Memorial

Surgeon Lieutenant R. M. R. Thursfield

Surgeon Lieutenant R. M. R. Thursfield plaque

Source: Copyright J. B. E. Hale

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Current Location

St. Leonard's Hall Church, Racecourse Drive, Bridgnorth, Bridgnorth, Shropshire, WV16 4NR, England

SO 70486 93429

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 99599
Description: Brass mural plaque commemorating Surgeon Lieutenant Richard Mortimer Rowland Thursfield.
Inscription: IN LOVING MEMORY OF / WILLIAM THURSFIELD, M.D. / BORN SEPTEMBER 6TH 1838 / DIED IN JAMAICA APRIL 22ND 1918 / AND OF HIS YOUNGEST SON / SURGEON LIEUTENANT / RICHARD MORTIMER ROWLAND THURSFIELD / B.A., M.B., R.N. / KILLED IN THE EXPLOSION ON H.M.S. "GLOWWORM" / AT ENSK, RUSSIA, AUGUST 25TH 1919 / AGED 33 YEARS / IN LIFE DEARLY LOVED / IN DEATH DEEPLY MOURNED.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: relationship, rank, forenames, surname, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age at death.

Plaque

Made from: Brass

Condition: Good