Colonel Robert Henry Hackett

1893 · Loughkeen Graveyard

Here rest the remains of Colonel Robert Henry Hackett, late of the 90th Light Infantry. A brave soldier who died at his residence, Riverston, on the 30th December 1893, from the effects of a wound through the head which destroyed both eyes, received when gallantly leading his men in action at Kambula, South Africa, on the 29th March 1879, aged 54 years.

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Colonel Robert Henry Hackett
late of the 90th Light Infantry; of Riverston; wounded at Kambula (Khambula), South Africa, 1879
d. 30 Dec 1893aged 54

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Location: Loughkeen graveyard

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