Captain Richard Durnford and Captain Robert Durnford DSO

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Reference WMO/191837

Address:

St Mary's Church

Hartley Wespall

Hook

RG27 0BB

England

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Status: Unknown
Type: Non freestanding
Location: Internal
Setting: Inside a building - public/private
Description: Board/Plaque/ Tablet
Materials:
  • Stone Limestone
Lettering: Incised
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Purbeck marble plaque with incised and painted inscriptions and insignia
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Alleluia. To the beloved and honoured memory of Richard Selby Durnford Captain 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps killed in action at Hooge in Flanders 30th July 1915 aged 30 and of Robert Chichester Durnford DSO Captain 4th Battalion Hampshire Regiment killed in action 2nd June 1918 aged 22 Buried at Resht in Persia eldest and youngest sons of Richard Durnford CB of Hartley Wespall and Beatrice his wife who gave their lives for country and freedom in the Great War. They were lovely and pleasant in their lives and to their deaths they were not divided.

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