Memorial

All Souls College, Oxford - WW1

The School Memorial

Source: Copyright Orphan Work

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Current Location

In the Ante chapel., All Souls College, 27, High Street, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4AL, England

SP 51668 06325

Church of England

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Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 31899
Description: Marble tablet with incised inscription in gold painted lettering. Coloured family crest and/ or regimental crest next to the names.
Inscription: MEMENTOTE INTER HOS/ PARIETES HUIUSCE COLLEGII/ ALUMNORUM ET FAMULORUM/ QUI PRO PATRIA MILITANTES/ MORTEM OPPETIERUNT/ MCMXIV - XVIII/ (Names)/ MAIOREM HAC DILECTIONEM/ NEMO HABET UT ANIMAM/ SUAM PONAT QUIS/ PRO AMICIS SUIS. Translation: Remember within these walls the sons and servants of this College who met their deaths fighting for their country, nineteen fourteen to nineteen eighteen. (Names) Greater love hath no man than this; that he lay down his life for his friends.

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 12
Died: 12
Information shown: surname, initials, year died, regiment, occupation, additional
Order of names: Random
Additional Information: The College lost six fellows, three servants, and three bible clerks.

Tablet

Made from: Marble

Condition: Good

The Oxford Magazine 21 June 1923 p.455.
All Souls, http://library.asc.ox.ac.uk/blog/posts/world_war_i.html, accessed 17th August 2023