1979 saw the return of Tony Benn to Levellers Day in Burford. Alan Hicks recounts that the then Branch Chairman, Peter Fryer and he collected funds for a proper memorial plaque for the Leveller soldiers to be placed on Burford Church wall.

Alan Hicks (Levellers Archivist) recalls: "I was still Branch Secretary, and did not give up for a few years. It was necessary to do a Luther on the church door with a hammer and a nail and bang into it a notice for a month later. Unless anyone had any objections a plaque would be fixed. I finally got from the Church Commissioners Office in Gloucester Green, Oxford, the document agreed by the Bishop of Oxford. I got in my car with 30 minutes to spare because it had to be up for one calendar month - roared over to Burford, ran to the church door with about 5 minutes to spare. No one objected so we got Tony James and Son, Stonemasons of Oxford, to make the plaque...

The plaque, commemorating Corporal Perkins, Cornet Thompson and Private Church, was unveiled by Tony Benn and dedicated by Revd. Gilbert Parsons. Caroline Benn (Tony's wife) laid the wreath