Walmer Castle, Kent, 1865 (c)

Photograph, 1865 (c). From an album compiled by Colonel Montagu Hall.

A view from the beach looking inland towards the castle, with a row of ornamental cannons in front of the castle's bastions and the Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports's dining room built on top of the bastions in the centre.

Montagu Hall (1831-1904) was born 27 August 1831, in Bristol. He served in the 2nd Burma War (1852-1853) and the Indian Mutiny (1857-1859). Fighting with the 1st Bengal European Fusiliers, he participated in the relief and capture of Lucknow. He is recorded as gaining the rank of captain, serving with the 101st Regiment of Foot (Royal Bengal Fusiliers), on 30 July 1862. He retired as an Honorary Colonel 13 June 1883 and died at Ryde on the Isle of Wight on 12 March 1904, aged 72.