Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Other memorial
- District
- West Oxfordshire
- Town
- Ramsden
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31633
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Current location
Centre of road junction of High Street and Akeman Street
High Street
Ramsden
West Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
OX7 3BA
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 35671 15223
Denomination: Undefined
- Description
- Miniature mausoleum in Jacobean style. Octagonal cement base set with pebbles is surmounted by an octagonal-to-square-sectioned pedestal and the mausoleum structure. A square central block enclosed by round-headed arches and Corinthian columns topped with an octagonal spire and torch finial. Inscription on marble tablets set into each of the 4 faces of central block. Inscription in black lettering. Above each marble tablet is a lunette with carved laurel wreath and banner with incised lettering.
- Inscription
- Face 1 lunette: IN MEMORY OF THE FALLEN Face 1 tablet: (Names) Face 2 lunette: IN THE GREAT WAR Face 2 tablet: (Names) Face 3 lunette: A 1914 D A1918 D Face 3: (Names) Face 4 lunette: ERECTED A 1918 D Face 4: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Buckingham, William
Bunting, Thomas
Davis, Frank
Dore, Fred
Green, Ernest W
Holifield, Albert R
Johnson, Harry
Millin, William
Newman, Augustine
Pantin, Harry
See details for all 15 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 15
Served and returned: 0
Died: 15
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forename, initial, surname, manner of death, date of death
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Base
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone, Cement - Pedestal
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Tablets
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Marble - Memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- Base
- Listing information
- Ramsden War Memorial
- Grade II
- 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
- Ramsden
- WMO ID: 232799
- Condition: Good [last updated on 21-08-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
This record comprises all information held by IWM’s War Memorials Register for this memorial. Where we hold a names list for the memorial, this information will be displayed on the memorial record. Please check back as we are adding more names to the database.
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