Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Cross
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Watchfield
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31906
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Current location
St. Thomas' Churchyard
High Street
Watchfield
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
SN6 8SW
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 24546 90295
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Single-stepped rectangular base surmounted by a rectangular sectioned tapering plinth with chamfered top edges & rectangular sectioned Latin cross. Inscription & names on plinth faces, in pinned-lead lettering.
- Inscription
- 6 o'clock face : FOR GOD. FOR KING. FOR COUNTRY. / IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY OF / THE MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1919 / (NAMES) Other faces : (NAMES)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Anger, William Thomas
Buckland, Frank Chester
Bucknill, James Riddell
Fuller, John William
Higgins, Albert Edward
Lovegrove, Benjamin
Simmonds, John
Walker, Henry John
Wintle, Thomas
Woodham, George Henry
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: Surname, rank, year died, regiment, forename, age at death
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Cross
Measurements: depth 3 ft 5 ins, height 10 ft, width 4 ft 2 ins
Materials: Stone - Portland
- Cross
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Public
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