The cemetery, Tientsin, 1862
Collection
Identifier
GA01-067
Copyright
© 2013 Dr Timothy Connor
Notes
University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: GA01-067. Photograph of the cemetery in Tianjin showing monuments to regiments and other military units of the British Army during the Second Opium War. The monuments are numbered in the captioning on the album page, left to right : No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, No. 4. The monument in the centre foreground ('No. 2') is for the 67th (South Hampshire) Regiment of Foot, which was the regiment that Captain George Turnour Horton Atchison served in. The name W. WOOLFORD can be read in the uppermost panel on this monument. Tianjin city wall is in the background. Photograph by Richard Shannon.
Caption in album or on mount
The Cemetery. Tientsin. 1862 / From Col. Thomas 67th Regt. June 12th 1863. / No. 1 No. 2 No. 3 No. 4 / No. 1. Monument to the Royal Engineers / No. 2. To the 67th Regt. / No. 4. 31st Regt.?
Caption on photograph
RS.35
Location
Date
1862
Photographer
Dimensions
225mm x 173mm
Material
Paper
Media
Black and white photograph
