Major M L Davies DSO

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Memorial details

Memorial type

Board / Plaque / Tablet

District

Town

County

Country

Commemoration

Second World War (1939-1945)

Ceremony

Dedicated
Date: 12 October 1947
Attended by: Reverend J. L. Sowden, Rector of Herringswell

Lost

Not lost

WM Reference

4552

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Current location

St Ethelberth's Church
The Street
Herringswell
Forest Heath
Suffolk
IP28 6ST
England

OS Grid Ref: TL 71810 69939
Denomination: Church of England

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Description

Maltese cross with an inscription below. White marble on grey marble backboard.

Inscription

IN LOVING MEMORY / OF / MAJOR / MOSTYN LLEWELLYN DAVIES D.S.O. / HUSBAND OF BRENDA MARGARET, AND ONLY SON OF/ LLEWELLYN AND CLARA DAVIES OF HERRINGSWELL / WHO WAS MISSING ON THE NIGHT OF MARCH 22ND 1944 / AT CRNA TRAVA, BULGARIA, WHILE PERFORMING/ OUTSTANDING SERVICES IN ENEMY OCCUPIED TERRITORY / WHICH GAINED HIM AN IMMEDIATE AWARD/ OF THE D.S.O. / "LIFE TO HIM WAS NOT GIVEN TO BE SAFEGUARDED BUT LIVED"

Inscription legible?

yes

Names on memorial

Davies, Mostyn Llewelyn
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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, forename, middle name, surname, honorific, surname, rank, year died, place of death, manner of death, relationships
Order of information: Undefined

Components

Plaque
Measurements: height 685.8mm, width 914.4mm
Materials: Marble - White

Listing information

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Trust fund/Scholarship

No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A

Sponsorship

Private

Reference

Herringswell Remembers www.undyingmemory.net/Herringswell/davies mostyn.html

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