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    Memorial

    Captain N D R Hunter MC And Bar

    Captain N D R Hunter MC And Bar

    Source: Copyright Matthew Duriez

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    Current Location

    On side of the black rock on west bank of river Lydd. Halfway between halfway between Lydford and Widgery Cross on open moorland (High Down), Kitt's Bridge, Lydford, Devon, EX20 4AL, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SX 533 853

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    Names

    Names listed on this memorial

    • Nigel Duncan Ratcliffe Hunter

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    2928
    Description
    Nowy-headed metal plaque attached to rock above wooden seat. Embossed lettering. Badge of Royal Engineers embossed within Nowy head. Two sprays of 'mares tails' embossed in bottom right and left hand corners.
    Inscription
    IN LOVING MEMORY OF / CAPTAIN NIGEL DUNCAN RATCLIFFE HUNTER, M.C. (AND BAR)/ ROYAL ENGINEERS/ WHO WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT BIEFVILLERS,/ NEAR BAPAUME ON MARCH 25TH 1918, AGED 23 YEARS./ HE LOVED THE MOORS OF DEVON, AND ON HIS LAST VISIT/ TO LYDFORD, HE WROTE THE FOLLOWING LINES:-/ ARE WE NOT LIKE THIS MOORLAND STREAM/ SPRINGING NONE KNOWS WHERE FROM,/ TINKLING, BURBLING, FLASHING AGLEAM/ BACK AT THE SUN; ERE LONG/ GLOOMY AND DULL, UNDER A CLOUD,/ THEN RUSHING ONWARDS AGAIN:/ DASHING AT ROCKS WITH ANGER LOUD,/ ROARING AND FOAMING IN VAIN?/ WANDERING THUS FOR MANY A MILE/ TWISTING AND TURNING AWAY FOR A WHILE/ THEN OF A SUDDEN 'TIS OVER THE FALL/ AND THE DARK STILL POOL IS THE END OF ALL./ "IS IT" I THOUGHT AS I TURNED AWAY/ AND I TURNED AGAIN TO THE SILENT MOOR./ "IS IT?" I SAID, AND MY HEART SAID "NAY!"/ AS I GAZED AT THE CROSS ON WIDGERY TOR.
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,age of death,additional,decorations

    Components

    Plaque

    Height: 480mm

    Width: 620mm


    Made from: Cast Iron


    Condition: Good


    Seat

    Made from: Wood


    Condition: Poor


    • Western Morning News - Thursday 15 May 1919 MEMORIAL ON DARTMOOR. DEDICATION OF A TRIBUTE TO A GALLANT SOLDIER. (photograph of the dedication)
    • The Kings England Series by Mee, Arthur Devonshire (1938) p.262 Quotes Capt Hunter's poem.