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The visit of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert to Fort Pitt Military Hospital

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Date

3rd March 1855

Artist

John Tenniel (1820-1914)

Collection

Royal Collection Trust

Image Link

https://www.rct.uk/collection/913684

Description

In March 1855 Queen Victoria and Prince Albert, accompanied by the Prince of Wales and Prince Alfred, visited the military hospital at Fort Pitt, Chatham. They met some of the 450 soldiers who had returned there from the Crimea. The Queen later wrote to Lord Panmure, Secretary for War, criticising the buildings with their high windows, small wards, and lack of a dining room, `so that the poor men must have their dinners in the same room in which they sleep, and in which some may be dying'.

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All Rights Reserved

Image Credit

Royal Collection Trust/© Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II 2017

Location

Fort Pitt Grammar School, Chatham, Kent, England

Country

Tags

Military
Interiors
Hospitals
Royalty

Category

Buildings & Architecture

Glossary
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