Queen Victoria's support for the sick and wounded
The main hospital for the British army was at Scutari on the Bosphorus, where Florence Nightingale and her nurses were working. Queen Victoria took a personal interest in the welfare of the sick and wounded soldiers who were arriving there from the Crimea. She asked for items such as Windsor soap, beef tea, newspapers, magazines and books to be sent to the hospital for Florence Nightingale to distribute. List of articles ordered to be sent to the care of Miss Nightingale, Scutari, by command of Her Majesty the Queen, 12 December 1854.
George Housman Thomas (1824-68)
Queen Victoria and Prince Albert inspecting wounded Grenadier Guardsmen at Buckingham Palace
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Reading the Queen's letter, Scutari Hospital
Charles Clifford (1819-62)
Queen Victoria (1819-1901)
William Edward Kilburn (1818-91)
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)"> Florence Nightingale (1820-1910)
Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914)
The visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Fort Pitt Military Hospital, 3 March 1855
William Simpson (1823-99)
Queen Victoria laying the Foundation Stone of the Royal Military Hospital at Netley,19 May 1856
After Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914)
Royal Commission of the Patriotic Fund
Empress Friedrich, consort of Friedrich III, Emperor of Germany & King of Prussia, 1st daughter of Queen Victoria (1840-1901)
The Field of Battle
William Simpson (1823-99)
Queen Victoria reviewing the Royal Artillery at Woolwich on their return from the Crimea, 13 March 1856
William Simpson (1823-99)
The return of the Guards from the Crimea, outside Buckingham Palace, 9 July 1856
Sir John Tenniel (1820-1914)
The distribution of Crimean Medals on Horse Guards Parade, 18 May 1855
George Housman Thomas (1824-68)
The bell brought from Sebastopol, at Aldershot
George Housman Thomas (1824-68)
