There are no biographies for this memorial, but links are provided
for the five men who have online biographies elsewhere
For more about Leonard Gray Butler, Fellow of St John's who was killed in action at the Somme,
see pp. 38–39 of the 2016 edition of TW: The magazine of St John's College, Oxford (online here as PDF)
Translation of the Latin at the top of these two plaques: |
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These tablets commemorate fellows, [Names ADAMS to JONES-SAVIN] |
considered themselves born not [Names KERR TO WRIGHT, plus two at end] |
HAE TABULAE COMMEMORANT SOCIOS ALUMNOS FAMULOS C. J. N. ADAMS / G. ADAMSON / D. G. A. ALLEN / A. C. T. ALMACK / G. D. ARMITAGE J. A. BARRETT / G. S. BARROW / J. F. C. BASHFORTH / P. BATEMAN / G. H. BELAS P. L. BELL / N. BLACK / S. C. BOOKER / C. BOURNS / G. L. BOYS-STONES C. E. R. BRIDSON / J. W. BROWN / G. H. J. BROWN / H. P. S BUCKLEY / H. A. L. BULLOCK H. P BUNCE / E. L. A. H. BURGES / J. G. BURNIE / L. G. BUTLER † G. M. CAIRNS G. F. CARTER / E. C. E. CHAMBERS / P. H. CHASE / G. A. B. CHESTER / A. A. CLARKE P. G. F. COLLINS A. R. CREESE O. R. CUTHBERT † G. DICKINS † V. A. E. ELLIOTT G. H. FEATHERSTONE / R. H. FEDDEN / H. J. H. FORESHEW / G. B. FOULKES / T. FREEMAN H. FRY † D. N. GALISSEN / J. W. GILL / L. DE G. GODET / L. W. GOLDSMITH M. GREY-SMITH † A. J. M. HALL / C. HALSEY / J. HANDYSIDE / H. HARPER E. A. HARVEY / J. HARVEY / H. HIGGS / G. G. HILL / A. G. HODGES / A. HODGKINSON E. J. HOGGARD / J. A. HOLDSWORTH / F. F. HUNT / W. H. HURSTBOURNE † H. L JEAYES / G. R. JOHNSON / J. F. JOHNSON / R. H. J. JOHNSON / J. S. JONES-SAVIN |
NON SIBI SED PATRIAE SESE GENITOS ARBITRATI MILITIAE G. A. LE KERR – L. C. KIRK † W. G. LAWRENCE – L. J. P. LAYCOCK – R. M. LEAKE C. S LEWIS – C. W. V. LEWIS – J. N. LEWIS – R. LIGHTBOURN – A. P. C. LOVEITT † G. D. O. MACLEAR – W. A. J. MARSDEN – H. B. McMINN – F. T. MAURICE – H. K. MEEK A. E. MESSER – J. B. MITCHELL – A. MOODY – R. C. D. MOORE † R. H. A. NEWSOME † P. M. PASCALL – J R. POUND – R.K. POWELL – J. R. S. PROUD † J. E RAPHAEL † M. J. B. REED – A. J. H. ROE † L. H. SAYE – A. J. M. SHAW – C. F. B SIMPSON G. L. SINNETT-JONES – K. M. H. SOLOMON – J. L. SPEIGHT – P. W. J. STEVENSON L. STRATFORD † S. F. TERRY – A. L. THOMAS – H. THOMPSON – M. B. THOMPSON A. H. TRUMAN – W. G. D. TURNER † E. R. UPHAM – C. D. UPSTONE † E. H. VAN FELLET – H. VEARY – R. E. VERNEDE † E. O. R. WAKEMAN A. J. WALKER – A. B. WALLIS – C. WALTER – F. WALSH – G. L. WATSON W. A. WAYMAN – F. C. B. WEST – J. W. WILLIAMS – O. M. WILLIAMS – W. WILLOUGHBY E. J. WOODS – F. C. WORSTER – V. A. B. WRIGHT † C. BAYLAY J. ROBINSON |
The following report on the unveiling of these two tablets appeared in The Times on 12 May 1921:
WAR MEMORIAL AT OXFORD
Lord Cave unveiled yesterday afternoon, at St. John's College, Oxford, a war memorial erected to the memory of members of the College who fell in the war. It consists of two tablets of grey Derbyshire marble, bearing the names of 125 men, including fellows, undergraduates, and servants, surmounted by an appropriate Latin inscription. The President, the Rev. Dr. James, conducted a short service in the quadrangle before the unveiling. Among those present were Lady Cave, Lady Erla Richards, the Rev. Dr. Nairn, headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School, and Mrs. Nairn, the Rev. Professor Box, King's College, London, and the Vice-President of St. John's, Mr. W. H. Stevenson.
Memorial to the St John's College men who attended St Columba's Church
Right: The war memorial panel at St Columba's Church in Alfred Street listing the four St John's men from their congregation who died in the First World War.
The first man listed does not appear on the college's own memorial above.
ST. JOHN'S
EDWARD W. BERRY
LANGLEY PRAIRIE, B.C.
Lt. R.A.F.
OXFORD 23.1.20. Age 25
JAMES W. BROWN M.C.
KILMALCOLM
Capt. 11th Royal Scots
ARRAS 21.3.17. Age 25
GEORGE M. CAIRNS
EDINBURGH
2/Lt. 6th Black Watch
BEAUMONT HAMEL 13.11.16. Age 35
HUGH B. McMINN
CROYDON
Major Railway Trnspt.
ÉTAPLES 29.7.18. Age 33
The St John's College memorial on the Database of the Imperial War Museums: St John's College WW1
Does not appear to be listed on War Memorials Online
Oxford Journal Illustrated, 18 May 1921, p. 9: Photograph of Lord Cave unveiling these two tablets
Please email if you can add any information about the men on this memorial
