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Submit Your Research Enquiry Use the online form below to submit your enquiry, or download a copy of the form and email or post it to us using the details below. Please make sure you have read the details on our main Research Page before submitting your enquiry, or contact us for more information if unsure. If there is more information potentially available and therefore more time is needed, you…

County War Memorials How was your town or village affected? Memorials in towns and villages tell us what people felt at the time. There are about 100 free-standing war memorials in the county and scores of other plaques, gates, panels and other kinds.  190 churches in the county have memorials, some have several. Where a church and a war memorial are shown on the list below, the memorial is in…

Second World War German Air Attacks on OxfordshireWas your home town bombed in WWII?Below are a series of  images from the maps drawn up by F.C. Condon, the Chief BRO (Bomb Recording Officer) in Oxfordshire in 1945. Unwatermarked, high-res versions of these maps can also be purchased from SOFO. Oxfordshire Bombing TotalsThis shows that there were 3831 bombs of all types dropped over Oxfordshire, causing 20 deaths and 60 other casualties, as…

Oxfordshire’s VCs The Victoria Cross (VC) is Britain’s highest award for valour in the face of the enemy.  Instituted after the Crimean War, during which the public first generally became aware of the courage that many soldiers showed in action, it has been awarded 1356 times, three of those awards to previous recipients. Listed below are those recipients who had a connection with Oxfordshire. Some were born or lived in the county,…

Oxfordshire’s Regiments   The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (OBLI) Two 18th Century regiments, the 43rd Regiment of Foot and the 52nd Regiment of Foot, went through several name changes. By coincidence, they often served together, both being founder regiments of the Light Division in 1803, then serving side by side throughout the Peninsular War. In 1881 they were united into the county regiment, The Oxfordshire Light Infantry. It then…

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Our Archive Enquiry Service & Family History For those wanting to find out more about their relatives’ wartime service, our Research Enquiry Service aims to provide a summary report on the details of a soldier’s service with the county regiments that we hold archival collections for: The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, and Oxfordshire Yeomanry (Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars), including copies of original documents and photographs relevant to the soldier…