NAM.1998-10-94-1

Commemorative plaque in memory of Maj John Cook VC, 5th Goorkhas, who died 19 Dec 1879 of a wound received near Kabul. 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. Associated with the 2nd Afghan War (1878-1880).

Kabul, Siege of, 1879 (2nd Afghan War 1878-1880)