The Archive · 1938

King George

The Man who took Famous "Jock" Photograph Dies One of King George V's most inds has died. He was Mr Waiter Jones, who looked after the homing pigeons at Sandringham frequently photographed King Geoi V and others of his family, and taught Viscount Lascelles to fish. He died at his home on the Sandringham estate at the age of 80, sites "The Star."

It was Walter Jones who took the famous photograph of King George V with Jock, his white pony, a pictur treasured by thousands of "Star readers. e two men, who had a deep regard for one another, were walking and talking together, as they often did, one summer day in 1935. Mr. Jones, who always took his camera out with him, asked the King ud by the pony's head while h ed them. It was King Gear favourite picture of himself.

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