Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Hall / Institute
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Faringdon
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 06th February 1921
Attended by: LORD FARINGDON
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31588
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Current location
The Old Town Hall
Market Place
Faringdon
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
SN7 7HL
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 28887 95580
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- The Town Hall itself is 17th century but was extensively restored as a war memorial, when five oak panels were mounted on the exterior wall. Panels above surmounted by various unidentified crests
- Inscription
- TO OUR GLORIOUS DEAD 1914 - 1919/ 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) Blue circular plaque : /Old Town Hall/Built as Market Hall/in late 17th Century/Magistrates Court above/and lock-up below/later housed the/fire engine/now the Town's /War Memorial/
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Banbury, C W
Blake, H W
Bull, G E
Burchall, F
Burge, G G
Burgess, H D
Carey, W H
Chambers, E
Clements, J
Cobden, F P
See details for all 87 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 87
Served and returned: 0
Died: 87
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname
Order of information: surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaques / Panels with names
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Plaques / Panels with names
- 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
- Faringdon War Memorial
- WMO ID: 203273
- Condition: Good [last updated on 06-09-2017]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Costs
Site: £897.18.9
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Public
- Responsibility
- TRUSTEES OF THE FARINGDON WAR MEMORIAL
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