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Attributed to James Russell & Sons (active 1860s-1930s)
Windsor Castle Salvage Corps c. 1906
Gelatin dry plate negative | 16.5 x 21.5 cm (whole object) | RCIN 2400774
Attributed to James Russell & Sons (active 1860s-1930s)
Windsor Castle Salvage Corps c. 1906
Attributed to James Russell & Sons (active 1860s-1930s)
Windsor Castle Salvage Corps c. 1906
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7"x9" glass plate negative of a group photograph of the Windsor Castle Salvage Corps, in full dress uniform, outside a gateway at Windsor Castle. Front row, from left to right: George E Miles, Frank Harrison, Arthur Elmer, Thomas Rolfe, J.Thomas Fellows, Edward Kemp, Arthur G.Seymour, Alfred Holt, Leopold Cleave. On first step, from left to right: Frederick Cox, William Fellows, Charles Bishop, Edward Davis. On third step, from left to right: Henry Hawthorn, EG Cox, Thomas Perrins, Charles Blackman. Back row: William Young, Ernest Woore, James Biggs, Charles Stinton, Walter Waller, George Wilson.
The men were all members of the Royal Household at Windsor Castle, and had full-time jobs as well as being members of the Salvage Corps. They would meet very periodically, for fire drills and salvage exercises, which is still continuing in the 21st century.Provenance
Commissioned by the Royal Household
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Gelatin dry plate negative
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16.5 x 21.5 cm (whole object)
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