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Soldiers of the Black Watch, on their return from the Crimea

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Soldiers of the Black Watch, on their return from the Crimea
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Soldiers of the 42nd (Black Watch) photographed after their return from the Crimea in 1856. They are Colour-Sergeant W. Gardner, Private D. MacKenzie, and Private D. Glen.

All three wear the Crimean War Medal 1854-1856 and Private MacKenzie wears the French Médaille Militaire too. Colour Sergeant Gardner later won the Victoria Cross during the Indian Mutiny of 1857-58.

Photographs from Queen Victoria's photograph album 'Crimean Heroes' were to provide inspiration for both French and British military painters for the rest of the century.

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