Lieutenant Colonel Duncan Vaughan Smith DSO, Donald William McPherson and Second Lieutenant Richard Bernard 7th Earl of Shannon

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Reference WMO/297822

Address:

Brompton Cemetery

Fulham Road

Chelsea

SW10 9UG

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Addition to Gravestone
Materials:
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Leaded
Conflicts:
  • First World War (1914-1918)
About the memorial: Addition to family gravestone. Richard Bernard Boyle, Earl of Shannon, is also commemorated at Malvern College- WMO/217508
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IN LOVING MEMORY/OF THE GALLANT SERVICES OF/LIEUT COL DUNCAN VAUGHAN-SMITH D.S.O./ COMM. THE 1ST BATT. THE BOMBAY REGT/DIED AT ROUEN 13TH APRIL 1917, AGED 38 FROM/WOUNDS RECEIVED AT THE BATTLE OF ARRAS 9TH APRIL/SON OF/FREDERICK AND ELEANOR A BENAY SMITH AND/HUSBAND OF/NORA SMITH A GRANDDAUGHTER OF/CHARLES AND EMMA THOMPSON/BURIED IN THE CEMETERY OF ST SEVER ROUEN/___/ALSO OF MAJOR DONALD WILLIAM MCPHERSON/67TH PUNJABIS/WOUNDED IN ACTION IN SINAI EGYPT/NOVEMBER 16TH 1916 AGED 37 SON OF/DONALD AND HERMIONE MCPHERSON/AND HUSBAND OF/SYBIL MCPHERSON A GRANDDAUGHTER OF/CHARLES AND EMMA ANN THOMPSON/BURIED IN SUEZ CEMETERY/___/ALSO OF/SECOND LIEUT. RICHARD BERNARD/7TH EARL OF SHANNON/THE 6TH BATT..... 4TH BATT. THE ROYAL FUSILIERS/KILLED IN ACTION /IN THE EASTERN ADVANCE IN FRANCE 13TH APRIL 1917/IN HIS 20TH YEAR/A GRANDSON OF/CHARLES AND EMMA ANN THOMPSON/BURIED ON BATTLEFIELD/A GALLANT GENTLEMAN/(LETTER FROM HIS COMMD OFFICER)

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