Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
West Oxfordshire
Town
Swinbrook
County
Oxfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Second World War (1939-1945)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
31693

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Current location

West wall
St Mary's Church
Pebble Court
Swinbrook
West Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
OX18 4DY
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 27988 12148
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Plain oval stone tablet with simple raised border decoration. Inscription is incised in black lettering. Tablet is mounted on western wall of church above pew dedicated to Lord Redesdale GCVO KCB and Major The Honourable Clement Freeman-Mitford DSO (WMR 31692).
Inscription
In Lasting and Devoted Memory/ of a/ Very Perfect Son and Brother/ MAJOR THE HONOURABLE/ THOMAS DAVID FREEMAN MITFORD/ THE QUEEN'S WESTMINSTERS/ WHO DIED IN BURMA ON GOOD FRIDAY 30TH MARCH 1945/ OF WOUNDS RECEIVED IN ACTION ON THE PREVIOUS SATURDAY/ WHILE ATTACHED AS 2ND-IN-COMMAND TO THE DEVONSHIRE REGIMENT/ AGED 36/ THE ONLY SON OF LORD AND LADY REDESDALE/ "God Careth for Us"
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Freeman-mitford, Thomas David
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Commemorations
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: rank, title, forenames, surname, regiment, country of death, date of death, manner of death, secondary regiment, age
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Stone
Listing information
  • CHURCH OF ST MARY
  • Grade II*
  • This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
  • More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
  • Historic England
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Private
Reference

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