There remains no signs of any inscription, not one letter! Of course in this case the stone has flaked off but hat is a water tank with a shallow trough and taps. The grave at the side is in worse condition.
BELOW
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
Pte CHRISTOPHER HALL
D.Co H.M. 73rd Regt
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE
17TH JULY 1879
AGED 37 YEARS
DEEPLY REGRETED (sic) BY ALL HIS BROTHER COMRADES
WHO MOURN HIS LOSS
EARTH'S FLEETING JOYS HE COUNTED NOUGHT
FOR HIGHER TRUER JOYS HE SOUGHT
AND...................................
BELOW
SACRED TO THE MEMORY
OF
Pte CHRISTOPHER HALL
D.Co H.M. 73rd Regt
WHO DEPARTED THIS LIFE ON THE
17TH JULY 1879
AGED 37 YEARS
DEEPLY REGRETED (sic) BY ALL HIS BROTHER COMRADES
WHO MOURN HIS LOSS
EARTH'S FLEETING JOYS HE COUNTED NOUGHT
FOR HIGHER TRUER JOYS HE SOUGHT
AND...................................
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