NAM.2005-09-63-10

Photocopy pages, possibly from 'Old Monaghan 1785-1995' by Theo McMahon, showing the carvings dedicated to Lt H C J Lloyd, Queen's County Rifles, in St Patrick's Church, Monaghan. Figure A shows a marble carving of British Officers saluting the grave of their dead comrade as Boer soldiers approach. Figure C is of a ‘Supporter’ standing in military uniform with a sword. The second page shows a sculpture of a pair of Cetshwayo’s Zulu warriors with assegais, shields and a rifle. From a collection of leaflets and pages photocopied from books about three military men who are commemorated in Monaghan, Ireland, nd. Associated with Lt Col Thomas Vesey Dawson, Coldstream Guards, Rear Admiral Charles David Lucas, VC and Lt H C J Lloyd, Queen's County Rifles. Associated with the Zulu War (1879) and the Crimean War (1854-1856). Lt Col Dawson and Rear Admiral Lucas, VC both distinguished themselves during the Crimean War. Lt Dawson was killed at the Battle of Inkerman, 1854 and has a memorial dedicated to him in Monaghan. Lt Lloyd, Queen's County Rifles, was killed at the Battle of Isandlwana, 1879. There are several carvings dedicated to him and the soldiers of the Zulu War in St Patrick's Church, Monaghan.

Zulu War (1879)