Morpeth Herald 21/05/1915 carries an obituary:
LOCAL OFFICER KILLED
The “Times” regrets to announce the death of Major the Hon. Clement Freeman Mitford, D.S.O., 10th Hussars, who was killed on May 13. The official telegram adds, “he died gallantly”.
Major Mitford was the eldest son of Lord and Lady Redesdale, and married his cousin, Lady Helen Ogilvy, by whom he leaves a daughter. He was born in 1876, and was educated at Eton and Cambridge, joined the 10th Hussars in 1899, and was with the regiment in South Africa, where he was twice wounded – once severely – and received the Queen’s medal with four clasps.
He was dangerously wounded in Flanders on October 23rd, 1914, and invalided home, but returned to the Front a short time before he met his death. He was for three years adjutant of his regiment. He received from the King the D.S.O. for gallantry in Flanders on the day of his leaving London to rejoin his regiment on March 22 last.
He is remembered at Horsley on H71.02 and at Rochester on R19.02
