THIS picture, which adorned the front page of the Gazette 50 years ago, shows a ceremony at Kidderminster, where the Princess Royal is seen presenting the Queen's Colour to Lieutenant D P K Gaunt of the Worcestershire regiment.

Lt Gaunt was the son of Rev H C A Gaunt, former headmaster of Malvern College.

The Princess Royal in those days was Princess Mary, eldest daughter of King George V, who died in 1965.

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