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    Memorial

    Clifford Family

    Clifford Family

    Source: Copyright Neil Brine

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    Current Location

    Buckfast Abbey, Buckfast Road, Buckfastleigh, Teignbridge, Devon, TQ11 0EJ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SX 74135 67409

    Denomination

    Roman Catholic

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    25815
    Description
    WHITE MARBLE TABLET MOUNTED WITHIN A BLACK COLOURED FRAME WITH OGEE HEAD. INSCRIPTION IN BLACK LETTERING ON THE TABLET AND IN CARVED GOLD PAINTED LETTERING AT THE TOP OF THE FRAME. SERRATED CASTELLATED DESIGN CARVED ON THE FRAME
    Inscription
    PRAY FOR THE SOULS OF MAJOR GENERAL / THE HON SIR HENRY HUGH CLIFFORD / V.C. K.C.M.G. C.B., / LATE OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE / THIRD SON OF THE 7TH LORD CLIFFORD / OF CHUDLEIGH. / AND OF HIS SECOND SON / BRIGADIER GENERAL / HENRY FREDERICK HUGH CLIFFORD, D.S.O., / SUFFOLK REGIMENT, / WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION NEAR DEVIL'S WOOD, / ON THE SOMME, 11TH SEPTEMBER 1916, / AGED 49 YEARS. / AND OF HIS GRANDSONS / THEODORE HUGH GALTON, / WORCESTERSHIRE REGIMENT, / KILLED IN ACTION AT ILLIES 21ST OCTOBER 1914, / AGED 26 YEARS / ADJUTANT / CAPTAIN THOMAS JOSEPH FITZHERBERT BROCKHOLES / OF THE RIFLE BRIGADE / WHO FELL AT NEUVE CHAPELLE ON THE 12TH MARCH/ AND DIED ON THE 14TH MARCH 1915, AGED 27 YEARS. / LIEUTENANT JOHN RAPHAEL HAMILTON DALRYMPLE, / OF THE KING'S OWN SCOTTISH BORDERERS, / WHO WAS KILLED AT PILKIN IN FLANDERS / 23RD APRIL 1915 / AGED 25 YEARS / LIEUTENANT HUGH GILBERT FRANCIS CLIFFORD / LINCOLNSHIRE REGT. / KILLED NEAR ALBERT ON THE SOMME 1ST JULY 1916, / AGED 19 YEARS. / LIEUTENANT FRANCIS WILLIAM JOSEPH GALTON / DEVON REGT. / KILLED AT LA COULOTTE ON THE VIMY RIDGE, / ST GEORGE'S DAY 23RD APRIL 1917 AGED 21 / LIEUTENANT/ ROGER HUBERT FITZHERBERT-BROCKHOLES R.N. / KILLED IN NORTH RUSSIA, 2ND JULY 1919 / AGED 28 YEARS // HENRY CLIFFORD, THOMAS FITZHERBERT BROCKHOLES, / JOHN HAMILTON DALRYMPLE, AND HUGH CLIFFORD, / HAD ALL BEEN PREVIOUSLY WOUNDED / AT EARLIER PERIODS OF THE WAR. / R.I.P.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    7
    Died
    7
    Information shown
    Rank, title, forenames, surname, honours, regiment, relationships, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death
    War
    Military Service
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname,rank,regiment,forename,relationships,decorations
    Sponsor Type
    private

    Components

    Tablet

    Height: 940mm

    Width: 570mm

    Depth: inset


    Made from: Marble - White


    Condition: Good


    Frame

    Height: 1500mm

    Width: 770mm

    Depth: 70mm


    Made from: Alabaster


    Condition: Good