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Description: | inscription, commemorative text on cross, IN MEMORY OF THE GALLANT OFFICERS NCOs AND MEN OF THE 9th BATTALION THE DURHAM LIGHT INFtry WHO FELL IN ACTION SEPt 15th-19th OCT 1st 1961. DULCE ET DECORUM EST. PRO PATRIA MORI. ERECTED IN AFFECTIONATE REMEMBERANCE BY THEIR FRIENDS WHO FOUGHT WITH THEM AND WHO WILL FOREVER KEEP THEIR MEMORY GREEN.
inscription, commemoration from Durham Light Infantry, THIS IS A DRAWING OF THE CROSS WHICH WE ERECTED TO OUR FRIENDS WHO WERE KILLED DURING THE GREAT ADVANCE. Roland Bradford (signature), COMMANDING 9th BATTALION THE DURHAM LIGHT INFANTRY.
Commemorative plaque made of metal with brown, printed, paint depicting a cross dedicated to 'our friends who were killed during the great advance' from the 9th Battalion Durham Light Infantry. behind the cross there is an open countryside scene with soldiers.
Material: metal, copper alloy | Source: | Tyne & Wear Archives & Museums | Identifier: | emu.ecatalogue.socialhistory.365988 | Go to resource |
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