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18th Royal Irish Regt Camp Sebastopol, May 1856
photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.1962-08-57-1

Description

Photograph: 18th Royal Irish Regt Camp Sebastopol, May 1856. Photograph by James Robertson, May 1856, Crimean War (1854-1856). The 18th (Royal Irish) Regiment of Foot, part of Eyre’s Brigade during the assault on Sevastopol of 18 June, was said to have run amok upon first breaking into the town. Certainly, Lt Col Clement Alexander Edwards (1812-1882), pictured sitting towards the right with his cap on his knee, had felt that discipline needed to be improved upon taking command of the Regiment in March 1855: ‘I am much afraid that it will be a long time before I can see the results of my endeavours for the improvement of the Regiment: the malady was too deep & of too long a standing to hope for any great sign of amendment, or any substantial change for the better, till the whole system is restored.’

Campaigns

Crimean War (1854-1856)