IN MEMORIAM
TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORY OF
CORPORAL DENIS COVENEY
COMMISSARIAT AND TRANSPORT CORPS
WHO LOST HIS OWN LIFE BY DROWNING IN THE NILE
ON 2ND APRIL 1886, IN THE 25TH YEAR OF HIS AGE
WHEN MAKING A GALLANT EFFORT
TO SAVE THAT OF COMRADE
THIS CROSS ERECTED
BY THE
OFFICERS, NON COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
AND MEN OF
THE COMMISSARIAT AND TRANSPORT
SERVING IN EGYPT, AS A MARK
OF RESPECT FOR HIS DETERMINED BRAVERY
MAY HE REST IN PEACE
AMEN