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English: Lieutenant Francis William Waddilove of H.M. 53rd regiment. Second Surviving Son of the Revd W.J.D. Waddilove.

Who fell the victim of a long march about 250 miles from Lahore tto Wawul-Pindee in the Punjaub during the very hottest period of a season unusual even in the Indian climate. When according to the register kept in the surveyor general's office, the heat exceeded 100 degrees of Fahrenheit daily at noon in the shade. On the 20th of April, the orders were for the Depot to remain at Lahore till the heats were over, but on the 27th, these orders were suddenly superseded by an order to march, and on the 7th of May the 5 companies left Lahore. Lieut. W having charge of Company after severe suffering both by men and officers, survivors reached their destinations above the 28th of May. As on the 20th he was in orders for 6 months sick leave to the northern hills, it was however too late, and on the 4th of June 1849 he died of the fever thus produced. Aged 25 years and eleven months., and his remains sleep in the plains of Rawul-Pindee, having service H.M. in Ireland, Canada, Nova, Scotia, and West and East Indies 7 years.

His sorrowing parents erect this tablet in remembrance of a beloved and deservedly lamented child in the cathedral of his native place, and in memory of the many who perished with him on this fatal march. August 31st 1849.