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First World War in Headington and Marston, Oxford

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St Andrew’s Church, Old Headington


Please follow the pointer above if you would like to see a biography of all the men on the memorial

The ecclesiastical parish of Old Headington had a total population of 1,353 at the time of the 1911 census, and it lost 30 young men in the First World War. The names below are listed on a wooden triptych inside the church. Please follow the pointer above if you would like to see a biography of them all.

     Thomas H. Allen

Christ on the Cross, with the
following text below:

TO THE GLORY OF GOD. IN MEMORY OF
THE MEN OF ST ANDREW’S HEADINGTON
WHO LAID DOWN THEIR LIVES IN THE
GREAT WAR. 1914–1919. JESU MERCY

 

This memorial does not contain many names,
because more restrictive criteria were used
than on the other two Headington ones

A page has been made for Jesse Louch (not included
on the Old Headington memorial, even though his parents
lived in Old Headington) as an example of the men not listed

 

The five men who died in the Second World War are listed on the
small board underneath this memorial and can be found here

Tom Kimber2   
John Ashworth Alec Knight   
James Batts Hubert J. W. Langham  
James J. Blake Albert Louch  
Sydney Bullock John Newell  
John E. Crawford Thomas T. Parker  
(Herbert) Alfred Cull1 Alfred Robinson  
Harold T. Dennis1 Henry Smith [Harry]  
Arthur C. Fry Leonard Smith1  
Harry O. S. Gibson Harold B. Taylor1  
Frank Hathaway1 Arthur Tolley  
Frederick P. Hazell George Tolley  
Francis J. Jeffreys1 William Webb  
Bertie Jeffs2 Eric J. Woods  
Gerald Judge Alan Young   
Notes
  1. All Saints’ Church also claims Alfred Cull, Harold Dennis, Frank Hathaway, Francis J. Jeffreys,
    Leonard Smith
    , Harold B. Taylor, and William Webb as its own.
  2. Holy Trinity Church also claims Bertie Jeffs and Tom Kimber as its own.

Names of war dead inside St Andrew’s Church
(An small extra panel has been added below the base listing the five dead of the Second World War)

This memorial on the Database of the Imperial War Museums: St Andrew's Church – Triptych
and on War Memorials online website

The parish of St Andrew’s Church is primarily on the north side of the London Road, and in 1914 stretched from the top of Headington Hill to Barton. A small part of the parish, however, lay to the south side of the London Road: this included Stile Road, part of St Leonard’s Road, and the east side of Holyoake Road.