North West Mounted Police, Chelsea Barracks, Diamond Jubilee, 1897

Photograph by Henry R Gibbs, 454 Kingsland Road, London, 1897.

The Grand Royal Procession to mark the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Victoria was held in London on Tuesday 22 June 1897.

The North-West Mounted Police from Canada was formed in 1873. This contingent are wearing the distinctive Stetson headwear of the Mounted Police. The bandoliers slung across their chests carry ammunition for their Winchester repeating carbines. The North-West Mounted Police participated in the Changing of the Guard ceremony in London in 1897. On 23 May 2012 the Royal Canadian Mounted Police were invited by Queen Elizabeth II to undertake the same duty to mark her own Diamond Jubilee.