'The Victoria and Geneva Crosses', Colonel Robert James Loyd-Lindsay, Berkshire Volunteers, 1876

Lithograph by Vincent Brooks, Day and Son, after Sir Leslie Matthew Ward ('Spy') (1851-1922), published by 'Vanity Fair', 1876.

Caricature of Brigadier General Robert James Loyd-Lindsay (1832-1901), wearing medals and glengarry. Loyd-Lindsay was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Crimean War (1854-1856) at the Battles of Alma and Inkerman in 1854. He served as Colonel of the Royal Berkshire Volunteers and Lieutenant-Colonel of the Honourable Artillery Company.

In 1865 Loyd-Lindsay became a Conservative Member of Parliament and a peer, with the title Baron Wantage, in 1885. He was heavily involved in the formation of the National Society for Aid to the Sick and Wounded in War which became the British Red Cross in 1905.