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TERRA NOVA bed plaque
Brass plaque mounted on wooden frame. Reads 'THIS BED IS DEDICATED BY / HENRY AND DANIEL RADCLIFFE / TO THE MEMORY OF / HENRY EDWARD DE PARNY RENNICK, / LIEUTENANT-COMMANDER R.N., FORMERLY / LIEUTENANT ON THE "TERRA NOVA", / ON THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION. / A LIFE OF SPLENDID ENDEAVOUR AND UNTIRING DEVOTION TO DUTY / WAS BROUGHT TO A GLOURIOUS END ON THE 22ND SEPTEMBER 1914., WHEN H.M.S. "HOGUE" WAS SUNK IN ACTION IN THE NORTH SEA. / - 1916. -'