Sujet

Colours of the 31st Regiment placed above the Monument to the Officers, in Canterbury, 1850. Creator: Unknown.

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Colours of the 31st Regiment placed above the Monument to the Officers, in Canterbury, 1850. 'From the records of the Regiment...we find these colours were presented in 1827, at Meerut, in the East Indies, by Lady Amherst, Lady of the Governor-General of India. The Colours were borne through the Affghanistan campaign, in 1842; and the Sutledj, in 1845-46. In this last campaign, twenty-six officers and upwards of 600 men were killed and wounded; and at Sobraon, both officers bearing these colours - viz. Lieut. Tritton and Ensign Jones - were mortally wounded, as recorded on silver plates inserted on the staves...Lieutenant-Colonel Spence, till lately commanding....offered the old Colours to the Dean and Chapter of Canterbury Cathedral, to be placed over...the marble testimonial, executed by Mr. Richardson, the sculptor, to those of the Regiment who fell on the Sutledj'. From "Illustrated London News", 1850.

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Photo12/Heritage Images/The Print Collector

Notre référence

HRM22A34_040

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Format disponible

42,2Mo (2,7Mo) / 25,2cm x 42,0cm / 2974 x 4960 (300dpi)

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religious flag flags religion memorial patriotism British cathedral church Christianity military war Victorian century banner empire patriotic Britain newspapers press concept battle B&W standard engraved engraving Regiment 19th century infantry black & white black and white B W Canterbury Cathedral nineteenth century The Print Collector British Empire British Raj Illustrated London News imperialism Raj Sikh Wars ILN regimental newspaper Unknown The Raj Richardson Edward British India Battle of Sobraon Anglo-Afghan Wars First Anglo-Afghan War 19th-century 31st (Huntingdonshire) Regiment of Foot First Sikh War Sutlej Campaign Edward Richardson