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Memorial cross erected by Sir Bartle Frere and Staff in honour of Lt and Adjt Teignmouth Melvill and Lt Nevill JA Coghill c.1873-9
Albumen print | 15.0 x 10.0 cm (image) | RCIN 2501036
![Erected by Sir Bartle Frere & Staff. [Portraits of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates engaged in Zululand, 1879. Ashanti and Zululand portraits, 1873 and 1879]](https://col.rct.uk/sites/default/files/styles/rctr-scale-1300-500/public/collection-online/e/3/462753-1403806786.jpg?itok=J8TYiF0I "Erected by Sir Bartle Frere & Staff. [Portraits of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates engaged in Zululand, 1879. Ashanti and Zululand portraits, 1873 and 1879]")
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Photograph of memorial cross reading: In memory of Lt & Adjt Teignmouth Melvill and Lt Nevill J.A. Coghill, 1st Battn, 24th Regt, who died on this spot, 22nd Jan, 1879, to save the Queen's Color of their regiment. Rooted in a pile of stones, erected by Sir Bartle Frere and Staff.
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In the Collection of Queen Victoria
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Medium and techniques
Albumen print
Measurements
15.0 x 10.0 cm (image)
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Erected by Sir Bartle Frere & Staff. [Portraits of officers, non-commissioned officers and privates engaged in Zululand, 1879. Ashanti and Zululand portraits, 1873 and 1879].
