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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- Vale Of White Horse
- Town
- Blewbury
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918), Second World War (1939-1945)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 7114
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Current location
Chapel is closed
Blewbury Methodist Chapel
Chapel La
Blewbury
Vale Of White Horse
Oxfordshire
OX11 9PQ
England
OS Grid Ref: SU 53101 85678
Denomination: Methodist
- Description
- Mild steel plaque on a wooden backboard with inscription in white lettering.
- Inscription
- FOR GOD KING & COUNTRY/ TO THE GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF THE/ MEN OF BLEWBURY WHO/ TREADING THE PATH OF DUTY/ AND SACRIFICE FELL IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918/ (Names)/ 1939 - 1945/ (Names)/ THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD, AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD/ AGE SHALL NOT WEARY THEM, NOR THE YEARS CONDEMN/ AT THE GOING DOWN OF THE SUN AND IN THE MORNING/ WE WILL REMEMBER THEM/ THE HEROIC DEAD
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldridge, F
Aldridge, N
Allen, Y
Appleton, F
Appleton, G
Appleton, L
Attwell, J
Barker, P
Blake, F
Boshier, C
See details for all 33 names - Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 26
Served and returned: 0
Died: 26
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename initial, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically - Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 7
Served and returned: 0
Died: 7
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename initial, surname
Order of information: Alphabetically
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Plaque
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Metal - Backboard
Measurements: depth 20 mm, height 770 mm, width 490 mm
Materials: Wood
- Plaque
- 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
- Methodist Men of Blewbury
- WMO ID: 227083
- Condition: Undefined [last updated on 27-11-2017]
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- History
- This Chapel is now closed and awaiting redevelopment. Current status of memorial unknown.
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Responsibility
- Church trustees
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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