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    Memorial

    Oxford Union Officers and Members WW2

    Oxford Union Officers and Members WW2

    Source: David Austin

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    Current Location

    On the wall behind the dais, The Oxford Union, St Michael's Street, Oxford, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX1 2DU, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 51226 06353

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    Type of Memorial
    Board / Plaque / Tablet
    WMR Reference Number
    31997
    Description
    Tablet mounted on the wall above the dais in the debating chamber. According to 'War Memorials Online' this is a limestone (Hoptonwood), stone tablet showing dedication in English and Latin. Four presidents and four other officers are named on the tablet in incised lettering.
    Inscription
    IN MEMORY OF THE OFFICERS AND MEMBERS WHO LOST THEIR LIVES IN THE WAR 1939 - 1945/ (NAMES)/ FUIT ILLORUM MORS ACERBA VIRTUS MEMORABILIS
    War
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Number Commemorated
    8
    Died
    8
    Information shown
    Forename initials, surname, role, term, year

    Components

    Tablet

    Height: c 460

    Width: c 915


    Made from: Stone - Hopton Wood


    Condition: Unknown


    • Staffordshire Sentinel - Friday 31 December 1948 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000525/19481231/058/0003 DAY BY DAY Mr Hugh Fraser and Oxford Memorial
    • Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer - Saturday 26 February 1949 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19490226/167/0006 The Oxford Union commemorates its war dead
    • Illustrated London News - Saturday 05 March 1949 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0001578/19490305/028/0006 PICTORIAL NEWS: A CAMERA RECORD OF EVENTS AT HOME AND ABROAD.
    • The Sphere - Saturday 12 March 1949 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/BL/0001861/19490312/027/0026?browse=true "A CORNER OF OUR HERITAGE OF FREEDOM" (photograph)