Crimea British Victoria cross photo Howard Craufurd Elphinstone VC identified photo

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Crimea British Victoria cross photo Howard Craufurd Elphinstone VC identified photo[albumen photo backed measures 60mm x 95mm,seen here in a group of soldiers his name is written to front on the photo left is quite clear,Bear skin hats were only use in the Crimean war i understand ,

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Major General Sir Howard Craufurd Elphinstone VC,KCB CMG  (12 December 1829 – 8 March 1890) was a British army officer and a recipient of the Victoria Cross  in the Siege of Sevastopol in 1854   for his action in Crimea the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and commonwealth forces

For fearless conduct, in having, on the night after the unsuccessful attack on the Redan, volunteered to command a party of volunteers, who proceeded to search for and bring back the scaling ladders left behind after the repulse; and while successfully performing this task, of rescuing trophies from the Russians, Captain Elphinstone conducted a persevering search, close to the enemy, for wounded men, twenty of whom he rescued and brought back to the Trenches