Memorial

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

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

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)