photograph, photograph
Accession Number

NAM.2023-11-18-2-3

Description

Photograph of the Crimean War Memorial to the 77th East Middlesex Regiment in St Paul’s Cathedral, sculpted in 1856 by Matthew Noble. It depicts two lines of soldiers, heads bowed, standing above the names of those who were lost during the Crimean War from the regiment. An angel is depicted in the middle, looking down at the names. 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.

Campaigns

Crimean War (1854-1856)