- Extended Description
- Major John Francis Charley. 2nd in Command of the 1st (formerly 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot) Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers who fell at the battle of Colenso South Africa 15 December 1899. He doed of wounds received at Shooters Hill at the battle of Colenso.
At rest in Military Cemetery and Garden of Remembrance Clouston south of the Tugela River near the village of Colenso.
Born 14 May 1857 (given name John Francis William Charley) at Woodburn County Antrim and eldest son to John Stouppe Charley and Mary Stewart nee Forster of Finaghy.
In loving memory this Tablet is erected by his moth, brother and sisters in this church (St Patrick) where his forefathers worshipped. His comrades said to him. A man whom it was good to know.
Wills and Admin, Ancestry.
John Francis Charley of 39 Park Mansions Battersea Park Surrey. His effect went to Grace Leader Charley, spinster £767 10s.
This Tablet is in St Patrick Church Drumbeg, County Antrim.
Trivia
On 1 July 1881 the 27th (Inniskilling) Regiment of Foot and the 108th Regiment of Foot were re-designated as the 1st and 2nd Battalions, The Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, respectively.
