Scottish-born Lieutenant General Sir George Brown began his military career with the 43rd Regiment in 1806. He was involved in the Battle of Copenhagen in 1807 and in the Peninsular War, his battalion forming part of the famous Light Division. After serving in America Brown received a staff appointment at Horse Guards, becoming a Lieutenant General and Adjutant-General to the Forces. Brown relinquished the latter post in 1853. When the force was assembled for the Crimea, Brown was given command of the Light Division, and was nominally Raglan’s second in command. Though he was said to be the most unpopular general in the army he led a successful subsidiary expedition against the port of Kertch in May 1855 to cut off supplies reaching the Russians from there. He was invalided home on 29 June 1855, the same day that Lord Raglan died. This photograph shows Brown with officers of his staff: Major Hallewell, Colonel Brownrigg, an orderly, Colonel Airey, Captain Pearson, Captain Markham, and Captain Ponsonby.