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Colonel Charles William Ridley (1812-67)

1854-6

Salted paper print | 25.3 x 17.8 cm (image) | RCIN 2500116

Photograph of Colonel Charles William Ridley standing facing partly right. He is wearing military uniform and is holding a sword in his left hand and a pair of gloves in his right.

Colonel Ridley served with the Grenadier Guards during the Crimean War, commanding several different battalions.

  • Creator(s)

    Unknown Person (photographer)

  • 25.3 x 17.8 cm (image)

    29.6 x 23.1 cm (page dimensions)

  • Colonel Charles William Ridley, KCB, Grenadier Guards, Commander of the 3rd Battalion, c.1855 [in Crimean Officers Portraits, 1854 - 1856]

  • Acquired by Queen Victoria

  • Subject(s)
    • Science, Medicine and Technology
      • Engineering & Technology
        • Military engineering
          • Arms (weapons)
            • Side arms (weapons)
              • Swords
    • Social sciences
      • Military affairs
        • Wars, Campaigns & Battles
          • Wars
            • Wars of the nineteenth century
              • Crimean War (1853-1856)
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