NAM.1998-10-97-1

Commemorative plaque in memory of Maj Leigh Richmond Battye, 2nd in command 1st Bn, 5th Goorkha Regiment, aged 43, killed on the Black Mountain on 18 Jun 1888 whilst trying to save a wounded Havildar; Punjab Frontier Force Memorial; Wall S8; after the Partition of India in August 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, Black Mountain Expedition, Hazara Field Force (1888)