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    Memorial

    Stanton St. John

    Stanton St. John

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    Current Location

    Adjacent to Middle Road and Pound Lane junction,, St. John the Baptist Churchyard, Middle Road, Stanton St. John, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX33 1HD, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 57761 09391

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    31662
    Description
    Foundation supporting a two-stepped, overhanging platform-topped octagonal base surmounted by a small octagonal sectioned plinth with mouldings. Lower base step is skirted. Rising from the plinth is a square-footed octagonal sectioned tapering shaft, moulded octagonal boss and decorative scallop-edged wheel cross. An incised inscription circumnavigates the lower step faces with incised names on some side faces of upper step.
    Inscription
    Lower step : TO THE GLORY / OF GOD AND / IN MEMORY / OF THOSE / FROM THIS / PARISH WHO / FELL IN THE / GREAT WAR / 1914 -1918 Upper step faces : (NAMES) Upper step face : 1939 -1945 / (1 NAME)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    13
    Died
    13
    Information shown
    Forename, surname
    Order of names
    Surname
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    1
    Died
    1
    Information shown
    surname,forename
    Maker(s)
    • Mr Thomas Rayson, A.R.I.B.A., Designer

    • Messrs. Axtell of Oxford, Builder

    Maintenance History
    c1980's : memorial was recarved. Early 1990 : Top of cross damaged in storms. This was repaired in the same year. 2014 : £430 grant offered by War Memorials Trust. 2015 : Memorial was steam cleaned and an additional name added.

    Ceremonies

    Dedicated

    27th March 1921

    Local Clergy/Dignitaries

    Unveiled

    27th March 1921

    Lieut. Col. H. G. Thomson, D.S.O.

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Unknown


    Historic England

    Grade: II

    List Entry: 1431740

    https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1431740 (accessed 19/05/2026)

    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    169612

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    • Oxfordshire Weekly News - Wednesday 13 April 1921 STANTON ST. JOHN. WAR MEMORIAL