Memorial

Oxford

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Current Location

Approx. 130 metres south of St. Giles' Churchyard., Oxford War Memorial, St. Giles, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3JS, England

SP 51162 06884

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Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 31813
Description: Seven-stepped octagonal base surmounted by an elaborate octagonal sectioned plinth, square-footed, octagonal sectioned tapering shaft, moulded octagonal boss and decorative cross. The ascending octagonal base steps configuration comprises :- 1). foundation step; 2). step with a skirt at the bottom and a platform-topped upper face; 3,4,5,6,7). followed by a rise of five plain steps. Plinth features include :- carvings on each of the eight faces, to include, arms of Oxford; an anchor; wings; a St. George cross; a cross surrounded by thorns; a bugle and university arms. The Cross has a decorative foliated design at its centre. Inscription in relief on one face of the plinth. Incised inscriptions on two of the step riser faces.
Inscription: Plinth face : IN / MEMORY / OF / THOSE WHO / FOUGHT AND/ THOSE WHO / FELL / 1914–1918 Step face : AND / 1939 - 1945 Step face : AND ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES / IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY Altered in July 2018 to read : Plinth face : IN / MEMORY / OF / THOSE WHO / FOUGHT AND/ THOSE WHO / FELL / 1914–1918 Top Step: (Left Face) FOR THOSE WHO FOUGHT / (Middle Face) 1914-1918 / (Right Face) AND THOSE WHO FELL Step face : AND / 1939 - 1945 Step face : AND ALL OTHERS WHO HAVE GIVEN THEIR LIVES / IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY

Maker(s): Messrs Wooldrige and Simpson, Builder
Messrs JE THorpes, Designer
Ernest Field, Stone Carver

Unveiled

13 July 1921

General Sir Robert Fanshawe KCB DSO