Departure of the cortege for Lord Raglan's funeral, 1855

Pen and ink with watercolour by Colonel (later General Sir) The Honourable George Cadogan (1814-1880).

Following his death on 28 June 1855, Lord Raglan's body was returned from the Crimea to Britain on the 'Caradoc', attended with full military honours. He was interred at the family home, Badminton House in Gloucestershire, on 26 July 1855.

A contemporary account of the funeral procession stated: 'The Allied commanders provided that before 4 o'clock on the afternoon of 3 July, the whole road from the English Headquarters to the port of Kazatch, a distance of about seven miles - should be lined on each side by double ranks of infantry. From the English to the French Headquarters the infantry lining the road was to be furnished by a contingent of officers and men told off for this honour from every one of our regiments, and beyond, along the remaining distance of six miles, by the Imperial Guard of the French and the troops of their First Corps. In the courtyard of what had been Lord Raglan's house there stood the Guard of Honour, one furnished by the Grenadier Guards, with the drums and regimental colours. In the vineyards adjoining were placed the bands of three regiments.'

From an album of paintings and sketches of Colonel The Honourable George Cadogan, 1st (or Grenadier) Regiment of Foot Guards; also known as 'Cadogan's Crimea', 1854-1856.