lieut. E. Seymour. Lieut. F. Swaine. Lieut.-Col. F. [later Lt Gen Sir Francis] Lloyd. Lieut. E. Verschoyle. Lieut. G. Russell. Capt. Murray-Threipland. Lieut. H. Stucley. Lieut. [later Lt General Sir] Sidney Clive. Lieut. E. Trotter. Lieut. F. Hervey-Bathurst. Capt. W. Marshall'. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Date created from:1898

Photo #3: Photographer:Gregson, Francis, fl 1898, war correspondent
Title: Grenadier Guards 1st Batt. Officers' Mess waiters and cook
Description: 161 x 112 mm. A view showing a group of five private soldiers standing beside a pile of crockery in the Omdurman camp. They are named as: 'Private E.S. Howe, Queen's Coy. Private J. Packham, Queen's Coy. Private H. Tallant, No. 6 Coy. Private M. Allen, No. 8 Coy. Private W. Gallier, No. 6 Coy'. The Nile can be seen in the background. The photograph is stuck on to an album page entitled 'Omdurman'.
Date created from:1898

 

[marco55]

Thank you Randy.The late Colonial period (1880-1914) is one of my main time periods that I am Interested in.
Mark

 

[PolarBear]

There are photos from all these conflicts at the web site:

http://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rcs_photo_project/408.html

Boer Wars 1880-1881 and 1899-1902
Samoan Civil War 1898-1899
Siege of Peking, Boxer Rebellion, 1900
Life in the British Royal Navy
World War I
Burma Campaigns 1889-91
Modern images
Bombardment of Alexandria 1882
Sudan Campaigns

 

[Leadmen]

Thanks Randy for the resources and pictures. Marco-- I am almost finished with Queen Victoria's Little Wars. That was good reading on cold winter nights. John

 

[marco55]

I glad you liked it.
Mark