3-065-794 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

Review at Windsor: the Queen presenting the Cross of St. Michael and St. George to Sir Garnet Wolseley, 1874. Illustration of '...the review by her Majesty the Queen, in Windsor Park, of the troops lately commanded by Sir Garnet Wolseley in the campaign against the Ashantees...These three brave regiments of the British Army, with the detachments of Artillery and Engineers, had been doing real hard work for the service of the British Empire. They had come home, from a laborious and dangerous enterprise in the worst climate upon earth, to receive due thanks for their fidelity, and praise for the fortitude by which a complete success had been happily won. The Queen herself had desired to see them as early as possible, and to give them a token of her gracious approbation...The Queen...spoke to Sir Garnet Wolseley, thanked him for his services, and handed to him the Grand Cross of the Order of St. Michael and St. George...The officers of the Staff were then introduced to her Majesty, who presented Lord Gifford with the Victoria Cross...Her Majesty requested the Commander-in-Chief to convey her thanks to all the troops who had taken part in the expedition. The Queen then drove back to the saluting-point, and the march past commenced'. From "Illustrated London News", 1874.