an orchard that later became the town's Christian cemetery. His tombstone, paid for by the Maharaja of Kashmir, reads: "To the memory of G. W. Hayward, Gold Medallist of the Royal Geographical Society of London, who was cruelly murdered at Darkot, 18 July 1870, on his journey to explore the Pamir steppe. This monument is erected to a gallant officer and accomplished traveller at the instance of the Royal Geographical Society." Since his death, Hayward received little acclaim or recognition. However, he stands alone among the explorers of the Western Himalaya in terms of the areas he surveyed and the size of his expeditions – usually just himself and three to six porters and bearers. Miscellaneous In the 1930s Colonel Reginald Schomberg, a British traveller, passed through Darkot and said local families still possessed Hayward's pistol, telescope and saddle. A London auction sold six topographical watercolours by Hayward in the 1950s that turned up in the Bombay bazaar. Sir Henry Newbolt wrote the poem "He Fell Among Thieves" about Hayward's death. Biography: "Murder in the Hindu Kush" A biography of Hayward, entitled Murder in the Hindu Kush: George Hayward and the Great Game, by travel writer Tim Hannigan was published by the History Press in 2011. His story is also covered briefly in The Great Game by Peter Hopkirk, and Explorers of the Western Himalayas by John Keay. See also The Great Game Geostrategy in Central Asia Royal Geographical Society References External links Death in the Morning, WildHare Services, Inc – He fell among Thieves https://web.archive.org/web/20100926003647/http://www.murderinthehindukush.com/ 1839 births 1870 deaths Military personnel from Leeds English explorers Royal Irish Fusiliers officers Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders officers English people murdered abroad People murdered in India Deaths by decapitation Explorers of Central Asia Male murder victims Murdered explorers People of the Victorian era People educated at Forest School, Walthamstow Great Game British people in colonial India