Memorial: M2138

Memorial in Exeter Cathedral, Devon commemorating Lieutenant Richard Douglas Sandford VC, RN d. 1918 and Captain Francis Hugh Sandford, DSO, RN, d. 1926

Location

Exeter Cathedral, Exeter, Devon, England

Transcript

'TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF / TWO BROTHERS / CAPTAIN FRANCIS HUGH / SANDFORD D.SO., / CROIX DE GUERRE AVEC PALME, / R.N. DARDANELLES, DOVER PATROL. / BORN 1887 DIED 1926 / AND / LIEUT. RICHARD DOUGLAS / SANDFORD V.C. / LEGION OF HONOUR, R.N. / SUBMARINE C3. ZEEBRUGGE. / BORN 1891 DIED 1918. / SONS of ARCHDEACON SANDFORD of / EXETER. / WHO IN A DARK HOUR OF PERIL / ON ST. GEORGE'S DAY 1918 / TOGETHER MAINTAINED THE / HIGHEST TRADITIONS OF THE NAVY'

Details

Type: Plaque
Position: South side nave
Materials: Bronze

Event

Zeebrugge Raid

Event Date

23/4/1918

Event Category

1914-1918 First World War

People

Sandford, Francis Hugh
Age: 39
Date of Death: 1926
Cause of Death: Unknown
Rank / Occupation: Captain
Organisation: Royal Navy
Sandford, Richard Douglas
Age: 27
Date of Death: 23/11/1918
Cause of Death: Infectious disease
Rank / Occupation: Lieutenant
Organisation: Royal Navy

Extra

Notes: Richard Douglas Sandford, Victoria Cross winner for part in Zeebrugge Raid.
Recorder: David Saunders

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Commemorating seafarers and victims of maritime disasters