3-017-219 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

The late General Sir George Brown, G.C.B., 1865. Engraving from a photograph by Mr. L. Werner. 'During nearly the last sixty years, almost to the time of his death, the late General served in the Army, seeing much active service and holding many important commands, the last being that of the forces in Ireland, to which he was appointed five years ago. The present generation will best remember Sir George Brown as the commander of the Light Division during the Crimean War, and the brilliant perseverance with which he swept over the obstacles prepared by the Russians on the slopes beyond the Alma and fought his way to the heights. In that action his horse fell pierced with eleven bullets...At Inkerman he again rendered important service, and was wounded...In 1814 he accompanied Major-General Ross on his expedition to America, where he took part in the battle of Bladensburg and the capture of Washington. Returning to England, he was employed in an administrative position at the Horse Guards until the expedition to the Crimea, in 1854, which gave him active service once more. In 1860 he was made Commander of the Forces in Ireland'. From "Illustrated London News", 1865.