—1 COR. XV.
On the scroll at the base of the Monument is the following inscription:—
THE REGIMENT LOST DURING THIS WAR BY DEATH IN THE FIELD,
FROM CASUALTIES OR FROM SICKNESS ATTENDING, AS UNDERNEATH.
LIEUT. F. VAVASOUR—12TH OCTOBER 1840.
MAJOR R. HAMMILL—7TH FEBRUARY 1841.
LIEUT. A. WILSON, ADJUTANT—19TH JUNE 1841.
LIEUT. F. SWINBURN—11TH SEPTEMBER 1841.
LT.-COL. R. TOMLINSON—18TH MAY 1842. KILLED IN ACTION.
CAPTAIN C. J. COLLINSON—21ST JULY 1842.
LIEUT. D. EDWARDES—21ST JULY 1842.
LIEUT. J. COCHRANE—29TH AUGUST 1842.
ENSIGN J. HUMPHREYS—16TH AUGUST 1842.
19 NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS.
158 DRUMMERS AND PRIVATES.
II. THE SOUTH AFRICAN VOTIVE CROSS.
This Memorial, which stands on the north wall of the north transept of St Patrick’s Cathedral between the China and Burma Monuments, was unveiled on May 24th, 1907, by Colonel Beauchamp J. C. Doran, C.B., in the unavoidable absence of Lord Wolseley, the Colonel-in-Chief, and Major-General Gregorie, C.B., the Colonel of the Regiment. The Very Rev. the Dean of St Patrick’s responded to Colonel Doran’s speech.
The Celtic mural Cross, which is nine feet high, is of white marble, laid on a mosaic background, with a frame of Carlow limestone. It was designed by Sir Thomas Drew, and made by Messrs Sharp and Emery, of Great Brunswick Street, Dublin.
A brass tablet, mounted on mahogany, is placed below the Cross. It bears the Crest of the Regiment and the following inscription:—
In Memory of
OUR COMRADES WHO FELL IN THE
SOUTH AFRICAN WAR.
MDCCCXCIX-MDCCCCII.