Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Gate
- District
- Cherwell
- Town
- Fritwell
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 2 November 1922
Attended by: Archbishop of York
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31304
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Current location
St. Olave's Churchyard
Church Lane
off North Street
Fritwell
Cherwell
Oxfordshire
OX27 7QW
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 52437 29348
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wooden framed and pitched-roof lychgate standing on a brick and stone base with two dedicatory tablets placed on the inside.
- Inscription
- Lintel : THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE Tablet 1 : IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY / OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO / LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN / THE GREAT WAR / (6 names) / GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN / THIS THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE / FOR HIS FRIENDS Tablet 2 : THIS LYCHGATE WAS THE GIFT OF / SIR JOHN ALLSEBROOK SIMON / AFTERWARDS THE 1ST VISCOUNT SIMON / LORD HIGH CHANCELLOR / WHO LIVED AT THE MANOR HOUSE FROM 1911 - 1932 / AND OF KATHLEEN HIS WIFE / IT WAS DEDICATED / ON THE 2ND NOVEMBER, 1922 BY THE / ARCHBISHOP OF YORK
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, William
Bennett, Arthur
Harrup, Frederick
Waddup, Frank
Waddup, Samuel
White, Reginald William
See details for all 6 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 5
Served and returned: 0
Died: 5
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, regiment, forename
Order of information: surname THEN forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brick - Gate
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Base
- Listing information
- This memorial is not currently listed. Find out how to nominate this memorial for inclusion on the National Heritage List for England
- More about listing and the protection of historic places can be found on the Historic England website
- Condition
- Fritwell
- WMO ID: 93011
- Condition: Fair [last updated on 06-08-2015]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- 2000 : Damaged tablet with names replaced and structure of the lychgate repaired at a cost of 8,500 pounds.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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