Memorial

Wheatley - WW1 and WW2

WW2 Names

Source: Copyright Andrew Tatham

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In the old burial ground, opposite the King and Queen Public House, High Street, Wheatley, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX33 1XT, England

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SP 59546 05701

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Cross
WMR Reference Number: 31795
Description: Stone cross with tapering octagonal shaft surmounting square plinth. Two-stepped, octagonal stone base. 3 Slate tablets for WW1 on front 3 faces of the second step and 1 slate tablet for WW2 names on the rear face of this step. There is also an additional slate tablet (added in 2014) attached to the front face of the lower step. All lettering on the tablets is in white.
Inscription: North face of Plinth: THIS MEMORIAL/ ONCE AT/ MAGDALEN COLLEGE,/ COMMEMORATES THE INHABITANTS OF WHEATLEY WHO/ GAVE THEIR LIVES IN TWO WORLD WARS/ 1974 Upper Step Tablets: (Names) Lower Step Tablet: They are not forgotten.

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 36
Died: 36
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: These men are also listed on IWM 76664

War: Second World War (1939-1945)
Number Commemorated: 9
Died: 9
Information shown: surname, forenames
Order of names: surname
Additional Information: These men are also listed on IWM 76664

History

Maker(s): Alfred Bowman Yeates FRIBA, Architect
Costs: £1,000
Maintenance History: Early 1970s the original Wheatley cross (Our ref. 63487) was demolished as unsafe, and replaced in 1974 by the cross from Magdalen, which originally had only the dates of WW1 in Roman numerals. When the WW2 names were included at Wheatley, forenames were added. In December of an unknown year in the 1980s the cross was snapped off by vandals, but restored six months later. It was steam cleaned in 2014 and an additional slate tablet added.

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Wheatley - WW1 and WW2

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