Frederick Hammersley (born 1824)

Major Frederick Hammersley on service during the Crimean War with the Regimental Grenadier Company of the 14th Regiment of Foot - Roger Fenton (1855)

Major-General Frederick Hammersley (25 July 1824 − 22 December 1901) was a British Army officer who after serving in the Crimean War was at the forefront in developing an exercise regime for the British Army leading to him becoming the first Inspector of Gymnasia and being known as ‘The Father of Army Gymnastics’.