Colour Sergeant William McGregor

10" x 8" glass plate negative showing Colour Sergeant William McGregor standing with his head turned slightly to one side. He is wearing military uniform with two medals and a bearskin hat. He is wearing a rucksack and is holding a rifle pointing upwards. 

Colour Sergeant William McGregor served with the Scots Fusilier Guards 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. 

The glass plate negative has been photographed showing the coated side and therefore the image appears laterally reversed. Prints from this negative exist in the Collection (e.g. RCIN 2500206).