plaque, commemorative, plaque, commemorative
Accession Number
NAM.1998-10-42-1
Description
Commemorative plaque in memory of Capt Charles Pierson Browne Queen Victoria’s Owns Corps of Guides Frontier Force died in France on the 12 Apr 1915 whilst attached to the 15th Lancers (Cureton’s Multanis); Punjab Frontier Force Memorial; Wall S2; 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.
Campaigns
World War One, Western Front (1914-1918)
Units
People
