Lt Derwentwater Radcliffe - St Materiana - Tintagel, Cornwall
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Memorial plaque to Derwentwater Radcliffe, a Lieutenant in the Royal Horse Artillery, in St Materiana's church, Tintagel.
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Location: South West England, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 05/18/2017
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Memorial plaque to Derwentwater Radcliffe, a Lieutenant in the Roayl Horse Artillery, who died Quetta, Afghanistan.
Possibly stationed in Quetta during the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878 to 1880) and for the Kandahar (and Afghanistan) Evacuation (1881) (
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A little research brings up this record:
"Radcliffe - Lieutenant D. - Royal Artillery - died 27th July 1881.
Grave at Quetta - "Sacred to the memory of Lieutenant D. Radcliffe, A Battery, IVth Brigade RA who died at Quetta 27th July 1881. Aged 28 years."
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The date on the plaque may be the date of dedication. The text of the plaque reads:
'In loving brotherly remembrance of
Derwentwater Radcliffe
Lt R.H.A.
Died at Quetta Afghanistan
July 9th 1882'
Below this plaque is a smaller brass plaque that reads:
'In loving memory of
Captain Radclife
Brother of the above
(unreadable) Torquay July 15th 1917
Aged 63'