Princess Royal Inspection, Camp Aldershot, 1940 (2)

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A photo of HRH Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood on 3 April 1940 for her first inspection of Royal Canadian Corps of Signal personnel during the Second World War. At the time she was not the Colonel-in-Chief but, based on the success of the event, she soon took on that role. Escorting her is Lt-Col Genet, CO 1st Canadian Divisional Signals.