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| Visit of King Carol of Roumania to Aldershot Command, 1938 |
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| Brief Description: King Carol of Roumania with a guard of honour of the 3rd Battalion of the Grenadier Guards |
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| Subject Date: 17 November 1938 |
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| Creator: donated by Col. Cole |
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| Owner: Hampshire Library and Information Service |
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| Contributor: Hampshire Library and Information Service |
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| Full Description: King Carol had been driven over from the RAF station at Odiham. He was greeted by Lieut-Gen Sir John Dill, the GOC in charge. After inspecting the guard of honour he was driven over to the Long Valley to watch a display of mechanized units, including a demonstration by a Carrier Platoon of the 1st Battalion of the Gordon Highlanders. He then took the salute at a drive past of the 12th Royal Lancers in their armoured cars, the tractor-drawn 13th Anti-Tank and 4th Medium Regiments, R.A., the 2nd and 4th Battalions of the Royal Tank Corps, the 6th Anti-Aircraft Regiment R.A. and the Mobile Searchlights of the 1st A.A. Battalion R.E. |
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| Place: Aldershot, Hampshire |
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| Subject: royal visit, guard of honour, Grenadier Guards, Long Valley |
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| Name Subject: King Carol of Roumania |
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| Content Type: Photograph |
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| Location: Aldershot Library |
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| Local Ref: M 10
M4 |
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| Unique ID: hs-hl-hs7628-i-00-000.jpg |
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