To the honoured memory of Major Matthew Fontaine Maury Meiklejohn, V. C., Gordon Highlanders, killed on duty opposite this spot on June 28th anno domini, 1913.
He gave his life to save others.
SW7, South Carriage Drive, Hyde Park Barracks
Not related to the Meiklejohn story at all: the has a great post about how the horse dung was (possibly still is) removed from the barracks' stables.
This section lists the subjects commemorated on the memorial on this page:
Meiklejohn
Gained his VC, and lost his right arm, as a captain in the 2nd Battalion, Gor...
When we noticed the strange 'fly-away' lines at the beginning and ending of words on this plaque, we thought our camera had malfunctioned...
The left hand edge of the plaque can just be seen in our photo, on the set-back wall towards the left. The whole block is occupied by St...
No explanation for the choice of name is given and we are not aware that Waring was associated in any way with Tower Hamlets, but we note...
The Latin quote is  from the Roman poet Horace's Odes and translates roughly as "It is sweet and right to die for your country."
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