Memorial

Captain R S Durnford And Captain RC Durnford DSO

Mark Newton 13 July 2016

Source: Copyright Mark Newton 13 July 2016

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Current Location

ST MARYS CHURCH, Hartley Wespall, Basingstoke, Hampshire, RG27 0BB, England

SU 69790 58313

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 28337
Description: PLAIN RECTANGULAR MARBLE TABLET COLOURED CRESTS AND REGIMENTAL BADGES DEPICTED AT EACH CORNER OF THE TABLET AND AT THE TOP CENTRE
Inscription: ALLELUIA/ TO THE BELOVED AND HONOURED MEMORY OF/ RICHARD SELBY DURNFORD/ CAPTAIN 9TH BATTALION KING'S ROYAL RIFLE CORPS/ KILLED IN ACTION AT HOOGE IN FLANDERS 30TH JULY 1915 AGED 30/ AND OF/ ROBERT CHICHESTER DURNFORD D.S.O./ CAPT 4TH BATTALION HAMPSHIRE REGIMENT/ KILLED IN ACTION 21ST JUNE 1918 AGED 22 BURIED AT RESHT IN PERSIA/ ELDEST AND YOUNGEST SONS OF/ RICHARD DURNFORD C.B. OG HARTLEY WESPALL AND BEATRICE HIS WIFE/ WHO GAVE THIER LIVES FOR COUNTRY AND FREEDOM/ IN THE GREAT WAR/ THEY WERE LOVELY AND PLEASANT IN THEIR LIVES/ AND IN THEIR DEATHS THEY WERE NOT DIVIDED

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 2
Died: 2
Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,relationships,decorations
Order of names: year died,forename,rank,decorations,regiment,manner of death,place of death,place of burial,age of death

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good