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Second Lieutenant HUGH DURANT

Regiment & Unit/Ship

9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers

Date of Death

Died 20 January 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY

II. N. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly (S.S.M. 4099)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Conduct Medal, Mentioned in Despatches, Royal Victorian Medal
  • Additional Info Medaille Militaire, (France). Son of James Henry and Clara Durant, of 115, Sutton Court, Chiswick, London. Served in the South African War. Won the Revolver Championship in South Africa; also at Bisley, 1911.
  • Personal Inscription FEARLESS AND LOYAL A DEVOTED SON AWAITING THE DAWN, BELOVED MOTHER
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