Fitzgerald Monument, Coney Island. Members of the Clare Roots Society at the Fitzgerald Monument on Coney Island. The inscription on the monument reads: Sacred | to the memory of a much beloved son. | This monument was erected by his father | Lieutenant General Sir John Foster-Fitzgerald | Knight Commander of the Bath of | Carigoran Family in the County Clare | Captain John Foster Fitzgerald of the 14th or | Kings Dragoons who fell mortally wounded in | a desperate charge made by that regiment on the | Siagh's cavalry on 22nd November, 1848 on the | banks of the Chenab in the Punjab, East Indies. | Aged 27 | None who knew him need be told | a warmer heart death ne'er made cold