TO THE MEMORY OF
LIEUT F.J. MACDONNEL
ADJUTANT OF 2 PUNJAB CAVALRY
WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT ?? NEAR LUKHNOW
ON 23RD MARCH 1858 AET 23 WHILE GALLANTLY CHARGING AT THE HEAD OF HIS MEN.
LOVED & RESPECTED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM.
THIS STONE HAS BEEN ERECTED OVER HIS MORTAL REMAINS BY THE OFFICERS & MEN OF HIS REGIMENT TO MARK THEIR GRIEF FOR HIS EARLY DEATH AND TO RECORD THEIR LAST SENSE OF HIS MANY GOOD QUALITIES AS A SOLDIER AND A MAN.
THIS WAS REMOVED FROM MARION CEMETERY.
(This stone has been placed within the entrance gateway of the Bandariabagh Cemetery.
There is no indication when the stone was moved here.)
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