- Type of Memorial
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- WMR Reference Number
- 94213
- Description
- A set of 16 rectangular brass plaques with black lettering which logically form a single memorial. The plaques are as follows:
a) a wide plaque, originally placed above the others, which states that "these tablets are erected in memory of Sir Harry Lumsden's successors in command of the Queen's Own Corps of Guides";
b) 14 smaller plaques, each giving the name and dates of tenure of one of Sir Harry Lumsden's successors;
c) a small plaque stating that the plaques were brought from the Guides' Chapel at Mardan in the North West Frontier Province of Pakistan.
- Inscription
- The words on each plaque are set out below, prefaced by that plaque's National Army Museum accession reference in brackets (except for the small plaque, which does not have a known accession reference). Plaques are set out in order of the commandant's start date of tenure.
(NAM.1998-10-52-1) PUNJAUB MOOLTAN GOOJERAT (on scroll) ALI MASJID KABUL 1879 CHITRAL (on scroll)/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ THESE TABLETS ARE ERECTED IN MEMORY OF SIR HARRY LUMSDEN'S SUCCESSORS/ IN COMMAND OF THE QUEEN'S OWN CORPS OF GUIDES/ DELHI AFGHANISTAN 1878-80 (on scroll) PUNJAB FRONTIER MALAKAND (on scroll)
(NAM.1998-10-54-1) BREVET-MAJOR W.S.R. HODSON,/ COMMANDANT 1853-1855.
(NAM.1998-10-56-1) GENERAL SIR H.D. DALY,/ G.C.B., C.I.E./ ACT: COMMANDANT 1857-1858.
(NAM.1998-10-60-1) LIEUT. GEN: SIR A.T. WILDE./ K.C.B., C.S.I./ COMMANDANT 1862-1865.
(NAM.1998-10-53-1) GENERAL SIR SAM BROWNE,/ G.C.B., K.C.S.I., V.C./ COMMANDANT 1865-1869.
(NAM.1998-10-57-1) GENERAL SIR C.P. KEYES,/ G.C.B./ COMMANDANT 1869-70.
(NAM.1998-10-55-1) COLONEL SIR F.H. JENKINS,/ K.C.B./ COMMANDANT 1870-1884.
(NAM.1998-10-64-1) MAJ:GEN: R.B.P.P. CAMPBELL./ C.B./ COMMANDANT 1884-1891.
(NAM.1998-10-62-1) COLONEL SIR ARTHUR GEORGE HAMMOND./ V.C., K.C.B., A.D.C./ COMMANDANT 1891-95.
(NAM.1998-10-59-1) FIELD MARSHAL SIR C.C. EGERTON./ G.C.B. D.S.O./ COMMANDANT 1895-1899.
(NAM.1998-10-58-1) MAJOR GENERAL SIR ROBERT BELLEW ADAMS./ V.C., K.C.B./ COMMANDANT 1899-1904.
(NAM.1998-10-66-1) MAJOR-GENERAL SIR G.J. YOUNGHUSBAND./ K.C.M.G., K.C.I.E., /COMMANDANT 1904-1909
(NAM.1998-10-61-1) LIEUT GENERAL SIR RALEIGH GILBERT EGERTON,/ K.C.B., K.C.I.E./ COMMANDANT 1909-1911.
(NAM.1998-10-65-1) BRIGADIER GENERAL F.G.H. DAVIES/ COMMANDANT 1912-1916
(NAM.1998-10-63-1) LT. COLONEL A.H. BUIST./ M.V.O./ COMMANDANT 1916-1921
(Small plaque) These Tablets were brought from/ the Guides' Chapel, MARDAN,/ North West Frontier Province.