Memorial details
- Memorial type
- Church Fabric / Fitting: Reredos or screen
- District
- Cherwell
- Town
- Bloxham
- County
- Oxfordshire
- Country
- England
- Commemoration
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Lost
- Not lost
- WM Reference
- 84079
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Current location
St Mary's Church
Our Lady of Bloxham
Church Street
Bloxham
Cherwell
Oxfordshire
OX15 4PY
England
OS Grid Ref: SP 42995 35687
Denomination: Church of England
- Description
- Dark wooden screen wall mounted behind the alter table. The dedication and names sit inside 4 arched panels in gilt capital lettering. The columns forming the arches are of a foliate pattern and support a small shelf across the top.
- Inscription
- Panel 1: (Names) Panel 2: ALL THESE/ WERE HONOURED IN/ THEIR GENERATIONS/ AND WERE/ THE GLORY OF THEIR TIMES/ ECCLESIASTICUS/ CHAPTER 44, VERSE 7 Panel 3: THERE BE OF THEM/ THAT HAVE LEFT A/ NAME BEHIND THEM,/ THAT THEIR PRISES/ MIGHT BE REPORTED./ ECCLESIASTICUS/ CHAPTER 44, VERSE 8/ THEIR BODIES ARE/ BURIED IN PEACE/ BUT THEIR NAME/ LIVETH/ FOR EVERMORE/ ECCLESIASTICUS/ CHAPTER 44, VERSE 9 Panel 4: (Names)
- Inscription legible?
- yes
- Commemorations
- First World War (1914-1918)
Total names on memorial: 34
Served and returned: 0
Died: 34
Exact count: yes
Information shown: Forename and surname
Order of information: Alphabetically by surname
- First World War (1914-1918)
- Components
- Reredos
Measurements: Undefined
Materials: Wood
- 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
- Trust fund/Scholarship
- No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
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