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    Memorial

    University College, Oxford - WW1

    Memorial

    Source: Copyright University College, Oxford

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    Current Location

    ON THE WEST WALL OF THE ANTE-CHAPEL, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, High Street, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 4BH, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 51734 06255

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    31988
    Description
    The Allied memorial is a large, reredos-type, tablet, forming part of the west wall of the ante-chapel. A central piece, with the University College coat of arms at its head and marble columns to either side, carries the engraved commemoration with the names in five columns to either side and underneath, all engraved in black. An additional tablet in the south west corner of the ante-chapel, with a broken header and the University College coat of arms at the top centre, carries the name of the single German alumnus casualty.
    Inscription
    Allied Tablet - IN HONOUR OF ALL SONS OF THIS HOUSE WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED/ IN THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY ROLL OF SERVICE 1914 - 1919,/ AND IN ESPECIAL REMEMBRANCE OF THOSE AMONG THEM/ WHO DIED FOR THE COMMON WEAL./ (174 NAMES) German Tablet - (NAME)/ WHO ALSO DIED/ FOR HIS COUNTRY/ AND IS A SON OF/ THIS HOUSE/ MATRICULATED 1911/ KILLED IN ACTION 1917
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Number Commemorated
    175
    Died
    175
    Information shown
    Surname, initials, decorations, year of matriculation
    Order of names
    Year of matriculation and then surname
    Additional Information
    22 of the Allied names are of casualties who had been accepted to study but never attended: they are simply listed at the end in order of surname.
    Maker(s)
    • MR W H STEWART, Designer

    Ceremonies

    Dedicated

    2 November 1921

    Bishop of Oxford

    Components

    Memorial

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    • THE OXFORD MAGAZINE', 21-JUN-1923
    • University College, https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news/univ-great-war/, accessed 17th August 2023, and https://www.univ.ox.ac.uk/news/new-war-memorial/, accessed 14th January, 2026