Memorial

Magdalen College, Oxford - WW1, Tablets

Magdalen College, WW1 Tablet (with English dedication)

Source: Copyright Brian Mawdsley

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Current Location

In the Corridor outside the Chapel between the Great Quad and the Cloisters. , Magdalen College, High Street, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4AU, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 52082 06188

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 31935
Description: A dedicatory, circular plaque at the entrance to the passage from The Cloisters to The Quadrangle. In the passage are 2 sets of name panels, 3 each side, one set with Latin inscription and one with English.
Inscription: CLOISTER ENTRANCE PLAQUE: HAVE IN HONOUR YOU WHO ENTER HERE/ ALL THOSE SONS OF THIS HOUSE/ WHO WENT FORTH TO SERVE IN THE YEARS/ 1914 - 1918 COLUMN ONE: MAJOREM HAC DILECTIONEM NEMO HABET/ UT ANIMAM SUAM PONAT QUIS PRO AMICIS SUIS/ (Names) COLUMN TWO: GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS/ THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS/ (Names) COLUMN THREE: (NAMES)/ THESE GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY/ IN THE WAR OF 1914 - 1918. BE THEIR NAMES ORIFLAMMES OTHER COLUMNS: (NAMES)

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 208
Died: 208
Information shown: surname, initials of forenames, regiment, decorations
Order of names: Surname
Additional Information: The list includes two VC winners - E A MacNair VC and J F Russell VC, DSO, MC

History

Maker(s): Alfred Bowman Yeates FRIBA, Architect

Ceremonies

Unveiled

8 February 1921

HRH Prince of Wales KG

Conservation

Components

Tablets

Made from: Stone

Condition: Good

Further Information

The Oxford Magazine 21 June 1923 page 457 E A McNair VC and J F Russell VC are commemorated on the memorial