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Plaque Freeman-Mitford 1945 Holy Trinity

Reference

H71.01

Place

HORSLEY

Map ref

NY 845967

Original Location

Holy Trinity Church, on A68 between Rochester and Otterburn.

Which war

1939-45

Memorial Description

Oval wall plaque with engraved inscription. Lettering is incised using Roman upper and lower case with the quotation in italics.

Materials used

Marble

Inscription

In Lasting and Devoted Memory
of a
Very Perfect Son and Brother

Major the Honourable
Thomas David Freeman-Mitford
the Queen's Westminster's

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�

Names

See above

Who commissioned

Mitford family.

How money was raised

Private donation

Newspaper cuttings, photos or archival material

Photo: Tony Harding

Redewetter No.6 Magazine of the Redesdale Society.

Diocese of Newcastle Faculty Book 2, No. 1616, 16/06/1947

Source of quotation
�He careth for us� Possibly based on I Peter 5 v 7

External web link

The CWGC entry for Major Freeman-Mitford

Research acknowledgements

Redesdale Society; John S. Perry; Tony Harding; Raymond Ion

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