His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in company with Major General (Maj Gen) T W Glasgow CB ...

Accession Number E04010
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white - Glass original half plate negative
Maker Young, Sydney Harry Edward
Place made Belgium: Wallonie, Hainaut, Chatelet
Date made 30 December 1918
Conflict First World War, 1914-1918
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

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Description

His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, in company with Major General (Maj Gen) T W Glasgow CB CMG DSO, General Officer Commanding 1st Division, after having presented medals to members of the 3rd Australian Infantry Brigade. The Prince is seen here leaving 'Ste Ouvriere St Francois-Xavier' after presenting about fifty medals to members of the 1st Division for gallantry in action. Prior to this the Prince inspected a Guard of Honour from the 12th Battalion in Place de l'Hotel de Ville. After the medal presentation HRH visited several billets in the Brigade area and chatted with the men as he passed round. Finally a number of officers were presented to HRH at Brigade Headquarters. Identified: Lieutenant A V Warrington (1); Captain (Capt) H C Fenton (2); unidentified (3); unidentified (4); 3752 Lance Corporal G P Wickham (5); HRH the Prince of Wales (6); Lieutenant Colonel (Lt Col) R A Rafferty DSO (7); Maj Gen Glasgow (8); Lt Col J L Hardie DSO (9); Capt A M Maxwell DSO MC (10); Major J S S anderson DSO MC (11); unidentified (12). See E04010K for position of those named in this caption.