[Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919]

In Memory of
 
Second Lieutenant ERNEST JAMES MACROSTIE
 
25th Bn., London Regiment (Cyclists)
 
who died on 21 May 1919

Remembered with honour Delhi Memorial (India Gate) Face 23.

Of the servicemen commemorated by name on the memorial, just over 1,000 lie in cemeteries to the west of the River Indus, where maintenance was not possible. The remainder died in fighting on or beyond the North West Frontier and during the Third Afghan War, and have no known grave. The Delhi Memorial (India Gate) stands at the eastern end of the Rajpath, or Kingsway.

[Courtesy of Commonwealth War Graves Commission]