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Photograph of a drawing of the proposed Royal Engineers’ Memorial designed by Sir Matthew Digby Wyatt, 1855-60 (c), with soldiers walking and riding past and a family walking their dog. The image is on a printed Circular, on the back of which the Committee encourages officers to continue donating funds, and to send them to Capt The Hon. G Wrottesley, ADC War Office, Whitehall, London. The memorial arch at Brompton Barracks, Chatham, was the first such arch to be erected primarily to commemorate those who died on active service. Built in 1860-61, it carries the names of those Royal Engineers who died in the Crimea. It is made of Portland stone From a collection of eight photographs relating to Gen Sir George Whitmore, Colonel Commandant of the Royal Engineers in Malta, between 1811 and 1829; photographs include the Royal Engineers Crimea Memorial and scenes in Malta and the UK, such as Windson and Folkestone.

Crimean War (1854-1856)