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Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Board / Plaque / Tablet
- District
- West Oxfordshire
- Town
- Chipping Norton
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- Second World War (1939-1945), First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 83687
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Current location
Very limited vehicle access and parking.
St. Mary the Virgin Church
Church Street
Chipping Norton
West Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
OX7 5NT
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 31164 27358
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- White stone tablets on the internal wall of the church, names of parishioners killed in WW1 on top panel and WW2 below.
- Inscription
- IN GRATEFUL MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / FOR GOD, KING, AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR. A.D. 1914 - 1918 / (names) / BE WAKEFUL, ENGLAND, YET FORGET NOT THOSE WHO SLEEP 1939 - 1945 / (names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Names on memorial
- Aldridge, James
Allen, Frederick
Alley, Frederick Geo:
Appleyard, George
Aries, Wallace
Barnard, David
Barrett, Cyril Capel
Bartlett, George
Bayliss, Ernest
Benfield, Lionel
See details for all 113 names - Commemorations
- Second World War (1939-1945)
Total names on memorial: 20
Served and returned: 0
Died: 20
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname
Order of information: surname, forename - First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 93
Served and returned: 0
Died: 93
Exact count: yes
Information shown: forenames, surname
Order of information: surname, forename
- Second World War (1939-1945)
- Components
- First World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone - Second World War memorial
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Stone
- First World War memorial
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A - Reference
- St. Mary's Chipping Norton www.stmaryscnorton.com/find-us.php
- Historic England - CHURCH OF ST MARY historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1052637
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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