'Colonel Teesdale, C.B.'.
Major General Sir Christopher Charles Teesdale (1833 –1893) was the first South African-born recipient of the Victoria Cross .Christopher Charles Teesdale was born in Grahamstown, Cape of Good Hope, to Lieutenant-General Henry George Teesdale. He joined the Royal Artillery as a gentleman cadet on 29 April 1848. His first posting was to Corfu and he was promoted to second lieutenant on 22 March 1853 and left Corfu in April 1853.Teesdale was 22 years old, and a lieutenant in the Royal Regiment of Artillery, British Army during the Crimean War.Teesdale was wounded at the battle of Kars, taken prisoner and held in Russia until he was released in 1856. He was appointed as Master of The Ceremonies and Extra Equerry to The Prince of Wales on 9 November 1858.
Technique, Material: Steel engraving / Paper
Artist: John & Charles Watkins, Engraver: Daniel John Pound
Date: The London Printing and Publishing Company, Europe, 1854.
Size: sheet 28,5 x 19,5 cm.
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