Army cooks at Aldershot

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Cooks of the 1st Battalion, The Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) at Aldershot, 1883. Clues to their trade can be seen in the cleaver held by the man seated second from the right, and the rabbit dangling at the extreme right.

The cooks have taken time from an off-duty period in which they were enjoying some beer and a smoke, to pose for a photograph.

Aldershot was the Headquarters for line regiments of the British Army.

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• Online ID: 000-000-100-281-C
• Image Rights Holder: National Museums Scotland
• Project: The Thistle at War
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• Ref: National Museums Scotland  M.1952.704
• Date: 1883
  
• Material: Paper
  Photograph
  
• Dimensions: 107 mm H x 139 mm W
  
• What: Photograph
  
• Subject: Photographs
  
• Who: Cameronians, 1st Battalion (British land forces)
  
• Where: England, Aldershot (depicted)
  
• Event:
• Description: Cameronians, 1st Battalion - Photograph of cooks, Aldershot, 1883.
  
• References:
  • McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh, NMS, 1997 
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