#firstopiumwar

9th March 1889 General Sir George Call was appointed Colonel of the Royal Irish Regiment. Call had received his first commission as Ensign in the Regiment on 7th April 1837 and he had fought with the 18th in China, Burma and in the Crimea. He rose to the rank of General in 1881, a post he held until his death in 1895. The photo of Call was taken in the Crimea in 1856. #18thfoot #royalirishregiment #china #firstchinawar #firstopiumwar #burma #secondburmawar #crimea #crimeanwar https://www.instagram.com/p/CplA0CpthXy/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=