Memorial details

Memorial type
Stone of remembrance
District
Vale Of White Horse
Town
Kingston Bagpuize
County
Oxfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Norman Conquest (1066-1072), First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945), Post-1945 war or conflict
Ceremony
  • Unveiled
    Date: November 2012
    Attended by: Local dignitaries
  • Dedicated
    Date: November 2013
    Attended by: Local dignitaries
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Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
68492

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Current location

On grassed area between A415 and Oxford Road
A415
Kingston Bagpuize
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
OX13 5FZ
England

OS Grid Ref: SU 40753 98240
Denomination: Undefined

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Description
Set of five stones in a crescent formation. Each stone is rough-hewn with cut surface on front and an inlaid slate tablet. Central stone also has inlaid slate tablet on reverse. Inscription incised on slate tablets in white lettering. Flag poles flying UK, USA and Canadian flags used to be situated behind the stones.
Inscription
Stone 1: LET THESE STONES FOREVER GIVE US PAUSE TO REMEMBER/ MEN OF THIS VILLAGE WHO FOR HUNDREDS OF YEARS HAVE/ GIVEN THEIR ALL FOR OUR FREEDOMS-/ FROM/ TURKIL AND THE MEN OF CHINGESTUNE WHO DIED AT/ HASTINGS ON 14 OCTOBER,1066/ TO/ LOCAL MEN AND MEN FROM FAR AWAY WHO GAVE THEIR/ LIVES IN TWO WORLD WARS, AND SINCE/ BY THESE STONES, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM. Stone 2: KINGSTON BAGPUIZE with SOUTHMOOR/ REMEMBRANCE AND THANKS TO/ THESE LOCAL MEN KILLED IN WWI AND WWII /(Names) Stone 3 front: KINGSTON BAGPUIZE WITH SOUTHMOOR/ REMEMBRANCE AND THANKS/ TO/ RAF, RCAF & USAAF AIR CREW KILLED IN CRASHES/ ABOVE, ON AND AROUND OUR VILLAGE IN WWII/ (Names) Stone 3 reverse: ANCIENT LOCAL STONES/ These ancient stones were donated by Oxford County/ Council and placed in position near Draycott Road in 1992/ by Edmund Nuttall, Bypass Construction Engineers, at/ the instigation of Richard F. Cox, a local farmer from/ Southmoor who wanted to create a Southmoor Henge./ The five stones were taken from the land/ bordering Southmoor and Longworth at the/ time of the bypass construction, 1992/93,/ and retained to commemorate the new highway./ They were also used as a boundary marker/ between land owned by St John's College and/ land owned by Mr Cox./ Archaeologists from the University Museum, Oxford, advise/ that these Corallian limestone rocks are 150 million years/ old and were formed when grains of sand were deposited/ and cemented together by lime in what was a warm shallow/ sea that once covered present day Oxfordshire./ In October 2012, with the agreement of the late Mr Cox's/ family, the stones were removed by Cliff Belcher/ and his sons to this new position to form/ the Kingston Bagpuize with Southmoor War/ Memorial - a natural and lasting tribute to/ those who sacrifice for their country and the/ freedoms we enjoy. Stone 4: KINGSTON BAGPUIZE with SOUTHMOOR/ REMEMBRANCE AND THANKS/ RAF Glider and Airspeed Oxford Training School/ Crew who operated here in 1942 and 1943/ US ARMY AND AIR FORCE UNITS BASED IN OUR VILLAGE AND/ AT AIRFIELD STATION 403 WHO DEPLOYED TO NORMANDY IN 1944/ US NINTH AIR FORCE/ 2nd & 42nd Groups of 4th Tactical Air Depot/ US ARMY CORPS OF ENGINEERS/ 150th Engineer (Combat) Battalion/ 342nd Engineer General Services Regiment/ 816th Engineering Aviation Battalion/ ALL ARMY AND AIR FORCE SUPPORT AND OTHER PERSONNEL/ WITHOUT WHOM WE COULD NOT HAVE PREVAILED Stone 5: KINGSTON BAGPUIZE with SOUTHMOOR/ REMEMBRANCE AND THANKS/ TO/ ALL THOSE WHO HAVE CONTINUED/ TO PAY THE SUPREME SACRIFICE/ FOR OUR FREEDOM/ IN CONFLICTS SINCE WWII
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Adams, William John
Banks, Jack Standish
Boire, Leo Albert
Brock, Cyril John
Brooke, Jack
Coe, Albert
Day, Frederick Leonard
Dore, Harry
Drew, Charles Cyril
Drewitt, Henry George
See details for all 25 names
Commemorations
  • Norman Conquest (1066-1072)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname
    Order of information: Undefined
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 4
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 4
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, age, date of death, place of death, rank, regiment
    Order of information: date of death
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
    Total names on memorial: 20
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 20
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: surname, forenames, age, date of death, place of death, rank, regiment/unit, service
    Order of information: date of death, unit, rank
  • Post-1945 war or conflict
    Total names on memorial: 0
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 0
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Undefined
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Stone of remembrance
    Measurements: height 1000-1200, width 1100-1800
    Materials: Stone - Limestone
  • Plaques
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Slate - Welsh
  • Flagpole
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Costs

Memorial: £10,000

Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Sponsorship
Public
Details: By local public appeal and fundraising activities
Reference

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