Blank greetings card with envelope featuring:

Sir Ian (Standish Monteith) Hamilton ('Men of the Day. No. 808.') NPG D45064

© National Portrait Gallery, London

by Sir Leslie Ward

Hamilton distinguished himself in the First Boer War, 1881, and survived injuries sustained at the decisive British defeat at Majuba Hill. Although considered too young to receive the Victoria Cross, he was invited to dine with Queen Victoria. He was one of the most courageous generals in the Second Boer War and personally directed the final push against the Boer guerrillas. As commander of the Allied Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in World War One, he led the disastrous Gallipoli campaign of 1915, which resulted in... more

Card size: 125mm x 175mm

Images are printed in their original proportions, within a white border.