5.4.2006
HARTLEY WESPALL
Wooden plaque on wall in St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church.
The Figure of our Saviour
was placed upon the Rood
Cross by the Parishioners
in Honour of Our Redeemer
and in Proud and Reverent
Memory of Capt: Richard S.
Durnford. 9th Batt: K.R.R.C.
of Capt: Robert C.Durnford
D.S.O. 4th Hampshire Regt: and
of Rifleman Thomas Elliott
12th Batt: K.R.R.C. who were
killed in the Great War.
Stone tablet on wall under window in St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church.
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 D.S.O.
Captain 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. 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 in their deaths they were not divided
There is a memorial on the wall from Stratfield Turgis who's church is redundant, and there is the below brass plaque indicating this:
See Stratfield Turgis to see the memorial.
<--- These stone war
memorial tablets
were removed from All
Saints Parish Church
Stratfield Turgis 1976
also the font outside
the south door
Commonwealth War Grave in churchyard.
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