An Oxford college has received permission to add the names of foreign soldiers to its World War One memorial honoring former students.

The Queen's College will inscribe five additional names alongside the 121 already commemorated on the memorial. Oxford City Council approved the college’s proposal, which was submitted earlier this year.

The decision follows precedents set by other Oxford colleges — New College in 1930, Merton and Magdalen Colleges in 1994, and University College in 2018 — which added the names of former students who had fought for other nations during the war.

In a statement, The Queen's College said it believed this was an “appropriate and unobtrusive response” and that it was “justified by the need to remember all members of the college community who died.”

The names to be added are:

Carl Heinrich Hertz — Born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1893, died in France in 1918.

Erich Joachim Peucer — Born in Colmar (then part of the German Empire, now in France) in 1888, died in Italy in 1917.

Paul Nicholas Esterházy — A Hungarian who matriculated in 1901, died in Poland in 1915.

Gustav Adolf Jacobi — Born in Weimar, Germany, in 1885, believed to have died fighting in 1914. He is also remembered on a memorial at Rhodes House, Oxford.

Emile Jacot — Served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment, wounded in action, and died of his injuries in 1928. His place of birth is unknown.

The college hopes this addition ensures all members of its community who lost their lives in the war are properly remembered. Photo by simononly, Wikimedia commons.