"All That Was Left of Them": The Thirteen Sole Survivors of the Second Grenadier Guards

This material is held atEdinburgh University Library Heritage Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 237 Coll-1434/3269
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1870s-1930s
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 81mm by 81mm 1 slide
      81mm by 81mm

Scope and Content

Photograph of thirteen soldiers that were the sole survivors of the Second Grenadier Guards that fought in World War I and another photograph of two of the survivors with their horses, the 'old contemptables' that survived the war as well.

Archivist's Note

Catalogued by Kristy Davis as part of Towards Dolly Project, 2012-2013

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