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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Durham
- Town
- Durham
- County
- Durham
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902), First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: November 1915
Attended by:
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 80422
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Current location
On the riser beside the Communion Rail
St Margaret of Antioch Church
Crossgate
Durham
Durham
Durham
DH1 4PP
England
OS Grid Ref: NZ 27127 42410
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Oblong brass plaque with rounded ends. At the centre is a cross in red with the dedication running on either side in red Ronan capitals
- Inscription
- TO THE GLORY OF GOD/IN LOVING MEMORY OF/CAPTAIN ARTHUR DUNCOMBE SHAFTO D.S.O./THE ROYAL SCOTS REGIMENT/SERVED WITH THE NORTHUMBERLAND FUSILIERS THROUGHOUT/THE SOUTH AFRICAN WAR 1899-1902/KILLED IN ACTION NEAR CAMBRAI/28 AUGUST 1915 AGED 34
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Shafto, Arthur Duncombe
See details - Commemorations
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 1
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, decorations, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, forenames, rank, regiment, decorations, manner of death, place of death, date of death, age
Order of information: Undefined
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- Plaque
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Captain Arthur Duncombe Shafto (Fallen)
- WMO ID: 265732
- Condition: Good [last updated on 16-08-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- newmp.org.uk/detail.php?contentId=11107
- Stanley News 7 October 1915
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