Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Oxford
Town
Oxford
County
Oxfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
VC or GC Recipients, First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
31919

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Current location

Beside the altar in the Chapel
Corpus Christi College
Merton Street
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4JF
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 51626 06079
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Three wooden panels. Lettering in gold: Latin commemoration at top of centre panel.
Inscription
BOARD ONE: AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM,/ POSTERIS IN EXEMPLUM/ ET IN PIAM ET PERPETUAM MEMORIAM/ HIC JUXTA DEI ALTARE/ HUJUSCE COLLEGII ALUMNORUM/ NOMINA ADSCRIPSIMUS/ OVI IN BELLO PER QUATTUOR ANNOS GESTO/ MCMXIV - MCMXVIII/ PRO REGE ET PATRIA/ PRO FIDE ET JUSTICIA/ VITAM POSUERUNT/ AVETE FORTES ANIMAE/ BENE VALEATIS IN PACE/ (Names) BOARD TWO: PRO REGE ET PATRIA/ PRO FIDE ET JUSTICIA/ VITAM POSUERUNT/ AVETE FORTES ANIMAE/ BENE VALEATIS IN PACE/ (Names) Trans: To the greater glory of God, and in pious and perpetual memory; as a example to posterity, here next to God's altar we have inscribed the names of the members of this college who laid down their lives in the war waged for four years 1914-1918. For King and Country, for Faith and Justice. Hail, brave souls, fare well in peace.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Abel, J D
Addenbrooke, A
Aglionby, A H
Alexander, H
Ballard, G A
Barker, A
Bartholomew, G F H F
Beachcroft, G W
Blathwayt, H W
Bourdillon, T L
See details for all 91 names
Commemorations
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Surname, Forename, Regiment, Rank, Honours, Date of Death
    Order of information: Surname
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 91
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 91
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, rank, year and date died, regiment, initials
    Order of information: year died, date died
Components
  • Panelling
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference

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