
Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Abingdon
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31194
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Current location
In the school chapel
Abingdon School
Park Road
Abingdon
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
OX14 1DE
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 49367 97391
Denomination: Non-denominational
- Description
- BRASS PLAQUE AND WHITE, ENGRAVED LETTERING. SCHOOL CREST IN COLOUR AND MOTTO AT TOP CENTRE AND ABOVE THE COMMEMORATION. NAMES IN TWO COLUMNS BELOW.
- Inscription
- ABINGDON SCHOOL/ MISERICORDIAS DOMINI IN AETERNUM CANTABO*/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN PROUD/ AND LOVING MEMORY OF THE OLD BOYS/ OF THE SCHOOL WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES/ IN THE WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES) * Translation - MERCIES OF THE LORD I WILL SING FOREVER
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 49
Served and returned: 0
Died: 49
Exact count: yes
Information shown: surname, initials, regiment, honours
Order of information: surname
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Brass
- 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 - Sponsorship
- Corporate
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