Sir Claude MacDonald, with the surviving British Legation guards, Peking

Sir Claude MacDonald, with the surviving British Legation guards, Peking

Identifier

NA05-11

Notes

University of Bristol - Historical Photographs of China reference number: NA05-11. From an album (C0 1069/425. CHINA 5. Siege of Peking, Boxer Rebellion, 1900.) in The National Archives. Crown copyright image reproduced by permission of The National Archives, London, England. The National Archives give no warranty as to the accuracy, completeness or fitness for purpose of the information provided. This image may be used only for purposes of research, private study or education. Applications for any other use should be made to The National Archives Image Library, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 4DU, UK. Siege of the Legation Quarter, Peking (Beijing). Sir Claude MacDonald, the British Minister, standing in the centre, wearing a bow tie. On the left of Sir Claude MacDonald is Captain Wray.  On the right of Sir Claude MacDonald are Captains Halliday and Poole.  For the names of the Royal Marines in this photograph, see page 189 'The Fists of Righteous Harmony' by Henry Keown-Boyd. Photograph by Reverend Charles A. Killie.  See BL-n029.

Caption in album or on mount

Legation Guard of British Marines.

Location

Beijing

Material

Paper

Media

Black and white photograph

Repository

The National Archives, London

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