Memorial details

Memorial type
Church Fabric / Fitting: Table
District
Oxford
Town
Oxford
County
Oxfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
59894

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Current location

Kept in Ante Chapel.
All Souls College Chapel
High St
Oxford
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX1 4AL
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 51700 06300
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Antique table with a brass plaque bearing the dedication.
Inscription
IN USUM SACELLI COLLEGI OMNIUM ANIMARUM/ ET IN MEMORIAM GERARDI RUPERTI LAVRIE ANDERSON A.B. SOCII/ QUI IN GALLIA OCCIDIT DIE VIIIº NOVEMBRIS MCMXIV/ PATRIAE SANGUINEM SUUM LARGITUS./ HANC MENSAM D.D./ MATER FRATER SORORES SUPERSTITES. (Translation: The surviving mother, brother and sisters of Gerard Rupert Laurie Anderson, Fellow, who fell in France on 8 November 1914, shedding his blood for his country, have given this table for the use of All Souls College, and in his memory.)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Anderson, Gerard Rupert Laurie
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Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 1
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 1
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: relationships, forenames, surname, place and date of death, additional
    Order of information: Undefined
Components
  • Table
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Wood
  • Plaque
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Metal
Listing information
Condition
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Reference
  • SONS OF THIS PLACE COMMEMORATION OF THE WAR DEAD IN OXFORD'S COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS by UTECHIN, PATRICIA 25 Source: Image Library UKNIWM Published:ROBERT DUGDALE 1998 OXFORD
  • Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette - Friday 20 November 1914 DEATHS ANDERSON - Nov 9, Gerard Rupert Laurie Anderson, aged 25 years, Lieutenant, the Cheshire Regiment, Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, son of Prebendary David and Mrs Anderson of 20 Chester Street, Belgrave Square. S.W., and grandson of Sir Emilius Laurie, Bart., of Maxwelton, Moniaive, Dumfriesshire.
  • Published:All Souls College, Oxford

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