Oxfordshires War Memorials – Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

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 addition to anything in the church. The list is incomplete - do tell us what is missing.

You can find more information on the UK National Inventory of War Memorials .

Abingdon	War Memorial. St. Helen’s Church. St. Nicholas Church.
Abingdon School	Several Memorials.
Abingdon, Edward Brooks Barracks	War Memorial, Oxf & Bucks Light Infy, South Africa (previously in Oxford), Third Southern General Hospital Roll of Honour (202 Field Hospital HQ)
Adderbury	St. Mary's Church. With Milton (Banbury).
Adwell	With Stoke Talmage.
Albury	St. Helen's Church. Includes Tiddington.
Alkerton	With Shennington.
Alvescot	War Memorial. St. Peter's Church.
Ambrosden	St. Mary’s Church.
Appleford	St. Peter & St. Paul Church
Appleton with Eaton	War Memorial. St. Laurence Church.
Ardington	War Memorial. Holy Trinity Church.
Ardley – with Fewcott	St. Mary's Church
Arncott	Arncott Methodist – plaque now in St. Mary’s Church, Ambrosden.
Ascott-under-Wychwood	Holy Trinity Church gates. Recreation Ground Tablet.
Ashbury	War Memorial. St. Mary’s Church.
Asthall	Former St. Nicholas Church (PP)
Aston	War Memorial. St. James Church.
Aston Rowant	St. Peter & St. Paul Church. Includes Kingston Blount.
Aston Tirrold	St. Michael’s Church. Also includes Aston Upthorpe.
Aston Upthorpe	War Memorial. All Saints Church.
Baldons	See Marsh Baldon and Toot Baldon.
Balscote	St. Mary Mary Magdalene Church
Bampton	War Memorial. St. Mary's Church. Town Hall.
Banbury	St. Mary's Church. St. Paul’s Church (Neithrop). Methodist Church. Memorial Cross in people’s park. Banbury Post Office. Northern Aluminium Company. Banbury County School.
Barford St. John and St. Michael	Barford St. Michael Church.
Baulking	St. Nicholas Church.
Beckley and Stowood	Church of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Begbroke	None recorded.
Benson	War Memorial. St. Helens Church.
Benson R.A.F. (AMB)	Several Memorials.
Berinsfield	American Memorial. Warburton Memorial.
Berrick Salome	St. Helen's Church.
Besselsleigh	St. Lawrence's Church.
Bicester Town	St. Edburg's Church. United Reform Chapel. Bicester Post Office (PP).
Bix and Assendon	St. James Church.
Blackbird Leys	None recorded.
Black Bourton	War Memorial. St. Mary the Virgin Church. R.A.F Memorial (PP).
Blackthorn	Blackthorn Independent Chapel - now in Ambroseden.
Bladon	War Memorial.
Blenheim	None recorded.
Bletchingdon	St. Giles Church.
Blewbury	St. Michaels Church.
Bloxham	War Memorial. St. Mary - Our Lady of Bloxham Church.
Bloxham	Ex-Servicemen’s Hall
Bloxham	Bloxham C of E Primary School - Memorial Trees.
Bloxham	All Saints School - several Memorials.
Bodicote	St. John the Baptist Church.
Bourton (Faringdon)	St. James Church.
Bourton (Banbury)	See Great Bourton.
Botley Cemetery	Commonwealth War Graves Commission Cemetery
Brightwell Baldwin	St. Bartholomew Church
Brightwell-cum-Sotwell	War Memorial. St. Agathas Church
Britwell Salome	None recorded
Brize Norton	War Memorial. St. Britius Church.
Broadwell	St. Peter and St. Pauls Church.
Broughton	With North Newington. St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Broughton Poggs	(with Filkins) St. Peter's Church.
Bruern	Included in Milton-under-Wychwood.
Buckland	War Memorial. St. Mary the Virgin Church. Memorial Hall.
Bucknell	St. Peter’s Church.
Burford	St. John the Baptist Church. Burford Priory (PP). War Memorial. Burford School.
Carterton	War Memorial. Memorial Trees. Repatriation Memorial Garden.
Cassington	St. Peter’s Church. War Memorial.
Caulcot	See Lower Heyford.
Caversfield	St. Laurence Church.
Chadlington	St. Nicholas Church. Memorial Hall.
Chalgrove	War Memorial. St. Mary’s Church. John Hampden Monument (English Civil War).
Chalgrove Airfield	WW2 American Memorial.
Charlbury	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Charlton	Holy Trinity Church.
Charlton-on-Otmoor	Holy Trinity Church, War Memorial, Gates, St. Mary’s Church
Charney Bassett	St. Peter’s Church. War Memorial
Chastleton	St. Mary the Virgin Church
Checkendon	St. Peter & St. Paul Church.
Chesterton	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Childrey	St. Mary’s Church. War Memorial.
Chilson	See Shorthampton.
Chilton	All Saints Church.
Chimney	None recorded.
Chinnor	War Memorial. St. Andrew’s Church
Chipping Norton	War Memorial. St. Mary the Virgin Church. Baptist Church. Chipping Norton School. R.A.F. Memorial. War Memorial Hospital.
Chislehampton	St. Katherine’s Church.
Cholsey	St. Mary’s Church. War Memorial. Plaque in Village Pavillion.
Church Hanborough	St. Peter & St. Paul Church.
Churchill and Sarsden	War Memorial. All Saints Church
Clanfield	War Memorial. Village Hall. St. Stephen’s Church.
Claydon with Clattercot	War Memorial. St. James’ Church.
Clifton Hampden	St. Michael and All Angels Church. Village Hall.
Cogges	War Memorial. (Newland).
Cokethorpe School	Plaque regarding Ducklington.
Coleshill	War Memorial. All Saints Church. Several memorials on trees in grounds of Coleshill House.
Combe	St. Laurence Church. War Memorial.
Compton Beauchamp	St. Swithins Church. War Memorial.
Cornbury and Wychwood	None recorded
Cornwell	St. Peter’s Church (PP).
Cote	None recorded.
Cothill	See Dry Sandford.
Cottisford	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Cowlease Wood	R.A.F. Memorial.
Cowley	St. James Church - former OBLI regimental chapel, regimental memorials. Cowley Memorials.
Crawley	War Memorial.
Cropredy	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Crowell	Church of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
Crowmarsh Gifford	St. Mary Magdelene Church. With Newnham Murren. S.O.D.C. Offices - Memorial Garden.
Cuddesdon	All Saints Church - with Ripon College, Cuddesdon.
Culham	St. Paul’s Church.
Cumnor	War Memorial.
Curbridge	None recorded - one being planned.
Cuxham	Holy Rood Church. With Easington.
Deddington	St. Peter & St. Paul Church, including Clifton and Hempton.
Denchworth	St. James Church. The Fox Public House.
Didcot	War Memorial (Garden of Remembrance). All Saints Church. St. Peter’s Church (Northbourne). Some other small memorials.
Didcot - Vauxhall Barracks (AMB)	Memorial Wall on site. News estate (2014) had streets named for the same men and women.
Dorchester on Thames	War Memorial. Dorchester Abbey.
Drayton (Abingdon)	St. Peter’s Church.
Drayton (Banbury)	St. Peter’s Church.
Drayton St. Leonard	War Memorial.
Dry Sandford	St. Helen’s Church.
Ducklington	War Memorial
Dunsden	War Memorial. Includes Eye.
Duns Tew	St. Mary Magdalene Church.
Easington	See Cuxham.
East Challow	St. Nicholas Church.
East Hagbourne	War Memorial. St. Andrew’s Church.
East Hanney	RBL Memorial Hall.
East Hendred	War Memorial. St. Augustine’s Church.
Eaton Hastings	St. Michael and All Angels Church.
Elsfield	St. Thomas of Canterbury Church.
Emmington	St. Nicholas Church.
Enstone	St. Kenelm’s Church.
Epwell	St. Anne’s Church.
Ewelme	St. Mary’s Church. Wayside Shrine.
Eye & Dunsden with Binfield	See Dunsden.
Eynsham	War Memorial. St. Leonards Church. Baptist Church. Eynsham Social and Sports Club.
Faringdon	War Memorial. All Saints church. Faringdon United Church.
Fawler	See Finstock.
Fencott	With Murcott - both included in Charlton-on Otmoor.
Fernham	St. John the Evangelist Church.
Fewcott	With Ardley.
Fifield	War Memorial. St. John the Baptist Church.
Filkins	St. Peters Church. War Memorial.
Finmere	St. Michaels Church.
Finstock and Fawler	War Memorial.
Forest Hill with Shotover	War Memorial. St. Nicholas Church.
Freeland	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Frilford	See Marcham.
Fringford	St. Michael and All Angels Church.
Fritwell	St. Olave’s Church.
Fulbrook	War Memorial. St. James the Great Church.
Fyfield	St. Nicholas Church.
Garford	St. Luke’s Church. War Memorial.
Garsington	War Memorial. St. Mary’s Church. Playing Field.
Glympton	St. Mary’s Church.
Godington	No memorial.
Goosey	All Saints Church.
Goring Heath	None recorded.
Goring	St. Thomas of Canterbury Church.
Gosford	Included in Kildington.
Grafton and Radcot	None recorded.
Great Bourton	All Saints Church.
Great Coxwell	War Memorial. St. Giles Church.
Great Haseley	War Memorial. St. Peter’s Church.
Great Milton	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Great Rollright	St. Andrew’s Church.
Great Tew	St. Michael & All Angels Church.
Grove	St. John the Baptist Church. Ex-Airfield site - American Memorial.
Hailey	War Memorial.
Hampton Poyle	St. Mary's Church
Hanwell	St. Peter’s Church.
Hardwick with Tusmore	No Memorial.
Harpsden	St. Margaret’s Church.
Hatford	St. George’s Church.
Headington	St. Andrew’s Church. All Saints Church, Highfield. Lime Walk Methodist Church. Conservative Club.
Headington Quarry	Holy Trinity Church.
Henley-on-Thames Town	Town Hall. St. Mary the Virgin Church. Leander. NatWest. Chantry House. War Memorial Hospital.
Henton	War Memorial.
Hethe	War Memorial.
Heythrop	St. Nicholas Church.
Highmoor	St. Paul’s Church.
Hinton Waldrist	St. Margaret of Antioch Church.
Holton	St. Bartholomew’s Church
Holwell	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Hook Norton	St. Peter’s Church. War Memorial Hall (Village Hall).
Horley	St. Ethelreda’s Church.
Hornton	St. John the Baptist Church.
Horspath	St. Giles Church. Horspath Hub (former Methodist Chapel).
Horton-cum-Studley	St. Barnabas Church.
Idbury	St. Nicholas Church.
Iffley	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Ipsden	St. Mary's Church. War Memorial
Islip	St. Nicholas Church. War Memorial
Kelmscott	St. George’s Church.
Kencot	War Memorial. St. Georges Church.
Kennington	War Memorial. Memorial Field.
Kiddington with Asterleigh	St. Nicholas Church.
Kidlington	St. Mary the Virgin Church, Thames Valley Police HQ.
Kidmore End	St. John the Baptist Church. Memorial Hall.
Kingham	St. Andrews Church. Kingham Hill School Chapel.
Kingston Bagpuize	War Memorial. St. John the Baptist Church
Kingston Lisle	War Memorial. St. John’s Church.
Kirtlington	St. Mary’s Church. War Memorial
Langford	War Memorial. St. Matthew’s Church.
Launton	War Memorial. St. Mary’s Church.
Leafield	St. Michael and All Angels Church.
Letcombe Bassett	St. Michael and All Angels Church.
Letcombe Regis	St. Andrew’s Church.
Lew	Holy Trinity Church.
Lewknor	St. Margaret’s Church (includes Postcombe).
Little Coxwell	St. Mary’s Church.
Little Faringdon	Parish Church.
Little Milton	St. James Church.
Littlemore	St. Mary & St. Nicholas Church. RBL Memorial.
Little Tew	St. John the Evangelist Church.
Little Wittenham	War Memorial
Littleworth	Church of The Holy Ascension.
Lockinge	All saints Church.
Longcot	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Long Hanborough	St. Peter and St. Paul Church. War Memorial.
Long Wittenham	War Memorial. St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Longworth	St. Mary’s Church.
Lower Heyford	St. Mary’s Church.
Lyford	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Lyneham	Included in Milton under Wychwood.
Mapledurham	St. Margaret’s Church.
Marcham	All Saints Church. War Memorial.
Marsh Baldon	St. Peter’s Church.
Merton	St. Swithun’s Church.
Middle Aston	See Steeple Aston.
Middle Barton	War Memorial Hall and Playing Fields.
Middleton Stoney	All Saints Church.
Milcombe	St. Laurence Church.
Milton (Didcot)	St. Blaise Church.
Milton (Banbury)	St. John the Evangelistl Church (with Adderbury).
Milton-under-Wychwood	St. Simon and St. Jude Church.
Minster Lovell	War Memorial. St. Kenelm’s Church.
Mixbury	All Saints Church.
Mollington	All Saints Church.
Moreton	War Memorial.
Moulsford	St. John the Baptist Church.
Murcott	Methodist Chapel.
Nether Worton	St. James Church.
Nettlebed	St. Bartholomew’s Church.
New Hinksey	St. John the Evangelist Church. Includes South Hinksey.
New Marston	War Memorial. Memorial Trees and Bench.
Newington	None recorded.
Newton Purcell with Shelswell	St. Michael’s Church.
Noke	St. Giles Church.
North Aston	St. Mary's Church.
North Hinksey	St. Lawrence Church.
North Leigh	St. Mary’s Church. War Memorial Hall.
North Moreton	All Saints Church.
North Stoke	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Northmoor	St. Deny’s Church. Memorial Hall.
Nuffield	Holy Trinity Church.
Nuneham Courtenay	All Saints Church.
Oddington	St. Andrew’s Church.
Old Marston	St. Nicholas Church.
Over Norton	Memorial plaque on cottage.
Over Worton	War Memorial.
Oxford City	City War Memorial, St. Giles.
Oxford City	The Tirah Memorial (OBLI), Bonn Square.
Oxford City	OBLI War Memorial - Rose Hill/Church Cowley Road.
Oxford City	Christ Church Cathedral - Regimental Chapel for OBLI.
Oxford City	St. Aldates Church.
Oxford City	St. Andrew’s Church, Linton Road
Oxford City	St. Barnabas Church. Includes St. Paul’s Church.
Oxford City	St. Clements Church.
Oxford City	St. Cross Church.
Oxford City	St. Ebbe’s Church.
Oxford City	St. Frideswide’s Church.
Oxford City	St.Giles Church.
Oxford City	St. Mary & St. John Church.
Oxford City	St. Mary Magdalen Church.
Oxford City	St. Margaret’s Church.
Oxford City	St. Mary the Virgin Church (The University Church).
Oxford City	St. Matthew’s Church, Grandpont.
Oxford City	St. Michael & All Angels Church, Lonsdale Road.
Oxford City	St. Michael at the North Gate. The City Church.
Oxford City	Summertown War Memorial
Oxford City	St. Peter Le Bailey Church (now the Chapel of St. Peter’s College)
Oxford City	St. Philip & St. James Church - now the Oxford Centre for Mission Studies.
Oxford City	St. Thomas the Martyr Church.
Oxford City	St. Columba’s Presbyterian Church.
Oxford City	Wesley Memorial Church (includes Walton St. Chapel).
Oxford City	Oratory Church of St. Aloysius Gonzaga
Oxford City	Oxford Synagogue
Oxford City	The Dragon School - War Memorial Cross.
Oxford City	Summer Fields School - several memorials.
Oxford City	St. Edward’s School - several memorials.
Oxford City	Magdalen College School - several memorials.
Oxford City	Oxford Spires Academy - Southfield School Rolls of Honour.
Oxford City	Town Hall - several memorials.
Oxford City	Old County Hall - County Council Staff memorial.
Oxford City	War Memorial, Morrell’s Brewery
Oxford City	St. Aldates Police Station - Oxford City Police
Oxford City	Oxford Post Office Memorial.
Oxford City	Oxford University Press
Oxford City	Former Radcliffe Infirmary Chapel.
Oxford City	Churchill Hospital - American Memorials.
Oxford City	Oxford Co-operative Society memorial (PP)
Oxford City	East Oxford Liberal Club - now the Crown House Club.
Oxford City	Holywell Cemetery.
Oxford City	Oxford Crematorium.
Oxford University	All Souls College.
Oxford University	Balliol College.
Oxford University	Brasenose College.
Oxford University	Christ Church College.
Oxford University	Corpus Christi College.
Oxford University	Exeter College.
Oxford University	Harris Manchester College.
Oxford University	Hertford College.
Oxford University	Jesus College.
Oxford University	Keble College.
Oxford University	Magdalen College.
Oxford University	Mansfield College.
Oxford University	Merton College.
Oxford University	New College.
Oxford University	Oriel College.
Oxford University	Pembroke College.
Oxford University	Queen’s College.
Oxford University	Rhodes House.
Oxford University	St. Catharine’s College.
Oxford University	St. Edmund Hall.
Oxford University	St. Hugh’s College.
Oxford University	St. John’s College.
Oxford University	Trinity College.
Oxford University	University College.
Oxford University	Wadham College.
Oxford University	Wolfson College - R.A.F. Memorial.
Oxford University	Worcester College
Piddington	St. Nicholas Church.
Pishill with Stonor	Parish Church.
Prescote	None recorded.
Pyrton	St. Mary's Church. RAF Memorial (PP).
Pusey	All Saints Church.
Radley	St. James the Great Church.
Radley College	Several memorials.
Ramsden	War Memorial. Memorial Hall. St. James Church
Risinghurst & Sandhills	No Memorial.
Rollright	St. Andrews Church
Rotherfield Greys	St. Nicholas Church. War Memorial (at Greys Green)
Rotherfield Peppard	All Saints Church. War Memorial Hall.
Rousham	St. Leonard and St. James Church (PP).
Salford	St. Mary’s Church.
Sandford St. Martin	Parish Church.
Sandford-on-Thames	St. Andrew’s Church.
Shellingford	St. Faith’s Church.
Shenington with Alkerton	War Memorial. Holy Trinity Church.
Shifford	None recorded.
Shillingford	See Warborough.
Shilton	War Memorial.
Shiplake	War Memorial. St. Peters and St. Paul Church. War Memorial Hall.
Shippon	St. Mary Magdalene Church.
Shipton-on-Cherwell and Thrupp	Holy Cross Church.
Shipton-under-Wychwood	St. Mary the Virgin Church. War Memorial.
Shirburn	All Saints Church.
Shrivenham	St. Andrew’s Church.
Shorthampton	All Saints Church.
Shutford	War Memorial. St. Martin’s Church.
Sibford Ferris	See Sibford Gower. Holy Trinity Church.
Sibford Gower	Holy Trinity Church
Somerton	St. James Church.
Souldern	St. Mary's Church.
South Hinksey	See New Hinksey - St. John the Evangelist Church.
South Leigh	St. James The Great Church.
South Moreton	St. John the Baptist Church.
Southmoor	See Kingston Bagpuize.
South Newington	St. Peter and Vincula Church.
South Stoke	St. Andrews Church.
Sparsholt	Holy Cross Church.
Spelsbury	All Saints Church. War Memorial Hall.
Stadhampton	St. John the Baptist Church.
Standlake	St. Giles Church.
Stanford-in-the-Vale	St. Deny’s Church.
Stanton Harcourt	St. Michael’s Church. Memorial and Millennium Hall.
Stanton St. John	St. John the Baptist Church.
Steeple Aston	War Memorial. Parish Church. Memorial Rousham Hall Park.
Steeple Barton	St. Mary's Church.
Steventon	War Memorial. St. Michael and all Angels Church.
Stoke Lyne	St. Peter’s Church.
Stoke Row	St. John the Evangelist Church.
Stoke Talmage	St. Mary Magdalene Church.
Stonesfield	War Memorial.
Stratton Audley	St. Mary and St. Edburga Church.
Sunningwell	St. Leonard’s Church.
Swalcliffe	St. Peter and St. Paul Church.
Swerford	War Memorial.
Swinbrook and Widford	St. Mary's Church.
Swyncombe	War Memorial (Crokley Green).
Sydenham	St. Mary's Church.
Tackley	St. Nicholas Church.
Tadmarton	St. Nicholas Church.
Taynton	St. John the Evangelist Church.
Tetsworth	St. Giles Church. War Memorial. Memorial Hall.
Thame Town	St. Mary's Church. War Memorial. Thame Museum.
Tiddington-with-Albury	See Albury.
Toot Baldon	St. Lawrence Church.
Towersey	War Memorial Hall.
Tubney	St. Lawrence Church.
Uffington	St. Mary's Church.
Upper Heyford	St. Mary's Church. War Memorial. F111E air crash site.
Upton	Upton Methodist Church. St. Mary's Church.
Wallingford	War Memorial. Post Office Plaque. St. Mary-Le-More Church. R.A.F. Memorial. Wallingford Cemetery.
Wantage	War Memorial. St. Peter & St. Paul Church. King Alfred’s School. Baptist Church.
Warborough	War Memorial. St. Laurence Church (includes Shillingford).
Wardington	St. Mary Magdalene Church.
Watchfield	St. Thomas’ Church
Water Eaton	No Memorial.
Waterperry with Thomley	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Waterstock	St. Leonard’s Church. War Memorial.
Watlington	War Memorial. St. Leonard’s Church.
Wendlebury	St. Giles Church.
West Challow	St. Lawrence Church.
West Hagbourne	Memorial Bus Shelter.
West Hanney	St. James The Great Church.
West Hendred	Holy Trinity Church.
Westcote Barton	St. Edward the Confessor Church.
Weston-on-the-Green	St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Wheatfield	St. Andrew’s Church.
Westwell	War Memorial.
Wheatley	War Memorial. St. Mary the Virgin Church.
Wigginton	St. Giles Church.
Witney	War Memorial. St. Mary's Church. Methodist Church. The Leys Recreation Ground. Henry Box School. Witney Museum.
Wolvercote	Airmen’s Memorial, Godtow Road. St. Peter’s Church. Memorial Field (Godstow Road).
Woodcote	War Memorial. The Oratory School Chapel.
Woodeaton	Holy Rood Church.
Woodstock	War Memorial. St. Mary Magdalene Church. Methodist Church. Town Hall.
Woolstone	All Saints Church.
Wootton (Abingdon)	St. Peter’s Church.
Wootton (Woodstock)	St. Mary the Virgin Church. Playing Fields.
Worton	See Over Worton.
Worton (Cassington)	No Memorial.
Wroxton & Balscote	All Saints Church.
Wytham	All Saints Church. War Memorial.
Yarnton	St. Bartholomew’s Church.
Yelford	No Memorial.
Youlbury	Scout War Memorial (PP)