The removal of 200 bronze plaques from Oxford Crematorium is being investigated today by Thames Valley Police.
Toby Shergold, a spokesman for Oxford Police, confirmed officers in south Oxfordshire were looking into the theft at the crematorium in Bayswater Road, Headington.
It is understood the plaques were stolen from the garden of remembrance.
A spokesman for Midlands-based Dignity, which runs Oxford Crematorium, confirmed that an incident had taken place but declined to comment further.
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