Oxfordshire War Memorials

Hi

I've recently started photographing and recording Second World War casualties on war memorials across Oxfordshire. This includes parts of the county which were formally in Berkshire (eg: Vale of the White Horse, etc).

If anyone is looking for photos of specific memorials, or has information on relatives they know are commemorated on memorials in the county then I'd be happy to hear from you.

There are already a number of well researched books and sites about memorials in the county, such as:

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Memorial-G...487326859&sr=8-3&keywords=benson+war+memorial

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Remembered...487326843&sr=8-2&keywords=witney+war+memorial

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Thanks in advance!

Matt

 

Great work Matt

I have a few from Oxfordshire mainly WW2
Benson
Blewbury
Chinnor
Hambleden
Nettlebed
Rothersfield
Shiplake
Stokenchurch
Warborough
Watlington

if you require any of the above I will post here

regards
Clive

 

Hi

Thanks for the offer Clive. I actually have most of these, and I plan to visit the others shortly.
I am hoping that I'll be able to host the photos and list of names online at some point.
So far I have been surprised how many local men were lost during the campaign in France and Belgium in 1940. Not just from the local county regiments (OBLI and Royal Berkshire) but also from other regiments too. One small village lost two men in a week - one is buried at Wormhoudt, the other recorded on the Dunkirk memorial.

Cheers
Matt