'E' Company, 2nd Battalion Royal Irish Regiment, on a road march, Evelyn Wood Competition, Aldershot, 1909

Photograph, 1909.

The photograph caption notes that 'E Company 2nd Royal Irish Regt obtained 10th place ... 117 teams competed'.

Different regiments competed for Evelyn Wood Cup at Aldershot, with the competition including marching in battle order and marksmanship.

From one of two albums of press cuttings and other documents relating to the Royal Irish Regiment, compiled by a relative of Captain R E G Phillips who was wounded and taken prisoner at Mons, 24 August 1914.