plaque, commemorative, plaque, commemorative
Accession Number
NAM.1998-10-86-1
Description
Commemorative plaque in memory of Guy Hudleston Boisragon VC, Colonel 5th Gurkha Rifles (Frontier Force) born 1864 died 1931; Punjab Frontier Force Memorial; Wall No 6; 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.
Events
Nilt Fort, Siege of, 1891 (India, North West Frontier, Hunza Field Force 1891)