20th Century Military Related Photos Of EIIR, as Princess and Queen.

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This is from the June 26 1956 Ceremony in Hyde Park London of ER II of the presentation it would seem of every living recipient of the Victoria Cross in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Award.

 

Here's a page on it, it has all the living recipients that attended the festivities, the clickable links the British Holders on top by Alphabet, and below that by Commonwealth with Name Unit and year Awarded.

http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ppheader.htm

[Gunner87]

7 hours ago, patches said:

This is from the June 26 1956 Ceremony in Hyde Park London of ER II of the presentation it would seem of every living recipient of the Victoria Cross in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Award.

 

Here's a page on it, it has all the living recipients that attended the festivities, the clickable links the British Holders on top by Alphabet, and below that by Commonwealth with Name Unit and year Awarded.

http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ppheader.htm

What a great photograph patches. Thanks for sharing....

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23 hours ago, patches said:

This is from the June 26 1956 Ceremony in Hyde Park London of ER II of the presentation it would seem of every living recipient of the Victoria Cross in commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Award.

 

Here's a page on it, it has all the living recipients that attended the festivities, the clickable links the British Holders on top by Alphabet, and below that by Commonwealth with Name Unit and year Awarded.

http://www.victoriacross.org.uk/ppheader.htm

Here's the real old timers at the event, the earliest from what I could see going back to the Bar War and maybe one of the many operations in India in the 1890s.

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Princess Of Wales saying hello to the Irish's Irish Wolfhound at her first Parade as Chief 

[Gunner87]

3 hours ago, patches said:

Princess Of Wales saying hello to the Irish's Irish Wolfhound at her first Parade as Chief 

Hi patches..... his name is Turlough Mór or as he is known to the troops, Seamus. 

 

Great share.

 

Gunner

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The Queen's Daughter, Princess Anne, Chief Commandant of the WRENS in 1973.

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Princess Anne has also been Chief of the Kings Royal Hussars since 1992.