NAM.1998-10-112-1

Commemorative plaque in memory of Brevet Lt Col Cholmondeley William May, 2nd Sikhs 12th Frontier Force Regiment, DAQMG Headquarters Waziristan District, killed by tribesmen near Bannu on August 10th 1939 aged 40 years; Punjab Frontier Force Memorial; 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.

India, North West Frontier (1937-1945)