Memorial

New College, Oxford - WW1

Memorial

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Current Location

On the wall of the ante-Chapel to the left of the entrance door: the memorial to the German alumni is on the wall to its left, to the right of the entrance to the chapel itself. , NEW COLLEGE, Holywell Street, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 3BN, England

OS Grid Reference

SP 51724 06515

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Memorial Details

Type of Memorial: Board / Plaque / Tablet
WMR Reference Number: 31941
Description: Two tablets. The Allied Alumni dead are commemorated on a large Hopton Wood stone tablet that forms the bulk of the wall of the Ante Chapel: its commemoration is in engraved, red lettering, the names are on the panel beneath in black. That for the German alumni is in reverse - the commemoration in black and the names in red.
Inscription: Allied - IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS COLLEGE WHO DIED SERVING THEIR/ COUNTRY DURING FIVE YEARS OF WAR 1914 - 1919, BY LAND, BY SEA/ AND IN THE AIR, IN FLANDERS AND FRANCE, IN ITALY, IN MACEDONIA,/ IN GALLIPOLI., IN PALESTINE, IN MESOPOTAMIA, IN ALL PLACES/ TO WHICH THEY WERE CALLED, MEN WORTHY OF ALL THEY LEARNED HERE/ AND AN EXAMPLE TO ALL THOSE WHO COME AFTER THEM/ (NAMES) German - IN MEMORY OF THE MEN OF THIS COLLEGE WHO COMING FROM A/ FOREIGN LAND ENTERED INTO THE INHERITANCE OF THIS PLACE &/ RETURNING FOUGHT & DIED FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE WAR 1914-1919/ (NAMES0

Commemoration

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 231
Died: 231
Information shown: surname, forename and year of death
Order of names: alphabetically by surname
Additional Information: There are 228 Allied and 3 German names

History

Maker(s): David Jones CH CBE DLitt (Hon), Letter cutter / Engraver

Ceremonies

Dedicated

21st October 1921

Local Clergy/Dignitaries

Conservation

Components

Tablet

Made from: Stone - Hopton Wood

Condition: Unknown

Further Information

Current Location

OS Grid Reference

SP 51724 06515

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