NAM.1998-10-98-1

Commemorative plaque in memory of Capt Charles Folliot Powell, 5th Goorkha Regiment, died of wounds received on 13 Dec 1878, at Shingani in the Kurram Valley, 18 Dec 1878; Punjab Frontier Force Memorial; Wall S8; 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.

2nd Afghan War (1878-1880)