Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- South Oxfordshire
- Town
- Marsh Baldon
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31569
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Current location
Church set back approx. 45 metres south-east from Baldon Lane,
St. Peter's Church
Baldon Lane
Marsh Baldon
South Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
OX44 9LS
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 56156 99098
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted, portrait orientated nowy-headed grey marble backboard surmounted by a WW1 moulded nowy-headed, incised white marble tablet. Wreath in relief at top centre of tablet. Backboard has been extended downwards to accommodate a WW2, landscape orientated, incised marble tablet. All inscriptions and names, infilled with a dark coloured paint. The base of the backboard is mounted on a moulded-edge shelf supported by two corbel stones.
- Inscription
- Upper tablet : 1914 1918 / IN HONOURED MEMORY OF / THE MEN FROM MARCH AND LITTLE BALDON / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY. / (11 NAMES) / THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE. // Lower tablet : 1939 + 1945 / (2 NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Bond, Harry N. T.
Field, George
Freeman, Henry
Gooding, Albert
Gooding, Amos
Holmes, Jesse
Kent, Percy H.
Lavelle, Charles
Osborne, George
Stone, Alfred
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, initials, surname
Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 2
Served and returned: 0
Died: 2
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename, surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Grey - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - White
- Backboard
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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