Description: Looking from the gatehouse area. The monument, an obelisk of Irish granite, was made by William Jackson, an architect and sculptor with premises at 199 and 74 Mansfield Road Nottingham. It records the names of the 42 men of the 59th who fell in action or who died of wounds or disease during the Afghan campaign. Most of the deaths occurred in the summer of 1879 while the 59th was based at Kandahar, nineteen of them in July alone. The monument bears the following information: IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS, NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND PRIVATE SOLDIERS OF H.M.'S 59TH. REGIMENT WHO FELL IN ACTION OR DIED OF WOUNDS OR DISEASE DURING THE AFGHAN CAMPAIGNS 1878. 1879. 1880. ERECTED BY THEIR COMRADES. There then follows a list of eleven comrades who fell in action or died of wounds, and forty-one who died of disease. For each name there is rank, and place and date of death.