Colour Sergeant Andrew Taylor

Photograph of Colour Sergeant Andrew Taylor standing facing forwards holding a rifle in his right hand. He is wearing Scottish military uniform including tartan trousers and a fur hat. There is a rucksack on his back. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

Colour Sergeant Andrew Taylor served with the 72nd (Duke of Albany's Own Highlanders) Regiment of Foot during the Crimean War. Throughout the war Queen Victoria had taken an active interest in the welfare of the troops and on their return from the Crimea she met a number of the veterans at Buckingham Palace, Chatham Military Hospital and Aldershot Garrison. Following these meetings she commissioned a series of photographs of the veterans from the photographers Joseph Cundall and Robert Howlett.