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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- Oxford
- Town
- Cowley
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Maker
- Cecil G Hare (Designer)
JOHN THOMPSON & SONS OF PETERBOROUGH (Builder) - Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 61844
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Current location
In the chancel.
St Mary and St John Church
Cowley Rd
Cowley
Oxford
Oxfordshire
OX4 1QT
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 532 055
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Oak reredos
- Inscription
- (Unknown)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
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
- Reredos
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood - Oak
- Reredos
- 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
- History
- Agreement to colour the reredos was obtained in the incumbency of the Rev. Walsham How (Vicar 1925-35), but this was not done until 1938 by his successor, the Rev. Mr Painter (Vicar 1935-46) in 1938. He added armorial devices: on the left, Canterbury, Oxford, the Meux family; on the right Royal Navy, Army, Royal Air Force.
- Costs
Comments: By Jan. 1920 £454 2s 2d had been collected, but collection continued. In May 1920 it was stated that the cost of the figures had been raised to £20.July 1922 final payment had been made.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- Oxfordshire Family History Society
- Extracts from bound volumes for 1920-26, 1931-36.
- Leaflet: 'A Guide to SS Mary and John Church, Oxford.
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