Memorial

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Memorial

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Current Location

Junction with Church Cowley Road,, Oxford and Bucks. Light Infantry Obelisk, Rose Hill, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4 4JP, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 53390 04021

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Obelisk
WMR Reference Number: 31244
Description: Three-stepped square base surmounted by a stepped, four-stage square sectioned plinth and square sectioned tapering obelisk. Regimental badge of the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, comprising a Monarchial Crown, below which, is a bugle-horn stringed, are both attached to the north and south sides of the obelisk. The upper and also tallest plinth stage incorporates an overhanging shelf moulding at the top and a simpler moulding at its base. Incised inscriptions on this upper stage plinth occupy the east and west faces, whilst the incised commencement and finish years of the Great War are on the north and south faces. The whole memorial stands on a grassy area, sandwiched between a converging, acute angled, road junction.
Inscription: North side : MCM / XIV South side : MCM / XIX West side : TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF 5878 OF ALL RANKS / OF THE / OXFORDSHIRE / AND / BUCKINGHAMSHIRE / LIGHT INFANTRY / WHO FELL IN / THE GREAT WAR East side : TO THE / GLORIOUS MEMORY / OF 1408 ALL RANKS / OF THE / OXFORDSHIRE / AND / BUCKINGHAMSHIRE / LIGHT INFANTRY / WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES / IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR / 1939 - 1945

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Additional Information: No names recorded on memorial.

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Additional Information: No names recorded on memorial.

History

Maker(s): Sir Edwin Lutyens, Architect
Costs: Total cost, £985 12s. 11d.

Ceremonies

Unveiled

11th. November 1923

Major General Sir John Hanbury-Williams, KC. KCVO. CMG.

Dedicated

11th. November 1923

Bishop Shaw; Local Clergy/Dignitaries

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Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

Names listed on this memorial

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Memorial Details

Commemoration

History

Ceremonies

Conservation

Components

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