Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Wantage
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Ceremony
- Dedicated
Date: 30th July 1922
Attended by: REV LORD DE MAULEY
- Dedicated
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 31901
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Current location
On the West wall
ST PETER AND ST PAULS CHURCH
Church St
Wantage
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
OX12 8AQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 39657 87903
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- DECORATED OAK PANEL WITH CANOPY AND CAST PLATE BEARING NAMES. CALVARY GROUP AND FOUR SHIELDS (ST PETER, ST PAUL, ST MARY AND ST JOHN) ABOVE THE NAME PLAQUE.
- Inscription
- BEHOLD THY SON. BEHOLD THY MOTHER./ A.M.D.G./ IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE/ OF THE MEN OF WANTAGE WHO/ FELL IN THE WAR 1914 - 1919/ AND ALL WHO FELL 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ THESE MEN WERE VERY GOOD UNTO US AND/ WE WERE NOT HURT/ THEY WERE A WALL/ UNTO US BOTH BY/ NIGHT AND DAY/ MAY THEY REST IN PEACE
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Allen, J
Andrews, J D
Axton, H B
Barlow, E H
Barton, C P
Beechey, J W H
Belcher, S
Blake, W J
Bletchley, C F
Brooks, F S
See details for all 98 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 82
Served and returned: 0
Died: 82
Exact count: no
Information shown: surname,forename
Order of information: surname - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 0
Served and returned: 0
Died: 0
Exact count: no
Information shown: Undefined
Order of information: Undefined
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Frame
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak - Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Lead
- Frame
- 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
- Parish of St Peter & St Paul
- WMO ID: 182776
- Condition: Good [last updated on 04-03-2019]
- Help update these details if the condition is wrong
- History
- VARIOUS CHANGES DISCUSSED BY CHURCH AT TIME OF SURVEY (1992), INCLUDING MOVING THE MEMORIAL TO THE NORTH TRANSEPT AND CREATING A MEMROIAL CHAPEL WITH A NEW WW1 PLAQUE.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- VICAR OF WANTAGE
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