Wounded Crimean War Veterans at Chatham Military Hospital

Photograph of a large group of wounded Crimean War veterans gathered on a lawn at Chatham Military Hospital. There are around a hundred men, some standing and others seated or lying on the grass. They are wearing hospital clothing and many are holding a wooden crutch. There is a thatched shelter behind them to the left and trees beyond.

Throughout the war Queen Victoria had taken an active interest in the welfare of the troops and on their return to Britain she met a number of the wounded veterans at Buckingham Palace and at Chatham Military Hospital. Following her visits to the hospital she commissioned a series of photographs of the veterans.