Soldiers awarded the Crimean Medal by Queen Victoria, Buckingham Palace

Photograph of a group of six soldiers who served in the Crimean War. From left to right: Sergeant John Breese of the 11th Hussars, Sergeant William Owen of the Grenadier Guards, Bombadier Henry Lidsdell of the Royal Artillery, Corporal Charles Motton of the Scots Fusilier Guards, Private Andrew Robins of the Royal Artillery and Corporal Frederick Bridges of the Coldstream Guards. They are wearing the dress uniform of their regiment and the Crimean Medal. Sergeant Breese and Private Robins are both missing an arm. There are two windows of Buckingham Palace behind them. This photograph, printed by Jabez Hughes in 1883, is a carbon print pasted over the original photograph.

These soldiers were awarded the Crimean Medal by Queen Victoria on 18th May 1855. Throughout the war she had taken an active interest in the welfare of the troops and on their return to Britain she met a number of veterans at Buckingham Palace and at the military hospital at Chatham.