Inscription on a marble memorial tablet in St. George's Church, Bannu: "In affectionate Remembrance of Colonel John Howard Broome 2nd in Command of the 2nd Punjab Cavalry who, after 20 Years Service with that Regiment during which he displayed Gallantry in the Field that gave Promise of a future Career of Distinction and Honour died of Cholera at Edwardesabad on the 11th August 1887 aged 44 Years. This Tablet is erected by his Brother Officers.
Manly in Body and in spirit gentle and without Guile a true & loving Son & Brother a staunch Comrade a just & considerate Commander of his Men who touchingly deplore his Loss he leaves behind an Example of a chivalrous Man and Officer which will be remembered long and lovingly by hio sorrowing Friends.
"Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doeth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven."
Source: Miles Irving, I.C.S.: A List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs or Monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan Possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest. Printed at The Punjab Government Press, 1910.
Edwardesabad is a former name for Bannu during the British India era.
Manly in Body and in spirit gentle and without Guile a true & loving Son & Brother a staunch Comrade a just & considerate Commander of his Men who touchingly deplore his Loss he leaves behind an Example of a chivalrous Man and Officer which will be remembered long and lovingly by hio sorrowing Friends.
"Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doeth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven."
Source: Miles Irving, I.C.S.: A List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs or Monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan Possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest. Printed at The Punjab Government Press, 1910.
Edwardesabad is a former name for Bannu during the British India era.
Inscription on a marble memorial tablet in St. George's Church, Bannu: "In affectionate Remembrance of Colonel John Howard Broome 2nd in Command of the 2nd Punjab Cavalry who, after 20 Years Service with that Regiment during which he displayed Gallantry in the Field that gave Promise of a future Career of Distinction and Honour died of Cholera at Edwardesabad on the 11th August 1887 aged 44 Years. This Tablet is erected by his Brother Officers.
Manly in Body and in spirit gentle and without Guile a true & loving Son & Brother a staunch Comrade a just & considerate Commander of his Men who touchingly deplore his Loss he leaves behind an Example of a chivalrous Man and Officer which will be remembered long and lovingly by hio sorrowing Friends.
"Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doeth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven."
Source: Miles Irving, I.C.S.: A List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs or Monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan Possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest. Printed at The Punjab Government Press, 1910.
Edwardesabad is a former name for Bannu during the British India era.
Manly in Body and in spirit gentle and without Guile a true & loving Son & Brother a staunch Comrade a just & considerate Commander of his Men who touchingly deplore his Loss he leaves behind an Example of a chivalrous Man and Officer which will be remembered long and lovingly by hio sorrowing Friends.
"Not every one that saith unto me Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doeth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven."
Source: Miles Irving, I.C.S.: A List of Inscriptions on Christian Tombs or Monuments in the Punjab, North-West Frontier Province, Kashmir and Afghanistan Possessing Historical or Archaeological Interest. Printed at The Punjab Government Press, 1910.
Edwardesabad is a former name for Bannu during the British India era.
Inscription
Sacred to the memory of Colonel John Edward Broome, 2nd Punjab Cavalry, second son of the late Major General Arthur Broome, Royal Bengal Artillery, who died at Edwardesabad on the 11th August 1887 aged 44 years. "Until the day dawns."
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