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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)
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: 8 February 1921
    Attended by: HRH Prince of Wales KG
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
31935

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Current location

In the Corridor outside the Chapel between the Great Quad and the Cloisters.
Magdalen College
High Street
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4AU
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 52082 06188
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
A dedicatory, circular plaque at the entrance to the passage from The Cloisters to The Quadrangle. In the passage are 2 sets of name panels, 3 each side, one set with Latin inscription and one with English.
Inscription
CLOISTER ENTRANCE PLAQUE: HAVE IN HONOUR YOU WHO ENTER HERE/ ALL THOSE SONS OF THIS HOUSE/ WHO WENT FORTH TO SERVE IN THE YEARS/ 1914 - 1918 COLUMN ONE: MAJOREM HAC DILECTIONEM NEMO HABET/ UT ANIMAM SUAM PONAT QUIS PRO AMICIS SUIS/ (Names) COLUMN TWO: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ (Names) COLUMN THREE: (NAMES)/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE WAR OF 1914 - 1918. BE THEIR NAMES ORIFLAMMES OTHER COLUMNS: (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Acworth, J A
Adams, G H C
Alington, G H
Alington, G W S
Arnold, T S
Ashley, A H E
Babington, T Z D
Bailey, R N M
Balfour, I B
Barratt, J L
See details for all 207 names
Commemorations
  • VC or GC Recipients
    Total names on memorial: 2
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 2
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, regiment, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 207
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 207
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, regiment, decorations
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Tablets
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Undefined
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • The Oxford Magazine 21 June 1923 page 457 E A McNair VC and J F Russell VC are commemorated on the memorial
  • The Times 9 February 1921 (Court Circular) 9 February 1921 ('The Prince at Oxford')

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