A large and poignant war-time statue in the graveyard.

 St Mary the Virgin, Dilwyn, Herefordshire
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We had our lunch sitting on the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee bench thoughtfully provided in the churchyard.
 
 
 A large and impressive war memorial made even more poignant by the brief mention of Albert Joseph Watkins, Boy First Class, who was drowned aged 18 when in September 1939 the Aircraft Carrier "Courageous" was sunk by U29.

 
Visited - July 2014

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