Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Oxford
- Town
- Oxford
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 32025
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Current location
West end of south wall,
St. Matthew's Church
Marlborough Road
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4LW
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 51293 05312
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Large, nowy-headed brass plaque incorporating a decorative band of oak leaves and acorns border design interrupted at the four corners by squares with a differing oak leaf and acorn design. The border encloses an incised capitalised inscription, three columns of capitalised names and a further lower case inscription. All designs and lettering infilled with a black enamel paint finish. The whole plaque is attached to a wall mounted wooden framed backboard with an apex-headed upper rail and surmounted by a large wooden flat-backed crown.
- Inscription
- GLORIA DEO / IN EVER LOVING MEMORY OF THE MEN FROM THIS PARISH WHO GAVE / THEIR LIVES FOR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 - 1918 / (66 NAMES in 3 columns) / "Thanks be to God Who Giveth us the Victory through our Lord Jesus Christ"
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Ash, P C
Ash, W G
Belcher, A
Benson, J
Brooks, E W
Castle, C
Cherrill, R C
Cobb, A H
Collett, C J
Collinson, P
See details for all 66 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 66
Served and returned: 0
Died: 66
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename initials, surname
Order of information: Surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass - Backboard
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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 - Reference
- Web-link to South Oxford local history - St. Matthew's Church with further links to photographs. www.southoxford.org/local-history-in-south-oxford/interesting-aspects-of-grandpont-and-south-oxford-s-history/churches/st-matthew-s-church-marlborough-road/st-matthew-s-1914-18-war-memorial
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