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Memorial details

Memorial type
Board / Plaque / Tablet
District
Cherwell
Town
Banbury
County
Oxfordshire
Country
England
Commemoration
First World War (1914-1918)
Lost
Not lost
WM Reference
90659

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Current location

Fixed to the north wall of the 'Resurrection Chapel' (in the north aisle)
St Mary's Church
Horse Fair
Banbury
Cherwell
Oxfordshire
OX16 )TB
England

OS Grid Ref: SP 45386 40546
Denomination: Church of England

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Description
Rectangular pink marble tablet, with incised inscription. The dedicatory section of the inscription is in gold lettering; the names are in red lettering. (This is a separate memorial from the stone and marble WW1 tablet that was installed in Oxfordshire Constabulary's HQ at New Road in Oxford, and was subsequently lost when that building was demolished in 1969 - see our reference WMR 63260 for details of that memorial).
Inscription
IN MEMORY OF THE MEN/ OF THE OXFORDSHIRE/ CONSTABULARY WHO GAVE/ THEIR LIVES IN THE/ GREAT WAR 1914-1918/ (NAMES)
Inscription legible?
yes
Names on memorial
Admans, Arthur
Hake, Frederick G
Hunt, William
Joines, Edward G
Painter, Henry
Rhymes, Lewis
State, Albert
Wilkins, Arthur H. S.
Williams, Harvey
See details for all 9 names
Commemorations
  • First World War (1914-1918)
    Total names on memorial: 9
    Served and returned: 0
    Died: 9
    Exact count: yes
    Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, military unit
    Order of information: Listed alphabetically by surname
Components
  • Tablet
    Measurements: Undefined
    Materials: Marble - Pink
Listing information
Condition
History
8/4/1952:St Mary's Church was Grade I Listed (List Entry Number 1369519).
Trust fund/Scholarship
No
Purpose: Unknown or N/A
Responsibility
Church of England
Reference

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