Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Cherwell
- Town
- Bletchingdon
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31185
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Current location
West wall
St. Giles' Church
Church Lane
Church End
Bletchingdon
Cherwell
Oxfordshire
OX5 3DL
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 50653 18048
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Wall mounted, portrait orientated, nowy-headed, moulded-edge limestone tablet with incised names and inscription all infilled with gold coloured paint. Gold painted laurel wreath, garland and Cross at top centre of tablet. Names flanked by gold painted garland. Further gold painted integrated decorative feature below tablet. (Inscription shows village name spelt as Bletchington).
- Inscription
- (11 NAMES) / TO THE GLORY OF GOD & IN MEMORY OF / THE BLETCHINGTON MEN WHO LAID / DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR, 1914 - 1919. / GRANT THEM THY PEACE, O LORD, AND / LET LIGHT PERPETUAL SHINE UPON THEM
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Annesley, Arthur
Bateman, Harvey
Bazeley, Gordon Cecil
Bullock, George Augustus
Clanfield, Albert Thomas
Collett, Henry Willie
Dearlove, George William Dix
Drinkwater, William James
Morris, George
Morris, Joseph Coles
See details for all 11 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 11
Served and returned: 0
Died: 11
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, regiment
Order of information: Rank,
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Tablet
Measurements: height c1050mm, width c750mm
Materials: Stone - Limestone
- Tablet
- 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
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