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These two chaps look German with the flat cap feldmutze and boots. Perhaps they were prioners of war

Mrs. Samuel R. Burgess, chess champion! Eveline Burgess won the US women's chess title in 1907, when she won it from Mrs. Clarence Frey. She held the title for 30 years. She was from St. Louis, and was taught chess by her father when she was a young teen; apparently Mr. Samuel Burgess (1851-1916) was also a chess player of some note. They had five children; only the oldest son took up chess. (That oldest son, Samuel A. Burgess, was a lawyer by training, and president of a small college in Iowa.) blog.chess.com/view/a-woman-champ Her grandson Walter R. Evans (1920-1999), an engineer, remembered learning to play chess from her: www.bpb-co.com/articles/04proceded.php en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_R._Evans

pennylrichardsca: Thank you for the additional information about Burgess. We'll include some of it next time we update the description.

I wrote a short biography of her for Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eveline_Burgess Eveline Allen Burgess (September 19, 1856 - July 10, 1936) of Lamoni, Iowa was the women's American chess champion from 1907 to 1920. Biography: She was born as Eveline Allen on September 19, 1856 in Ogden, Utah to James T. Allen, and Elizabeth Pidd. She married Samuel Rostron Burgess (1851–1918) on July 4, 1876. She won her chess title in a match with Mrs. Clarence Frey in 1907. She taught her grandson, Walter Richard Evans, to play chess. She died on July 10, 1936 in Independence, Missouri.

Beautiful photograph, perfectly composed. These military boots with straps are very stylish :-)

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Wonderful image and capture. Have a happy Easter.

I've been scouring Google and Wiki to see if I can get a match on the cap or collar badges to no avail. As each officer was expected to provide himself with a horse it may be that these are infantry officers rather than cavalry. There are two different regiments on display here, the chaps with the boots and jodhpurs have their rank markings on their cuffs while the officer on the right front has his on his epaulette. Looking at the young man at the front and the other at the rere they look so young, their chances if they got to the front were slim to put it mildly.

Swordscookie Five of the men have collar badges of the Royal Artillery, the fact that they are wearing spurs would indicate Field Artillery and not Garrison Artillery. The officer seated on the right might be an infantry officer, possibly a Captain judging by his shoulder badges. Royal Artillery Collar Badge