Oxfordshire And Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Memorial

The Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry War Memorial is located on the east side of Rose Hill at its junction with Church Cowley Road. This memorial takes the form of an obelisk, featuring the regimental badge carved in relief on two of its faces. A description from the time, possibly by Sir Edwin Lutyens, notes that it consists of an obelisk on a moulded pedestal with a plain double sur-base, rising centrally upon a surround of three steps. The first and third steps are 2 feet 6 inches wide, which is twice the width of the second step, covering an area of 16 feet 10¼ inches each way. The total height of the memorial is 28 feet 11 inches.

Inscriptions on the base include:

West: "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF 5878 OF ALL RANKS OF THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR"

North: "MCM XIV"

East: "TO THE GLORIOUS MEMORY OF 1408 ALL RANKS OF THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1939 – 1945"

South: "MCM XIX"