File:The Crimean War, 1854 - 1856 Q71488.jpg

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Roger Fenton
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English: The Crimean War, 1854 - 1856

The Commander of the British Light Division, Lieutenant General Sir George Brown (1790 - 1865) and his staff. Brown had earlier served in the Peninsula War and was reputed to be a severe disciplinarian. He was wounded at the Battle of Inkerman and subsequently invalided home. Brown served as Commander in Chief, Ireland during 1860 - 1865.

General Brown seated, and officers of the Light Division.

L-R listed per flipped version: Captain Arthur Edward Valette Ponsonby, 1st (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards (1827-1868), Major Edmund Gilling Hallewell (1822-1869), Captain Richard Lyons Otway Pearson (1831-1890), General Richard Airey, 1st Baron Airey (1803-81) or Colonel James Talbot Airey (1812-1898), Lieutenant General Sir George Brown G.C.B. (1790-1865), orderley, Captain William Thomas Markham (1830-1886), Coldstream Guards, Colonel John Studholme Brownrigg (1814–1889).

Note: James Talbot Airey was promoted colonel on 26 December 1859.
Date between 1854 and 1856
date QS:P571,+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z/8,P1319,+1854-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1856-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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This photograph Q 71488 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.
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Royal Archives, Windsor Collection
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    Brown, George
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    Crimea, Ukraine, Ireland
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    Crimean War 1854-1856
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    British Army pre-1914, Crimean War 1853-1856
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