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Wartime Christmas card

Everyone from Headington and Marston who died in service in the First World War now has a separate biographical page. Follow the red pointer at the top right of each page to tour the whole site, or choose your parish from the lists below.

The dead of New Headington/Highfield
(All Saints parish)

The dead of Headington Quarry
(Holy Trinity parish)

The dead of Old Headington
(St Andrew's parish)

The dead of Old Marston
(St Nicholas's parish)

The dead of New Marston
(then not a separate parish)

In 1911 Headington's population was only 5,351, yet at least 120 of its men (and one woman) died in the First World War. Another 37 men from Old and New Marston died.

Please email any corrections or additions. Scans of photographs or letters would be particularly welcome.

More on the Headington and Marston dead:
Analysis (including ages, ranks, place of birth)
Where they lie and where the lost are remembered

 

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