| Captain Godfrey Baldwin of the 19th Regiment of Foot (the Green Howards) sitting for a photograph taken on 21 August, 1873. Baldwin was born on 17 April, 1836 and was commissioned as Ensign in the 19th Regiment of Foot on 6 June, 1854. Promotions continued: Lieutenant on 8 December, 1854 Captain on 25 August, 1862 Major on 8 October, 1876 Lt. Col. on 24 November 1877 Lieutenant Baldwin shipped out to India aboard the Alnwick Castle on 23 July, 1857. He later served with the Hazara Field Force in the Black Mountain Expedition on the Northwest Frontier in 1868. In this photograph he wears the 1854 India General Service Medal with clasp for that campaign. According to information from the Green Howards Regimental Museum, Baldwin was not with his regiment when it took part in the Indian Mutiny of 1857. More Research may shed light on this and other facts of Baldwin's life. Carte de Visite E. W. Proctor - Photographer 90 Edgware Road, London W., England 24 August, 1873 |
