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    Memorial

    St. Mary the Virgin Church - WW1 & WW2

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    Current Location

    St. Mary the Virgin Church, Church Street, Wootton by Woodstock, West Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX20 1DZ, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 43905 19880

    Denomination

    Church of England

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    © WMR-31729

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    31729
    Description
    Wall mounted, nowy-headed mottled marble, ornately moulded framework holding blue bordered, white alabaster tablets to the left & right hand sides of a coloured mosaic figure of St. George in the centre. Three, portrait orientated WW2 tablets, bearing incised names & inscription added immediately below the base rail.
    Inscription
    Across top rails above name panels : NONE UNTIMELY DIE - WHO DIED FOR ENGLAND Left panel : Oxfordshire Yeomanry / (2 NAMES) / Oxford & Bucks Light Infy. / (14 NAMES) / Canadian Mounted Rifles / (1 NAME) Right panel : Royal Marine Arty. / (1 NAME) / Herts Yeomanry / (1 NAME) / Royal Field Arty. / (2 NAMES) / Royal Warwickshire Regt. / (2 NAMES) / Lancashire Fusiliers / (1 NAME) / The Cameronians / (1 NAME) / West Riding Regt. / (1 NAME) / Middlesex Regt. / (1 NAME) / London Scottish / (1 NAME) Centre : TO THE GLORY OF GOD AND / IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF / WOOTTON WHO DIED FOR / THEIR COUNTRY IN THE / GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918 WW2 tablet, bottom centre : AND FOR / THOSE WHO DIED IN THE / WORLD WAR 1939 - 1945 WW2 tablet, bottom left : Royal Navy / (2 NAMES) / Royal Air Force / (1 NAME) WW2 tablet, bottom right : Royal Artillery / (2 NAMES) / Coldstream Guards / (1 NAME)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    28
    Died
    28
    Information shown
    Regiment, rank, forename, surname
    Order of names
    Regiment, rank
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    6
    Died
    6
    Information shown
    Regiment, rank, forename, surname
    Order of names
    Regiment, rank

    Components

    Tablet

    Made from: Alabaster, Mosaic, Marble


    Condition: Good


    Oxford Chronicle and Reading Gazette - Friday 20 May 1921 WOOTTON (OXON) MEMORIAL TO FALLEN. UNVEILING AND DEDICATION BY SIR G. DASHWOOD.