Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other structure
- District
- Oxford
- Town
- Oxford
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 5 June 1954
Attended by: Bishop of Exeter
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31830
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Current location
On south side of the Chapel.
St Edwards School
Woodstock Rd
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 7NN
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 50379 09046
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- EXHIBITION CENTRE WITH DEDICATORY STONE TABLET ON THE OUTSIDE.
- Inscription
- THIS BUILDING, THE GIFT OF/ OLD BOYS, PARENTS AND FRIENDS/ OF ST EDWARD'S SCHOOL/ WAS OPENED ON 5TH JUNE 1954/ TO STAND AS A MEMORIAL/ TO THOSE OLD BOYS WHO DIED/ IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945/ AND IN THE UNQUIET YEARS/ WHICH FOLLOWED. THEIR NAMES ARE RECORDED IN CHAPEL.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allan, D H
Allen, R C
Bainbrigge, P
Banks, A
Barker-benfield, G F
Barles, R M
Bernays, T S N
Blake, P H
Blakiston, J R M
Bowen, N G
See details for all 147 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined - Tablet
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Building
- 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
- History
- 1977 Building converted to Art School.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- A HISTORY OF ST EDWARDS SCHOOL 1863-1963 by HILL, R D 268;288-289 (1993 ed.)pp. 28-29. Source: Image Library
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