tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373258521610177943.post5226550006649248300..comments2023-09-22T18:22:44.176+01:00Comments on AFTER THE CONFLICT - Cumbrian War Memorials: Alston Part 2 - Nowell Oxland, poet, player and Cumbrian,Louishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16745981628479484506noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3373258521610177943.post-69356601420129804452014-02-23T19:34:09.547+00:002014-02-23T19:34:09.547+00:00Noel Oxland is one of the War Poets and his poem a...Noel Oxland is one of the War Poets and his poem appears in numerous anthologies. I Northumberland County Archives, under Bishop's Commission of Enquiry, are papers relating to Noel's father, William, Vicar of Alston. Although unable to carry out his parish duties, and carrying a terrible sadness, he refused to leave the Rectory. This was because he sorrowed at the death of his son, Noel, at Gallipoli. He couldn't bear to leave the place where his son had been reared. The papers are largely unused, and awaiting anyone who wished to investigate them. His father eventually left and went to Portsmouth. Formerly he had been in the Royal Navy.<br />Dr Ashton - shiremoor30@talktalk.net<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com