Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fitting: Stations of the cross
District
Oxford
Town
Oxford
County
Oxfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
Colonial India
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
32087

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Current location

St Thomas the Martyr Church
Becket St
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 1PP
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 50604 06153
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
STATIONS OF THE CROSS WITH DEDICATORY BRASS PLAQUE
Inscription
UPPER PLAQUE: THESE PICTURES OF THE SACRED PASSION ARE PLACED HERE TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND IN LOVING MEMORY OF LIEUTENANT VICTOR HUGHES, ADJUTANT MSC AND E MAUDE HIS WIFE./ HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION AT SHAHI-TANG WHILST LEADING HIS MEN AGAINST THE MAMUNDS ON THE FRONTIER OF INDIA, 16TH SEPT 1897, R.I.P. LOWER PLAQUE: THIS TABLET IS PLACED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED E. MAUDE HUGHES WHO DIED JANUARY 30TH 1922.
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Hughes, Victor
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Commemorations
  • Colonial India
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: Undefined
    Died: 1
    Exact count: no
    Information shown: rank,year died,regiment,place of death,forename,manner of death,relationships
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Brass
  • Stations of the Cross
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Unknown
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • Monmouthshire Beacon - Friday 24 September 1897
  • INDIA 1893 - 1902 glosters.tripod.com/NWF97.htm Photograph of him.
  • Illustrated London News - Saturday 25 September 1897 (with photograph)

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