Sergeant of the Coldstream Guards, Guards Armoured Training Wing, Pirbright, Surrey, November 1943; IWM TR 1438

Object description: A sergeant of the Coldstream Guards wearing earphones attached to a steel helmet standing beside a tank at the Guards Armoured Training Wing. Catalogue number: TR 1438 Part of: MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR COLOUR TRANSPARENCY COLLECTION Subject period: Second World War Alternative Names: object category: Colour Creator: War Office official photographer, Tanner (Lt) Category: photographs [Note the painted 'plume' on the helmet, like Coldstream red plumes worn on bearskins]