Mouzinho de Albuquerque - Batalha, Portugal - Specific Veteran Memorials on Waymarking.com

The Portugese language text on the memorial says: "... A coragem e a abnegação são sempre grandes e nobres. Mousinho de Albuquerque 1855-1902"

The text in English reads: "Courage and self-denial are always great and noble. Mousinho de Albuquerque 1855-1902"

From Wikipedia, more on Joaquim Augusto Mouzinho de Albuquerque: (visit link)

"Highly respected in Portuguese society of the 19th and 20th centuries, he was seen as the hope and symbol of Portuguese reaction to threats against Portuguese interests in Africa from other European empires.

He married his cousin Maria José Mascarenhas de Mendonça Gaivão (Lagoa, July 23, 1857 –Lisbon, September 2, 1950), without issue.

He was governor of Gaza Province and Mozambique until 1898 when he returned to Portugal.

He was the instructor of Crown Prince Luís Filipe.
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