St Aloysius War Memorial, Oxford

St Aloysius War Memorial

This First World War memorial tablet at St Aloysius' Church, Woodstock Road has an upper relief of the figure of Christ held in the arms of Mary, with a male figure and Mary Magdalen kneeling behind.

The twenty men whose names are inscribed on the memorial are listed below.

Key:

WM = War Memorial
City Roll = “Roll of the Citizens of Oxford who Fell in the Great War 1914-1918” (kept in the City Church of St Michael-at-the Northgate", transcribed here)

GREATER LOVE THAN THIS NO / MAN HATH THAN THAT HE LAY / DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS PRAY FOR
THOMAS S. BURKE CWGC / Not on City Roll		MICHAEL J. CALLAGHAN CWGC / On City Roll
JOSEPH CHAMBERS CWGC / City Roll		PERCY COLLINSON, K.B.S. CWGC / On City Roll Also listed on St Peter-le-Bailey Church WM and St Matthew's Church WM with BIOGRAPHY
CYRIL COWLEY CWGC / On City Roll		WILLIAM DOUGLAS CWGC / On City Roll
ALBERT MARCHETTI Changed his name to Albert Edward MERRITT CWGC / On City Roll Also listed on Holy Trinity, St Ebbe's WM with BIOGRAPHY		EDWIN MAWER [presumably John Edwin Mawer] CWGC / On City Roll
EDMUND MAY CWGC / On City Roll Also listed on Boys High School WM		EDMUND E. NAPPER CWGC / On City Roll
SIDNEY O'HANLON CWGC / On City Roll		FRANCIS O'NEILL CWGC (probably) / Not on City Roll
FRANCIS L. PONSFORD CWGC / On City Roll		ARTHUR J. M. POWELL CWGC not identified / On City Roll
BERNARD A. S. POWELL CWGC not found / Not on City Roll		JAMES PRICE CWGC / On City Roll
WILLIAM F. ROBBINS CWGC / Not on City Roll		CHARLES GORDON SIMPSON CWGC / Not on City Roll Also listed on Central Boys' School WM with SHORT BIOGRAPHY
TRAITON A. WHITING [should be Traiton Thomas Whiting] CWGC / On City Roll		VITTORE VISCARDO CWGC [Vescardi] / City Roll (Vescardo) Also listed on St Ebbe's Church WM
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR / 1914 1918 / R.I.P.

This memorial on the Database of the Imperial War Museums: St Aloysius: WW1
Not listed on War Memorials online

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