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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Oxford
- Town
- Oxford
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Unveiled
Date: 5th July 1920
Attended by: Local Clergy/Dignitaries
- Unveiled
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31892
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Current location
THE SITE WAS FORMERLY THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
41-47
UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF HISTORY
George St
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 2RL
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 51079 06329
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- ON THE WALL NEAR THE ENTRANCE
OXFORD SCHOOL
Glanville Rd
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 539 052
Denomination: Undefined - OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
George St
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- ON THE WALL NEAR THE ENTRANCE
- Description
- BRONZE PLAQUE WITH INSCRIPTION IN RELIEF. GRAPE AND VINE LEAF BORDER IN RELIEF.
- Inscription
- THIS TABLET WAS ERECTED TO PERPETUATE THE/ MEMORY OF THE BOYS OF THIS SCHOOL WHO FELL/ IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (80 NAMES)/ THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Abrams, Reginald A
Addis, Henry D
Baker, Herbert
Ballard, Godfrey A
Bartlett, Arthur H
Benson, Cyril S
Brazier, Vernon L
Bright, Ronald P
Brooke, Gerald W
Brown, Thomas B
See details for all 80 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 80
Served and returned: 0
Died: 80
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname,forename
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Board
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Bronze
- Board
- 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
- 2009: The return of the memorial to its original location in the old High School building in George Street, Oxford was overseen by the City of Oxford Association (the Old Boys Society). The memorial was restored at this time.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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