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Afghanistan |
The Battle of Peiwar Kotal was fought on the 28 and 29 of November 1878 between Britain and Afghanistan. Among those to the fore of the action was Menlough’s (decorated) Corporal John Craughwell of the 13th Foot Regiment. The battle would be key to the British victory in Afghanistan. His fellow Menloughman in the 13th, Private Michael Healy, also won the Afghan War medal in 1880. Pictured right is the painting ‘Storming the Peiwar Kotal’ by Vereker Monteith Hamilton.
This Chronicle was created using information originally published in the South East Galway Archaeological and Historical Society Newsletter No. 29
