A NEW memorial plaque for a Lydford resident who died in the First World War will be unveiled at Black Rock in the Lyd Valley on the anniversary of his death. Capt Nigel Hunter, MC and Bar, was commissioned in the Royal Engineers aged 19 and died at Biefvilliers, near Baupaume, on March 25 1918 aged 23. While on leave from the fighting, Capt Hunter visited the family farm in Lydford and walked on the moor with dog Gyp. During one of his walks he wrote a poem, one verse of which contemplated his possible early death and likened it to the moorland stream disappearing over the waterfall. In 1919 his family erected the original plaque with the verse quoted on it. Lydford Parish Council, together with Capt Hunter's great-nephew Alex Hunter, and with additional sponsorship from the Duchy of Cornwall and the DNPA, has replaced the plaque using the original pattern, which was still in the family's possession. The original foundry, which is still operating, was also used. Capt Hunter's war diary has recently been serialised in the parish magazine and the newspaper report of the dedication ceremony in 1919 reproduced. The section of the River Lyd under the plaque has become known as Hunter's Pool. Members of Capt Hunter's family together with guests, including representatives of various groups and the mayor of West Devon, will process from Lydford car park to the site at 10.35am and the ceremony will begin at 10.45am with a two minute silence at 11am. This will be followed by a reception at Nicholls Hall in Lydford.