GPS 29 deg 48 min 48.89 sec S, 30 deg 51 min 47.57 sec E
IN MEMORY OF CAPTAIN J. MALONE. VC. RIDING MASTER. 6th INNISKILLING DRAGOONS WHO DIED, AT PINETOWN JUNE 28 1883 AGED 50 YEARS HE SERVED THROUGHOUT THE EASTERN CAMPAIGN 1854-55 AND WAS ONE OF THE SIX HUNDRED IN THE CHARGE OF BALACLAVA OCTOBER 25, 1854
"13th Light Dragoons,
Serjeant Joseph Malone Date of Act of Bravery, 25th October, 1854.
For having stopped under a very heavy fire to take charge of Captain Webb, 17th Lancers, until others arrived to assist him in removing that Officer, who was (as it afterwards proved) mortally wounded. Serjeant Malone performed this act of bravery while returning on foot from the charge at the Battle of Balaklava, in which his horse had been shot."
He died in the Officers Mess at Rugby Hotel, Pinetown on 28 June 1883 from bronchitis.
Further reading
Military Encounters in Pinetown by Cmdt 'SB' Bourquin
The Crimean War of 1854 - 1856 br Robin Smith