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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Oxford
- Town
- Oxford
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Korean War (1950-1953)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 19625
Current location
ST MARY MAGDALEN CHURCH
Magdalen St
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 513 065
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- SIMPLE TABLET GILDED ROYAL ENGINEERS BADGE ABOVE TEXT
- Inscription
- REMEMBERING/ WITH GREAT LOVE/ JOHN KINGSLEY/ ANSON FIRTH/ 2ND LIEUT ROYAL ENGINEERS/ KILLED IN ACTION IN KOREA/ 1ST DEC 1951/ AGED 21 YEARS/ EDUCATED AT THE DRAGON SCHOOL/ AND RADLEY COLLEGE./ HE/ WAS A LOVER OF OXFORD AND/ A BENEFACTOR TO THIS CHURCH./ HE LIES AT PUSAN IN COMPANY WITH/ THE MEN OF THE COMMONWEALTH/ DIVISION WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR/ THE IDEAL OF THE UNITED NATIONS
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Firth, John K A
See details - Commemorations
- Korean War (1950-1953)
Total names on memorial: 1
Served and returned: 0
Died: 1
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname,rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,place of burial,manner of death,age of death,additional
Order of information: Undefined
- Korean War (1950-1953)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height 2FT, width 1FT 6"
Materials: Stone
- Tablet
- Listing information
- CHURCH OF ST MARY MAGDALEN
- Grade I
- This memorial is protected, and listed on the National Heritage List for England maintained by Historic England. View list entry
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Private
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