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Eynsham War Memorial, funded by public subscription, stands in the Market Square next to to St Leonard's Church. It was unveiled and dedicated in April 1921 and tended since then by the Royal British Legion.
FURTHER READING: Eynsham Record 2006 Lest we Forget (p22-28); 1995 What did you do in the Great War? (p33-40); a fuller study of WWI names in 2009 and of WW2 names in 2010.
Inscription reads:
To THE GLORY OF GOD IN PROUD MEMORY OF THE FOLLOWING OFFICERS NON- COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN OF THIS PARISH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE GREAT WAR 1914 - 1918
" Dying, and behold we live."
CAPT. RENÉ FRANKLAND GOSSET
SEC. LIEUT. BASIL BRITTEN VINCENT
WILLIAM THOMAS AYRES
PHILIP BARKER
FRANK BENNETT
JOSEPH BENNETT
GEORGE FRANCIS BROOKS
FREDERICK THOMAS HOLIDAY
AND 1939 - 1945 : click HERE
<1914 – 1918 names continue:>
HARRY BIGGERS
CHRISTOPHER LAURENCE BROOKS
NOBLE CHARLES BROOKS
ALEXANDER WILLIAM BUCKINGHAM
FRANCIS EDWARD BUCKINGHAM
CECIL CAPEL
GILBERT CLARKE
HERBERT JAMES COX.
ROBERT DEAN
ARTHUR DOUGLAS
HUBERT DRUCE
WILLIAM ALBERT FIDLER
REGINALD GIBBARD
FREDERICK JOHN GIBBONS
FREDERICK HAROLD GRANT
ALBERT JOHN GREEN
FREDERICK GREEN
STANLEY ARTHUR GREEN
FREDERICK THOMAS HALL
BERTIE SAMUEL HARPER
HORATIO HARPER
ELIJAH HARRIS
JOSEPH HARRIS
WALTER THOMAS HARRIS
RICHARD WILLIAM HARWOOD
WILLIAM HATHAWAY
WILLIAM HIRONS
ALBERT JOHN HOLLOWAY
HENRY JAMES HOLLOWAY
GEORGE THOMAS JAMES
GEORGE LESLIE STUART JEFFEREYS
HERBERT WILLIAM KEARSE
BERT LEACH
HENRY LINDSAY
SAMUEL MOULDER
PERCY ROWLAND
EDWIN JAMES RUSHER
ERNEST WILLIAM RUSSELL
CALEB JOHN SHERWOOD
WILLIAM STYLES
THOMAS WAKELEY
BERT HAROLD WOOD
AND 1939 – 1945
LIEUT. HARRY CYRIL GREEN
JAMES CHARLES BAYLISS
JAMES BOOKER
HARRY THOMAS BURDEN
CECIL ALBERT CATTELL
MALCOLM KEITH CHRISTIE
HERBERT JAMES CLARIDGE
ROBERT DREW
ALFRED WILLIAM JOHN EVANS
WILLIAM JOHN HARDWICK
THOMAS HENRY HOPKINS
LAWRENCE LAY
HUBERT FRANCIS MAY
REGINALD FREDERICK QUAINTON
ARTHUR ALFRED SNOOK
IVOR WILLIAM STATE
WALTER JAMES WALKER
GRAHAM FRANKIN WHELAN
| 19/04/2009 War Memorial Rededication Service |
| with laying up of the RBL Women's standard |
| 03/02/2009 Plan for Memorial Garden |
Gathering at Scout Headquarters
Royal British Legion Secretary Phillip Whittaker (L) and Charlie Bowles.
Armistice Day 2008. The war memorial is washed down and the area around it is tidied every November but the corner is in deep shade and members of the British Legion find it increasingly hard to cope.
With the approval of Phil Whittaker from the RBL, Eynsham Garden Club members Leslie Gerrans, Sandra and Simon Harbour, Mike Northcott, Graham Williams and Pat Woodman took advantage of the sunshine this morning to clear a truckload of overgrown vegetation and roots from the beds, letting in some much needed light and air.
and apparently bare ...
Local specialists Banbury Memorials sent a team of 4 men and took 3 days to clean the monument carefully from top to bottom. Thanks to Derek Webb, Keith Palmer, Jeff Paterson and Jaimie Aston.
ready for the rededication service on 19 April.
Witney Group's standards "standing easy"
arrival of the Eynsham RBL women's standard
Andrew Bowes (County Secretary and Treasurer), left, talking to a visiting branch member with group of Eynsham Branch members in the background.
Veteran Eynsham member Charlie Bowles, left, with Branch Treasurer Phil Hothersall.
Ladies' Section veteran and County Vice-President Pearl Cooke and Margaret Hedges, lately Chairman of the Eynsham Branch of the RBL Women's Section, with Phil Whittaker and Morey Andrews
Oxfordshire Women's Section County Standard Bearer with Eynsham Branch Standard Bearer Trevor Green, flanking the War Memorial.
Group standards lowered.
County standard lowered.
Eynsham Women's Branch Standard laid up in St Leonard's Church.
