NAM.2005-09-63-4

Photocopied pages from 'Old Monaghan 1785-1995' by Theo McMahon, Clogher Historical Society and the Old Monaghan Society. One of the photocopies shows an image of the memorial to Lt Col Dawson taken in the 1920s. One of the two cannon captured in the Crimean War can also be seen. 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 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.

Crimean War (1854-1856)