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№ 604

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7 November 2024

Hammer Price:
£110

An official group photograph of the Officers of the 9th (Service) Battalion, Rifle Brigade, taken by Messrs Gale & Polden at Aldershot in 1915, annotated below, depicting the 32 Officers of the Battalion shortly before they embarked for France, mounted for display in a glazed frame, very good condition £40-£50

Of the 32 Officers depicted in the photograph, 14 were killed in action; 9 were wounded in action in 1915; and two were invalided home in 1915. Only 7 of the 32 survived the War unscathed.