plaque, commemorative, plaque, commemorative
Accession Number
NAM.1998-10-2-2
Description
Brass plaque associated with the gate leading to the Sanctum, Punjab Frontier Force Memorial; plaque records dedication of the gates and a list in remembrance of officers; 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.
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