The Bowes Museum has a nationally renowned art collection and is situated in the town of Barnard Castle, Teesdale, County Durham, England.
On 29 September 1855 at Kars, Turkey, Lieutenant Teesdale volunteered to take command of the force engaged in the defence of the most advanced part of the works.
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Teesdale was wounded at the battle of Kars, taken prisoner and held in Russia until he was released in 1856.
Mickleton, County Durham, in Teesdale (historically in the North Riding of Yorkshire)