Lieut. Frederick P. Rolfe, Southern Rhodesia Volunteer Force

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Reference WMO/170116

Address:

Church of St. Peter and St. Paul

Off Market Square

Swaffham

PE37 7DU

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Attached to a building/structure
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Marble
Lettering: Inscribed on a plaque
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Within the church half way down the right hand (south) wall if the nave.A white marble plaque commemorating Frederick Percy Rolfe, a Lieutenant in the Southern Rhodesian Volunteer Force, who died at Filibusi, Rhodesia, on 3 November, 1918.
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IN MEMORY OF FREDERICK PERCY ROLFE, YOUNGEST SON OF THE LATE WILLIAM TILLETT ROLFE, FOR MANY YEARS ORGANIST OF THIS CHURCH, AND EMILY JANE ROLFE, OF THIS PARISH. AN ASSOCIATE OF THE ROYAL SCHOOL OF MINES, AND A MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF MINING AND METALLURGY, - A JUSTICE OF THE PEACE FOR THE DISTRICT OF BULAWAYO, RHODESIA, AND A LIEUTENANT IN THE WESTERN DIVISION OF THE SOUTHERN RHODESIAN VOLUNTEER FORCE, - HE DIED AT FILIBUSI, RHODESIA, ON NOVEMBER 3RD, 1918, AGED 36 YEARS. ______ 'THY WILL BE DONE.'

FREDERICK PERCY ROLFE (Note: he is not listed in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission register.)

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