Tuesday, July 9, 2013

Lucknow memorial 1857



SACRED TO THE MEMORY
             OF
SIR MOUNTSTUART JACKSON
CAPT PATRICK ORR
LIEUT GJH BURNES
BOMBAY EUROPEAN FUSILIERS
SGT MAJ MORTON
KILLED AT LUCKNOW
1857.

This memorial, in a Lucknow
park near the stadium, is all but
hidden behind memorials to
the Indian freedom fighters in
the shadow of trees. This memorial
is mentioned in 'The Great Uprising in
India 1857-58' by Rosie Llewellyn Jones.


The memorial plaque to
Sir Mountstuart Jackson,
St Pauls' Cathedral,
Calcutta.

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