Title
Photograph Album Belonging to Royal Navy Officer in Singapore
Year/Period
1924 - 1925
Region
Singapore
Material
Technique
Dimension
Object size: 27.8 x 38 x 4.8 cm
Accession No.
2014-01217
Collection of
This personal photograph album belonged to a Royal Navy subordinate officer, and contains photographs related to the Royal Navy’s and Army’s presence in Singapore in the 1920s, including the presentation of colours to the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Sussex Regiment at Tanglin Barracks in 1924. Also included are photographs of the official opening of the Johore Causeway, and the laying of the foundation stone of the Union Jack Club, also in 1924. Straits Settlements Governor Laurence Guillemard appears in a number of the photographs.
