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Tirah War Memorial

 
 
Tirah War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 8, 2018
1. Tirah War Memorial
Inscription.
This Monument was Erected by the Officers Non Commissioned Officers and Men of the Second Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry in Memory of Their Comrades Who Died Between the 15th of August 1897 and the 4th of November 1898

Killed by Mutineers in Uganda
Brevet Major A.B. Thurston
Died of Disease on Active Service
Lieutenant J.L. Powers · Lieutenant D.R. Napier · Lieutenant H.W.B. Trench · Second Lieutenant J.G. Fitzgerald
Died of Wounds
Sergeant Major H.H. Dempsey
Killed In Action
Sergeant J.S. Hopkins · Lance Corporal W. Bell
Private W. Butler
Died of Disease
Lance Corporal W. Martin
Buglers
A.J. Betts
T. Bull
C. Cox

Privates
W. Adaway · J.H. Beer · A.E. Bissoni · G. Bond · G. Baynes · A. Cross · H.E. Cool · G. Comley · W. Dormer · W.J. Death · C. Day · G. Day · F. Everett · B. Ferris · W. Fortnam · H. Gardiner · W.J. Godliman · S. Green · G. Hicks · J. Hoare · J. Hull · G. Hughes · F.S. Knibbs · F.T. King · C. Lambourne · A. Lyons · J.F. Lee · A. Langston · A.G. Lane · E. Marsh · R. Mills · A. Morris · D. Newport · M. O’Brien · J. Owen · A. Perry · J. Pointer · F. Pittaway · J. Pickup · G. Pickett · E. Ridgley · G. Radbourn · W. Robinson · G. Selwood · W. Shepherd · G. Wells · T. Wiltshire · T. Wiggins
 
Erected
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1900 by Second Battalion Oxfordshire Light Infantry.
 
Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Military.
 
Location. 51° 45.105′ N, 1° 15.6′ W. Memorial is in Oxford, England, in Oxfordshire. It is at the intersection of New Inn Hall Street and Queen Street, on the left when traveling north on New Inn Hall Street. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Oxford, England OX1 1AY, United Kingdom. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Greater South East. Globally, it is in the Atlantic Ocean, in the North Atlantic Region, in Europe, in Atlantic Europe, on one of the British Isles, in the Western World, and in the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the Roman Empire.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: Oxfordshire County Council (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); The Crown (about 120 meters away); Old County Hall (about 150 meters away); Oxford Castle (about 150 meters away); Cornmarket & Market St (about 180 meters away); Prison Governor’s House (about 180 meters away); Archaeology, the Castle Ditch (about 180 meters away); The Motte and Bailey (about 180 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Oxford.
 
Also see . . .  Tirah Memorial (Wikipedia). (Submitted on January 12, 2022, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.)
 
Tirah War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 8, 2018
2. Tirah War Memorial
Tirah War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 8, 2018
3. Tirah War Memorial
Tirah War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 8, 2018
4. Tirah War Memorial
Tirah War Memorial image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Michael Herrick, August 8, 2018
5. Tirah War Memorial
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on January 27, 2022. It was originally submitted on October 5, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut. This page has been viewed 465 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3, 4, 5. submitted on October 5, 2018, by Michael Herrick of Southbury, Connecticut.
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Jun. 10, 2026