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    Memorial

    1st Battn Oxfordshire Light Infantry - Boer War

    Memorial Nov 2021

    Source: Copyright Rick Fletcher

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    Current Location

    Edward Brooks Barracks, Cholswell Rd, Shippon, Vale Of White Horse, Oxfordshire, OX13 6HW, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SU 48220 99340

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    Type of Memorial
    Serviceman / Servicewoman
    WMR Reference Number
    31934
    Description
    FIGURE OF SOLDIER IN PITH HELMET AND SOUTH AFRICAN WAR CAMPAIGN DRESS, WITH RIFLE RAISED TO THE READY POSITION. ON ORNATE PEDESTAL AND TWO STEPPED BASE. BATTLE HONOURS WRITTEN ON SCROLLS. RELIEF PANEL ON SIX O'CLOCK FACE DEPICTS A BUGLER WITH WATER BOTTLE, PUTTEES AND SLOUCH HAT AND CARRIES THE COMMEMORATION. 3 OTHER PANELS CARRY THE NAMES.
    Inscription
    6 O'CLOCK FACE Scrolls - FUENTES D'HONOR; S AFRICA 1899 - 1902; HINDUSTAN; QUEBEC; MYSORE; TIRAH; VIMIERA; CORUNNA; SALAMANCA; BADAJOS; BUSACO Face - TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS/ NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN,/ 1ST BATT./ OXFORDSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY/ WHO FELL/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING/ THE SOUTH AFRICA WAR/ 1899 - 1902 Scrolls - VITTORIA; ORTHES; NIVELLE; TOULOUSE; WATERLOO; PENINSULA; DELHI; NEW ZEALAND; S AFRICA 1851; CIUDAD; RODRIGO OTHER FACES 3 o'clock - 33 Names of those Killed in Action 9 and 12 o'clock - 109 Names of those who Died of Disease
    War
    Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
    Number Commemorated
    142
    Died
    142
    Information shown
    surname,rank,additional
    Order of names
    rank and cause of death
    Maker(s)
    • Gawthorp and Sons, Designer

    • R L Boulton & Sons, Builder

    • Morris Singer & Co Ltd, Founder / Foundry

    • John Edward Hyett, Sculptor

    Costs
    £477
    Sponsor Type
    public
    Additional Cost/Sponsorship Information
    Pedestal and plaques £262. Figure £215.
    Maintenance History
    1906: Figure added.

    Ceremonies

    Unveiled

    19 September 1903

    Bishop of Oxford

    Dedicated

    19 September 1903

    Bishop of Oxford

    Previous Location(s)

    • Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Museum, Slade Park Barracks, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX3 7JJ, England

      OS Grid Reference

      SP 554 054

      Year of move

      2008

      Reason for move

      Barracks was closed and site used for housing.

    • Old St Clements Graveyard, The Plain, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, England

      OS Grid Reference

      SP 522 060

      Year of move

      1950

      Reason for move

      Site used for construction of roundabout. Memorial moved to Cowley Barracks (HQ of Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry) and then later to the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Museum.

    Components

    Pedestal

    Height: c2700mm

    Width: c2400mm

    Depth: c2400mm


    Made from: Stone - Portland


    Condition: Good


    Figure

    Height: c1800mm


    Made from: Bronze


    Condition: Good


    Tablets

    Made from: Bronze



    • For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 170 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
    • Carter Postcard Collection
    • Oxfordshire Light Infantry Regimental Chronicle 1903. pp.60-68.