Interior of Canterbury Cathedral, Kent, 1865 (c)

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

A view of the 15th Century Buffs Chapel in the Cathedral, also known as the St Michael's Chapel or the Warriors' Chapel, seen looking towards its main stained glass east window through railings from the South West Transept. The chapel has close associations with The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment). The stained glass window showing Christ with saints and warriors, was dedicated to the Buffs' casualties in the Crimea but was destroyed during World War Two (1939-1945). Later additions to the Chapel would commemorate the Regiment's dead of the two World Wars.

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.