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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Sports pavilion
- District
- Oxford
- Town
- Oxford
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Ceremony
- Opened
Date: 19 November 1921
Attended by:
- Opened
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31999
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Current location
In the Snooker Room
Wolvercote Young Peoples Club
St Peters Road
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX2 8AU
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 49743 09689
Denomination: Undefined
- Previous locations
- IN THE COLLEGE DEAN'S OFFICE
Balliol College
Broad Street
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 3BJ
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 504 065
Denomination: Undefined - Keith Rae House
Blackfriars Road
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: Undefined
Denomination: Undefined - Show More (1)
- IN THE COLLEGE DEAN'S OFFICE
- Description
- PURPOSE-BUILT CLUB HOUSE WITH GYMNASIUM, CLUB ROOMS AND FULL-TIME CLUB LEADER. DEDICATORY BRASS PLAQUE WITHIN A WOODEN FRAME PLACED INSIDE. THE PLAQUE SURVIVES.
- Inscription
- KEITH RAE HOUSE/ BUILT IN MEMORY OF KEITH RAE/ PRESIDENT IN THE YEARS 1909-10/ OF THE BALLIOL COLLEGE BOYS' CLUB/ 2ND LIEUT, 8TH BATTALION THE RIFLE BRIGADE/ HE WAS KILLED AT DAWN ON 30TH JULY 1915/ DEFENDING HIS TRENCH AT HOOGHE LES YPRES/ WHEN THE GERMANS FIRST ATTACKED WITH LIQUID FIRE/ Christ's faithful soldier and servant/ unto his life's end.
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Rae, Keith
See details - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, rank, date of death, regiment, place of death, forename, manner of death, additional
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Plaque
Measurements: height c225mm, width c375mm
Materials: Brass - Building
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Undefined
- Frame
- 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
- 1960s: THE CLUB HOUSE WAS DEMOLISHED WHEN THE ST EBBE'S DISTRICT WAS REDEVELOPED
- Costs
Comments: The Keith Rae Trust was established on 28 Feb. 1921 with £3,000 given by Edward Rae to provide 'A Permanent Memorial of the work of Keith Rae in connection with Balliol College Boys' Club.' After the club closed in 1971, the compensation was invested and the Trust gave grants to various youth organizations. In 1993, one of these was Wolvercote Boys' Club, the current known location of the memorial.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Sponsorship
- Private
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