Sir John Lysaght Pennefather
(1800-1872), GeneralSitter in 1 portrait
Pennefather entered the army in 1818 and first saw action with Sir Charles Napier in India in 1843. In the Crimea, he commanded a brigade with credit at the Alma but distinguished himself still further at the battle of Inkerman on 5 November 1854 when his division of less than three thousand men resisted a massive force of Russian infantry. He was invalided from the Crimea in 1855.
by Roger Fenton
salt print, 1855
NPG Ax24916
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