3-008-521 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The Volunteer Field-Day at Brighton: General Lord Clyde returning the salute of the troops as they marched past the grand stand, 1862. 'The inspection having been gone through, the General and his Staff crossed the valley, and, riding along the racecourse, took up a position immediately in front of the Grand Stand, to witness the marching past of the troops...The appearance of the Isle of Wight volunteers was...most creditable. They formed part of the second brigade, which in some mysterious way lost its proper position, and allowed the fourth brigade to precede it; they therefore brought up the rear of the entire army, which occupied exactly an hour and a quarter in passing before Lord Clyde'. From "Illustrated London News", 1862.