Raymond Harvey de Montmorency, VC, Commanding Montmorency's Scouts Finish:Float frame Sir Galahad

Sir Galahad

was killed fighting the Dutch at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797

was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1663

'The Wreck'

General Bramwell Booth (1856-1929) inspecting scouts on the football field at the Crystal Palace during the Diamond Jubilee Celebrations of the Salvation Army

Raymond Harvey de Montmorency, VC, Commanding Montmorency's Scouts Finish:Float frame Sir GalahadRaymond Harvey de Montmorency, VC, Commanding Montmorency's Scouts, c1900 (1902). Montmorency was awarded the Victoria Cross for his actions during the Battle of Omdurman in 1898. He was killed in action two years later at Dordrecht, Cape Colony, during the Boer War. Portrait from Celebrities of the Army, published by George Newnes, (London, 1902).