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66th Regiment - A sepia photograph of Satara Church, India used by a detachment of the Regiment and where Colour Sergeant Lewis was married in the 1870s.

Persons(s): Ready, J T, Major; Lewis, Colour Sergeant;

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66th Regiment - A sepia photograph of the garrison church at the barracks in Karachi when garrisoned by the Regiment just before deployment to Afghanistan in 1879.

Persons(s): Ready, J T, Major;

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66th Regiment - A sepia photograph of the officers and Colours of the 66th taken in 1879. This is the only known photograph of the Regiment's Colours that were lost the following year in the battle of Maiwand. Officers identified are rear row (Left to Right) Captain Cullen, -?-, Captain McMath, Lieutenant Pigott, -?-, (Colours), Lieutenant Beresford-Pierce, Lieutenant Stevenson, Lieutenant Roberts, Captain Oliver, 2nd Row, Paymaster Bryon, Lieutenant Colonel Galbraith, Captain Stewart, Captain Saunders, Lieutenant Price. 3rd row sat Captain Wood, Captain Garratt, Captain Murphy, Captain Soady, Lieutenant Jones (QM), Major Hogge, Captain Ready, Callaghan, -?-. Front row sat (between 1st & 2nd row) Lieutenant Smallpiece Lieutenant Hassard, Lieutenant Barclay, -?-, -?-, -?-, -? - , Captain Harris, -?-, -?-, -?-.

Persons(s): Ready, J T, Major; Cullen, Captain; McMath, Captain; Pigott, Lieutenant; Beresford-Pierce, Lieutenant; Stevenson, Lieutenant; Roberts, Lieutenant; Oliver, Captain; Bryon, Paymaster; Galbraith, Lieutenant Colonel; Stewart, Captain; Saunders, Captain; Price, Lieutenant; Wood, Captain; Garratt, Captain; Murphy, Captain; Soady, Captain; Jones, Lieutenant; Hogge, Major; Ready, Major; Callaghan; Smallpiece, Lieutenant; Hassard, Lieutenant; Barclay, Lieutenant; Harris, Captain;

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66th Regiment - A sepia photograph of the officers of the Regiment pictured here with the tattered old Colours of the 66th at Kurrachee, in the Sind District, India, 1872. This was on the occasion of the presentation of new Colours. (Rear row, 1st left), Lieutenant Augustus Callaghan, (3rd Left) Sergeant Major -?-, (6th left) Lieutenant Manners Wood, (far right), Captain John Healy. Bottom row (left) Quartermaster Thomas Gilby, (3rd left) Captain Ernest Stephen Garratt, (Centre) Lieutenant Colonel George Watson, Lieutenant R. Stevenson, Captain Arthur Wellman, Captain Valentine Oliver, and standing (right) Lieutenant F.Cullen. [Colonel Watson died in 1900 and is buried in Brookwood Cemetery]

Persons(s): Ready, J T, Major; Callaghan, A, Lieutenant; Wood, M, Lieutenant; Healy, J, Captain; Gilby, T, Quartermaster; Garratt, S, Captain; Watson, G, Lieutenant Colonel; Stevenson, R, Lieutenant; Wellman, A, Captain; Oliver, V, Captain; Cullen, F, Lieutenant;

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66th Regiment - A sepia photograph of the officer's servants in the late 1870s in India. This photograph was taken from the personal collection of Colonel John Ready and is believed to have been of his servants. Their names are not known, and it is not known if the ones shown accompanied the Regiment to Maiwand in 1880.

Persons(s): Ready, J T, Major;

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66th Regiment - A sepia photograph of the reformed band at New Barracks Gosport 1881. Nine of these bandsmen are wearing the Afghanistan Campaign medal. It is believed that Band Sergeant Connolly is stood on the left. The officer in the centre is Lieutenant Granville De la Motte Faunce who commanded the smooth bore battery in the battle of Maiwand.

Persons(s): Ready, J T, Major; Connolly, Band Sergeant; Faunce, G, Lieutenant;

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66th Regiment - A sepia photograph of Bobbie, the Regimental mascot who survived the Battle of Maiwand in 1880, and who returned to England with the Regiment. He is pictured here after being presented to Queen Victoria in 1881. He was not presented with any medal by Queen Victoria but is wearing some sort of medallion. (This is not the decoration he currently wears and displays in the Regimental Museum).

Persons(s): Ready, J T, Major; Bobbie;

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66th Regiment - A sepia photograph of a group of officers from the Regiment. It is believed that this was taken in either Parkhurst or Gosport in 1881. Standing centre is Lieutenant Colonel Ready.

Persons(s): Ready, J T, Major; Ready, J T, Lieutenant Colonel;

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66th Regiment - A black and white photograph of the surviving officers after the Afghanistan Campaign in Khandalla, India prior to the Regiments return to England, about Christmas time. (Back row L to R) Lieutenant Manus L. O'Donel (served from 1878 to 1882), Lieutenant Reginald E. T. Bray (served from 1881 to 1915), Lieutenant Granville de la M.Faunce (served from 1877 to 1903), Lieutenant Chaz Bury Adams (served from 1876 to 1881), Lieutenant George Lawrance Mellis (served from 1880 to 1882). (Middle row L to R) Lieutenant Jas W. H, Fitzgerald (served from 1877 to 1883), Surgeon Major Beattie, Lieutenant Colonel Somerville G.C. Hogge (served from 1872 to 1883), Major John Tobin Ready (Served from 1855 to 1887), Captain W J de la Poer Beresford-Pierce (served from 1872 to 1893), Lieutenant F. McCrae Bruce (served from 1876 to 1890), (Front row L to R) Lieutenant William A E Lonergan (served from 1880 to 1881), Lieutenant Hyacinth Lynch (served from 1880 to 1896), Lieutenant Chaz Mckenzie Edwards (served from 1879 to 1901), Lieutenant Frank W. M. T. Bunny (served from 1881 to 1904). Lieutenant Bray went on to form the 7th (Service) Battalion at the start of the 1st World War. Lieutenant Lynch went on to fight in the Sudan campaign with the 1st Battalion (the old 49th) in 1885, the only officer from the regiment to take part in both campaigns. [Taken at the same time and same place as 45415 - Sitters changed position]

Persons(s): O'Donel, M L, Lieutenant; Bray, R E T, Lieutenant; Faunce, D L M, Lieutenant; Adams, C B, Lieutenant; Mellis, G L, Lieutenant; Fitzgerald, J W H, Lieutenant; Beattie, Major; Hogge, S C G, Lieutenant Colonel; Ready, J T, Major; Beresford-Pierce, W J P, Captain; Bruce, F M, Lieutenant; Lonergan, W A E, Lieutenant; Lynch, H, Lieutenant; Edwards, C M, Lieutenant; Bunny, F W M T, Lieutenant;

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66th Regiment - A black and white photograph of the surviving officers after the Afghanistan Campaign in Khandalla, India prior to the Regiments return to England, about Christmas time. (Back row L to R) Lieutenant Manus L. O'Donel (served from 1878 to 1882), Lieutenant Reginald E. T. Bray (served from 1881 to 1915), Lieutenant Granville de la M.Faunce (served from 1877 to 1903), Lieutenant Chaz Bury Adams (served from 1876 to 1881), Lieutenant George Lawrance Mellis (served from 1880 to 1882). (Middle row L to R) Lieutenant Jas W. H, Fitzgerald (served from 1877 to 1883), Surgeon Major Beattie, Lieutenant Colonel Somerville G.C. Hogge (served from 1872 to 1883), Major John Tobin Ready (Served from 1855 to 1887), Captain W J de la Poer Beresford-Pierce (served from 1872 to 1893), Lieutenant F. McCrae Bruce (served from 1876 to 1890), (Front row L to R) Lieutenant William A E Lonergan (served from 1880 to 1881), Lieutenant Hyacinth Lynch (served from 1880 to 1896), Lieutenant Chaz Mckenzie Edwards (served from 1879 to 1901), Lieutenant Frank W. M. T. Bunny (served from 1881 to 1904). Lieutenant Bray went on to form the 7th (Service) Battalion at the start of the 1st World War. Lieutenant Lynch went on to fight in the Sudan campaign with the 1st Battalion (the old 49th) in 1885, the only officer from the regiment to take part in both campaigns. [Taken at the same time and same place as 45414 - Sitters changed position]

Persons(s): O'Donel, M L, Lieutenant; Bray, R E T, Lieutenant; Faunce, G D L M, Lieutenant; Adams, C B, Lieutenant; Mellis, G L, Lieutenant; Fitzgerald, J W H, Lieutenant; Beattie, Major; Hogge, S G C, Lieutenant Colonel; Ready, J T, Major; Beresford-Pierce, W J P, Captain; Bruce, F M, Lieutenant; Lonergan, W A E, Lieutenant; Lynch, H, Lieutenant; Edwards, C M, Lieutenant; Bunny, F W M T, Lieutenant;