Memorial

New College, Oxford - 2nd Boer War

Plaque

Source: Copyright Michael Burden

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Current Location

In the south cloister, New College, Holywell Street, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3BN, England

SP 51770 06503

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 60031
Description: Bronze plaque cast in relief. The gilded inscription is flanked to the left by a soldier in classical dress and to the right by a winged angel.
Inscription: M S./ Septem huius domus alumnorum/ (Names)/ qui in Africa meridionali per annos 1899-1902 partim militare officium rite praestantes/ partim sacramento praeter ordinem patriae causa suscepto/ fideliter meruerunt vitam posuerunt/ ut eorum fortia facta posteros/ in antiquam virtutem animasque excitent viriles./ hanc tabulam p.c.custos sociique. (Translation: Sacred to the memory of seven members of this house/ (Names)/ who served in South Africa 1899-1902, in part in fulfilment of regular military service, in part signing up for extra service for the sake of their country, and laid down their lives in order that their brave deeds might rouse posterity to ancient virtue and to manly courage./ The Warden and Fellows had this tablet erected.)

Plaque

Made from: Bronze

Condition: Good

SONS OF THIS PLACE COMMEMORATION OF THE WAR DEAD IN OXFORD'S COLLEGES AND INSTITUTIONS by UTECHIN, PATRICIA 63 Source: Image Library UKNIWM Published:ROBERT DUGDALE 1998 OXFORD