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    Memorial

    Cuddesdon College - WW1 Cross

    Cross

    Source: War Memorials Trust

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    Current Location

    Faces road in front of College., Ripon (Cuddesdon) College , Cuddesdon, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX44 9EX, England

    OS Grid Reference

    SP 599 032

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    © WMR-60055

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    Type of Memorial
    Cross
    WMR Reference Number
    60055
    Description
    Stone cross with tapering shaft set on a stepped base with carvings on each side of the head of the cross. East face shows Our Lord on the Cross with St Mary and St John. West face shows Our Lady and the Holy Child. North face shows St Michael. South face shows St George. The commemoration is on three sides of he base.
    Inscription
    ORATE PRO ANIMABUS ALUMNORUM ET FAMULORUM HUIUSCE COLLEGII QUI PRO PATRIA IN MAGNO BELLO MORTUI SUNT A.D.MCMXIV-XVIII. REQUIEM AETERNAM DONA EIS DOMINE ET LUX PERPETUA LUCEAT EIS. (Translation: Pray for the souls of the alumni and servants of this college who died for their country in the Great War A.D. 1914-1918. Grant them O Lord eternal peace and may everlasting light shine for them.)
    War
    First World War (1914-1918)
    Maker(s)
    • MR F E HOWARD, Designer

    Maintenance History
    Cleaned and restored with a War Memorials Trust grant of £3430 in 2018

    Ceremonies

    Dedicated

    01 January 1919

    Bishop of Oxford

    Custodian
    Ripon College Cuddesdon formerly Cuddesdon College.

    Components

    Cross

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Steps

    Made from: Stone


    Condition: Good


    Report a Concern

    War Memorials Trust Reference Number
    249413

    To report a concern about the condition of this memorial, visit War Memorial Trust.

    Help update these details if the condition is wrong
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    • 'Cuddesdon College -The Twentieth Century'
    • War Memorials Trust, https://www.warmemorials.org/search-grants/?gID=1447, accessed 29th March, 2026