The Bermondsey B'hoys

A group of 2nd Grenadier Guards, 'The Bermondsey B'hoys' pose together at Wellington Barracks, 1914-15. Broom photographed at each of the military barracks from 1904 documenting the regiments of the Household Division - the Grenadier, Coldstream, Scots, Irish and Welsh together with the Household Cavalry's Life Guards and Blues and Royals. She frequently captured the camaraderie through photographs showing soldiers relaxed in front of the camera.

Christina Broom, trading as Mrs Albert Broom, was a pioneering professional photographer and is considered to be the UK's first woman press photographer. Broom's extensive photographic work spans the activities of the suffrage movement in London, street views, military figures and actions of the Household Division including the First World War period, sporting events and the Royal Family.