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Hugh Grant and Guy Ritchie recreate 65-year-old photo of dads serving in Singapore

  • The pictures on Instagram depicted the pair’s fathers Captain John Ritchie and Captain James Grant, when they both served with the Seaforth Highlanders in the city state 65 years ago
  • The pair discovered the unlikely coincidence by pure chance and recreated the original picture while on a film set in London

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British actor Hugh Grant and film director Guy Ritchie have recreated this picture of their military men fathers after the second world war. Photo: Handout
British actor Hugh Grant and film director Guy Ritchie have recreated a picture of their fathers after the second world war, when they were stationed in Singapore.
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The pictures, which were posted on Instagram for Armistice Day, on November 11, depicted the pair’s fathers Captain John Ritchie and Captain James Grant, when they both served with the Seaforth Highlanders in the city state 65 years ago.

“This first picture was taken 65 years ago in Singapore where my dad – Captain John Ritchie – and Hugh Grant’s dad – Captain James Grant – were stationed in the same regiment, the Seaforth Highlanders,” said the Instagram post on Ritchie’s account.

 

“The second picture – taken on a film set in London 65 years later, has one grandson and two sons recreating that original image. We’d discovered by coincidence that Rory Gibb, our Production Assistant on the film‘s grandad was in that same original picture. You can see the resemblance.”

“The third image is of my dad and grandad. My grandad, Major Stewart Ritchie, died in 1940 in France in WW2. Spare a thought today for the men and women in uniform who have fallen in defence and service of others.”

Director Guy Ritchie and actor Hugh Grant recreate a photo of their fathers in Singapore 65 years ago. Photo: Instagram-Guy Ritchie
Director Guy Ritchie and actor Hugh Grant recreate a photo of their fathers in Singapore 65 years ago. Photo: Instagram-Guy Ritchie

The Seaforth Highlanders fought in two world wars for the British Army, from 1881 to 1961.
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