The University of Oxford calls on the bosses of the Council to allow the addition of five soldiers to a war memorial – although they fought against Great -Britain during the First World War.
Queen's College has made an attempt to plan civil servants to add 'members of the university community' to the 121 names that are already located on the monument, located in High Street, Oxford.
However, critics say that the move – which would make the recording of three German soldiers possible – amounts to 'Wokery'.
Designed by Sir Reginald Blomfield and unveiled in October 1920, brings the memorial tribute to those who fought for the Allied troops, but a new application submitted to Oxford City Council has asked that 'everything' connected to the college must now be remembered, 'regardless of nationality.'
The names that are added include Carl Heinrich Hertz, born in Germany, who was born in Hamburg and Gustav Adolf Jacobi, originally from Weimar.
Erich Joachim Peucer, who was born in Colmar, then part of the German Empire and who died in Italy in 1917, is also mentioned in the extra names.
The other two are Hungarian Paul Nicholas Esterházy, who registered in 1901 and died in Poland in 1915, and Emile Jacot who was wounded in battle, but died of his injuries in 1928.
With two long stone tablets, each with a bronze wreath, the monument carries the inscription: “So they gave their bodies to the Commonwealth and they each received for his own memory,” and “praise that will never die.”
The University of Oxford calls on the bosses of the Council to allow the addition of five soldiers to a war memorial – although they fought against Great -Britain during the First World War
Critics say that the move – which makes the recording of three German soldiers possible – is 'Wokery'
Queen's College argues that 'everything' connected to the college must now be remembered, 'regardless of nationality'
The planning application stated: 'The Memorial First World War outside the library leaves out the ones who did not serve on the British side.
'This was common when it was founded when the memorial was founded (1921): no colleges, when they first set up their memorials, commemorations those who died against the allies, or as a deliberate decision or because it did not occur to them.
“In summary, we believe that these proposals are a suitable and unobtrusive response to the architectural context and are justified by the need to remember all members of the university community who died in the First World War, regardless of nationality.”
Of the 14,561 members of the University of Oxford who registered, around 20 percent had died towards the end of the First World War
But Richard Tice, the deputy leader of the British reform, said that the monument should only serve as a tribute to those who fought for Great Britain and the Allied forces.
He said De Telegraaf: 'War memorial should be in the UK to remember those who have made the ultimate sacrifice to protect and defend the Allied Nations.
“Where will this Wokery end?”
Of the 14,561 members of the University of Oxford who registered, around 20 percent had died towards the end of the First World War.
Under the alumni that died were the famous military commander Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig and composer George Butterworth.
The Oxford city council is expected to announce his decision in the coming weeks.
MailOnline has contacted Oxford University for comment.
