plaque, commemorative, plaque, commemorative
Accession Number
NAM.1998-10-48-1
Description
Commemorative plaque in memory of Lieutenant Walter Pollock Hamilton, VC and the 70 men of the Queen's Own Corps of Guides who, when escort to Sir Louis Cavagnari KCSI fell in the defence of the Residency at Kabul on 3rd September 1879. Punjab Frontier Force Memorial; Wall S3. After the Partition of India in Aug 1947 the Frontier Force units were divided between the Indian and Pakistan Armies; it was then decided that the memorials to the Piffers erected in the garrison churches should be relocated to England, and in 1951 they were installed in the Parish Church of St Luke’s, Chelsea. Associated with the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880).
Events
Kabul, Siege of, 1879 (2nd Afghan War 1878-1880)
