In Memory Of

DURANT, HUGH

Service Details
Age:
 38
Date of Birth:
 1877-02-23
Rank:
 Second Lieutenant
Regiment:
 9th (Queen's Royal) Lancers
Former Regiment:
 formerly (S.S.M. 4099)
Date of Death:
 1916-01-20
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, when a 2 inch mortar shell fired from Guildford trench by a detachment of the 62nd Trench Mortar Battery, prematurely exploded immediately after firing
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 II. N. 1.
Cemetery:
 VERMELLES BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Decorations:
 D C M, Mentioned in Despatches, Royal Victorian Silver Medal, Medaille Militaire (France)
Citations:
 MID LG Sup 9 Dec 1914 pg 10537; MID LG Sup 20 Oct 1915 (spelled DURAND) pg 8380
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. Was a British sport shooter and modern pentathlete who competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. In 1912 he won the bronze medal as member of the British team in the team 30 metre military pistol event as well as in the team 50 metre military pistol competition. In the individual 50 metre pistol event he finished 20th