Memorial

N Spurling

Picture of Tablet

Source: Copyright David Carter

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Current Location

Off Pidney Hill, next to Primary School, St Mary and St James Church, Pidney Hill, Droop, Hazelbury Bryan, North Dorset, Dorset, DT10 2ED, England

ST 75326 08291

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 956
Description: Inscribed stone tablet with bronze crest of Royal Marines at top left. Lettering in grey apart from name in red.
Inscription: IN GRATITUDE TO GOD FOR THE LIFE OF / NEVILLE SPURLING / ROYAL MARINES / KILLED IN ACTION: CYPRUS: 1958 / AGED 23 YEARS / MY SWORD I GIVE TO HIM THAT SHALL SUCCEED ME IN MY PILGRIMAGE / AND MY COURAGE AND SKILL TO HIM THAT CAN GET IT. MY MARKS / AND SCARS I CARRY WITH ME TO BE A WITNESS FOR ME THAT / I HAVE FOUGHT HIS BATTLES WHO WILL NOW BE MY REWARDER

War: Cyprus Dispute (1955-1974)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Forename, surname, regiment, method of death, place of death, date of death, age of death

Tablet

Height: 400MM

Width: 675MM

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good