Illustrated London News 3/3/1866 109th Regiment Aden India Prize Birds 16x11

Description: Original Illustrated London News March 3, 1866 Featuring: The Presentation of Colours to the 109th Regiment at Aden and Prize Birds of the Crystal Palace Show This beautiful and decorative antique would make a great addition to any Home, Office or Restaurant decor! This genuine antique engraving is an amazing piece of history! Highly displayable and ready for framing, Full page measures 16" x 11" About the 109th Regiment: The regiment’s history was a short but eventful one. It was formed in India in 1853 by the East India Company, using volunteers from the 1st Bombay Fusiliers and the 2nd Bombay Light Infantry, as well as new recruits just sent to India from the Company’s depot at Warley in Essex. Its first title was the 3rd Bombay (European) Regiment, reflecting the fact that all its personnel were non-Indians. This guaranteed its loyalty during the Indian Mutiny (1857-59) in which it served as part of the Central India Field Force. It fought at Baroda, Jhansi and the relief of Sanger. Private Whirlpool of the regiment won the Victoria Cross during the campaign. After the Mutiny, all Company units were transferred to British government control. Two years later the regiment absorbed 500 men from the British German Legion’s Jäger Corps - the Legion had been a unit of German volunteers recruited to assist Britain in the Crimean War (1854-56). In 1862 the regiment was formally entered onto the British Army order of precedence with the numeral 109. It was not, however, seen as the successor to the two other regiments with that numeral raised and disbanded between 1761 and 1795. From 1864 to 1866 the regiment was based in Aden, participating in the two expeditions sent against Sultan Abdallah and fighting at Bir Said. The regiment then returned to India until 1877, when it embarked for its first tour in the United Kingdom. It was thus serving at Aldershot in 1881 when it was amalgamated with the 100th Regiment of Foot to form The Prince of Wales’s Leinster Regiment (Royal Canadians). About the Crystal Palace Show: The Crystal Palace Poultry Show (variously also the International Poultry Show and Great Poultry Show) was a poultry show held at The Crystal Palace in London in the United Kingdom. They ran from 1857-1936, with interruption by World War I. It was the worlds largest poultry exhibition at several times in its existence, considered the pinnacle of poultry exhibition in the British Empire and despite being a poultry show also allowed the exhibition of domestic rabbits. It was hosted by the Grand International Poultry, Pigeon and Live Stock Shows, Ltd which was liquidated in 1964. The show was superseded in its role by the International Poultry Show, Olympia which has also ceased to exist since. Please see our other listings! We have many antique prints and gladly combine shipping! On Nov-06-16 at 14:48:24 PST, seller added the following information: Froo www.froo.com | Froo Cross Sell, Free Cross Sell, Cross promote, eBay Marketing, eBay listing Apps, eBay Apps, eBay Application

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