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

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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Online ID:	000-000-100-272-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0207: The Thistle at War Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland M.1951.32
Date:	1856
Material:	Paper
Dimensions:	222 mm H x 165 mm W
What:	Photograph / portrait
Subject:	Photographs
Who:	42nd Regiment of Foot (British land forces) Queen Victoria
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Description:	42nd Regiment of Foot - Photograph from Queen Victoria's photo album of a Colour Sergeant and two private soldiers.
References:	McCorry, Helen (ed.) The thistle at war: an anthology of the Scottish experience of war, in the services and at home. Edinburgh, NMS, 1997 Wood, Stephen The Scottish soldier. Manchester: Archive Publications in association with the National Museums of Scotland, 1987
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