Printed poster advertising rifle shooting competition, March 1856, signed by Lt Col John Clark-Kennedy, Assistant Adjutant General.
Associated with the Crimean War (1854-1856).

A shooting competition was the kind of diversion for the troops which met with official approval. The Commander-in-Chief in the Crimea, Sir William Codrington, provided the winner’s prize while the Headquarters Staff contributed the money awarded to the runners up. The adjudicator of the competition was Assistant-Adjutant General Lieutenant-Colonel John Clark-Kennedy.