Memorial
HRH Prince Christian Victor And Men Of The Oxfordshire Light Infantry
Current Location
The wooden plaque that was displayed in the cottage built in memory of HRH Prince Christian Victor, is now displayed in the Rifleman's Museum in Winchester. The whereabouts of the plaque to the officers, NCO's and men of the Oxfordshire LI remains a mystery. , Rifleman's Museum, Romsey Road, Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire, SO23 8TH, England
OS Grid Reference
SU 47668 29497
Names listed on this memorial
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- Type of Memorial
- Memorial homes / Alms houses
- WMR Reference Number
- 59837
- Description
- Two semi-detached cottages built to provide a home for disabled soldiers of the Oxfordshire Light Infantry. One was built in memory of HRH Prince Christian Victor and the other was built in memory of the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of the regiment.
- Inscription
- (Unknown)
- War
- Boer War; Second (1899-1902)
- Additional Information
- Details of name list not known/partially known
- Maintenance History
- 2026: The wooden plaque that was displayed in the cottage built in memory of HRH Prince Christian Victor, is now displayed in the Rifleman's Museum in Winchester. The whereabouts of the plaque to the officers, NCO's and men of the Oxfordshire LI remains a mystery. 2022: demolished to make way for student housing. By 2006 the cottages are had been a verterinary surgery for several years 1938: A Trade Directory shows that the cottages were converted into shops, one being a grocer. c 1935/6: The cottages were probably sold
Previous Location(s)
Between Towns Road, Cowley, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX4, England
OS Grid Reference
SP 544 043
- Custodian
- Originally: Trustees of the Homes
Components
- Building
Made from: Stone
Condition: Lost
- Board
Height: 540mm
Width: 620mm
Made from: Wood
Condition: Good
- Oxford Mail 27 December 2004; 24 January 2005 Letter from a reader whose grandfather lived in one of the cottages after WW1 and a second letter from a person who was born in the other cottage in 1932
- Oxfordshire People and the Forgotten War: The Anglo-Boer Conflict 1899-1902 by Symonds, Ann Spokes 116 Published:Robert Boyd Publications Witney, Oxon
- For Remembrance and in Honour of Those Who Lost Their Lives in the South African War 1899-1902 by Gildea, James 150 Published:Eyre and Spottiswoode 1911 London
- Local Publication/Booklet 65 'The Changing Face of Cowley - Book 1'
- Oxfordshire Light Infantry Regimental Chronicle 1903