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Ref No:MR03960
Record No:MRP/9B/30
Date Period:1945_to_1958
Title:Queen Mother and Officers
Battalion:1st Battalion
Place:Dunham Park, Altrincham, Cheshire
Further Information:

Queen Elizabeth (wife of King George VI), Colonel in Chief of the Manchester Regiment, is photographed with officers of the 1st, 8th and 9th Battalions during her visit to the Regiment's 63rd Primary Training Centre at Dunham Park.

Only the men in the front two rows are identified.

Second Row L to R:

Lieutenant D.E.F. Jones, Lieutenant J.K. Stone, Major P.H. Rogers, Captain D. Truss, Captain F. Buck, Captain W.E. Pobjoy (9th Bn), Captain F.E. Talbot, Captain E.E.J. Henderson, Captain C.StJ. Wallis (Adjutant 9th Bn), Major M.P.E. Evans, Captain R.G. Clutterbuck, Lieutenant Colonel J.L. Fouracre, Major G. Manwood (9th Bn), Major G.A. Tod MC, Captain J.L.L. Perez, Major H. O'Brien (Quartermaster 1st Bn), Major T. Webster (Quartermaster 8th Bn), Major W. Robinson (9th Bn), Major R. King Clark MC.

Front Row L to R:

Captain G.C. Eastaugh (Adjutant 1st Bn), Major E.J. C. Spanton MBE, Major R.H.H. Stewart, Lieutenant Colonel P.W. Buchan, Major H.R.C. Green, Lieutenant Colonel J.H. Orgill, Lieutenant Colonel C.L. Archdale (Commanding Officer 1st Bn), Her Majesty the Queen, Major General E.B. Costin DSO (Colonel of the Regiment), Colnel S.P. Dawson MM (Honorary Colonel 8th Bn), Lieutenant Colonel D. Glover (Commanding Officer 9th Bn), Lieutenant Colonel R.D. Martin-Bird (Commanding Officer 8th Battalion), Major G. Frampton, Major H.C.R. Hyde, Major W.M. Archdale.

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