1st Oxfordshire Light Infantry Boer War


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Reference WMO/294486

Address:

Edward Brooks Barracks

Cholswell Road

Shippon

Abingdon

OX13 6HW

England

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Status: On subsequent site(s)
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Roadside
Description: Serviceman/woman sculpture
Conflicts:
  • Boer War, Second (1899-1902)
About the memorial: FIGURE OF SOLDIER IN PITH HELMET AND SOUTH AFRICAN WAR CAMPAIGN DRESS, WITH RIFLE RAISED TO THE READY POSITION. ON ORNATE PEDESTAL AND TWO STEPPED BASE. BATTLE HONOURS WRITTEN ON SCROLLS. RELIEF PANEL ON SIX O'CLOCK FACE DEPICTS A BUGLER WITH WATER BOTTLE, PUTTEES AND SLOUCH HAT AND CARRIES THE COMMEMORATION. 3 OTHER PANELS CARRY THE NAMES.
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6 O'CLOCK FACE Scrolls - FUENTES D'HONOR; S AFRICA 1899 - 1902; HINDUSTAN; QUEBEC; MYSORE; TIRAH; VIMIERA; CORUNNA; SALAMANCA; BADAJOS; BUSACO Face - TO THE/ GLORY OF GOD/ AND IN MEMORY OF/ THE OFFICERS/ NON-COMMISSIONED OFFICERS AND MEN,/ 1ST BATT./ OXFORDSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY/ WHO FELL/ IN THE SERVICE OF THEIR COUNTRY/ DURING/ THE SOUTH AFRICA WAR/ 1899 - 1902 Scrolls - VITTORIA; ORTHES; NIVELLE; TOULOUSE; WATERLOO; PENINSULA; DELHI; NEW ZEALAND; S AFRICA 1851; CIUDAD; RODRIGO OTHER FACES 3 o'clock - 33 Names of those Killed in Action 9 and 12 o'clock - 109 Names of those who Died of Disease

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