War Memorial

The Aston War Memorial

Located at the centre of the village on the small village green in the The Square. The memorial was dedicated in November 1919, it is a permanent testament to the sacrifice made by members of the local community who lost their lives in the First and later, the Second World War.

The names of the fallen are inscribed on the north and south faces of the plinth

The main dedication on the Western face reads:

IN GRATEFUL
MEMORY OF THE
BRAVE MEN FROM
THIS PARISH
WHOSE NAMES ARE RECORDED
WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR
THEIR KING AND COUNTRY IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 -1918

On the Eastern face, there is a further inscription:

“TRUE LOVE BY LIFE –
TRUE LOVE BY DEATH – IS TRIED;
LIVE THOU FOR ENGLAND:
WE FOR ENGLAND DIED”

Names of the fallen from the First World War, with information on regiment, date, age, place of death and burial/memorial location:

Name & Rank	Regiment	Date & Age	Place	Burial/Memorial
Wilfred AKERS Private	1st Foreign Service Garrison Bn. Somerset Light Infantry	19 Apr 1917 23 years	South Africa	Durban Military Cemetery, South Africa
William Henry ALSOP (John Henry ALLSOP) Lance Corporal	Wiltshire Regiment	25 Sept 1915 26 years	Battle of Loos, France	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Albert BOWSHER Private	2nd Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment	18 Nov 1918 29 years	Cambrai, France	St Sever Cemetery, Rouen France
Henry George BOWSHER Private	5th Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	25 Sept 1915 29 years	Bellewaarde Farm, Ypres, Belgium	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
William Frederick Stephen BROGDEN Bombardier	132nd Oxfordshire (Heavy) Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery	7 Mar 1916 35 years	Brook War Hospital, Woolwich	St James Churchyard, Aston
Harry COX Lance Corporal	1st Battalion, Duke of Edinburgh’s (Wiltshire) Regiment	1 Aug 1915 43 years	St Eloi, Ypres, Belgium	Voormezeele, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Sidney CURTLAND (KIRTLAND) Lance Corporal	5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	4 Oct 1916 31 years	Gueudecourt, France	Etaples Military Cemetery, France
Frank DANIELS Private	5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	8 Dec 1915 18 years	Boulogne General Hosptal, France	Boulogne Eastern Cemetery
Charles FOX Private	1st Bn. Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berkshire)	22 Feb 1918 24 years	La Vacquerie, Cambrai, France	Metz-en-Couture Communal Cemetery, France
Frederick FOX Private	29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry (British Columbia Regiment)	8 May 1917 23 years	Battle of Arras, France	Beehive Cemetery Willerval, Pas de Calais, France
Albert HAYDEN Private	2nd/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	21 Mar 1918 24 years	Fayet, near St Quentin, France	Pozieres Memorial, France
Philip LUCKETT Private	8th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers	7 Mar 1916 28 years	Loos, France	Loos Memorial, France
Reuben LUCKETT Private	Attached 8th Bn. Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment	17 June 1916 20 years	Wulverghem, near Ypres, France	Bailleul Communal Cemetery, France
Meynell LUCKETT (Thomas Arthur) Private	6th Battalion, Queen’s (Royal West Surrey) Regiment	12 May 1917 31 years	Battle of Arras, France	Arras Memorial, France
Albert Edward LUCKETT Lance Corporal	5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	25 Sept 1915 34 years	Bellewaarde Farm, Ypres, Belgium	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Arthur SADLER Private	5th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	25 Sept 1915 17 years	Bellewaarde Farm, Ypres, Belgium	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres
Robert SWADLING Private	15th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment	8 Oct 1917 22 years	Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium	Godewaersvelde British Cemetery
William SMITH Lance Corporal	2nd/1st Buckinghamshire Bn. Ox & Bucks Light Infantry	22 Aug 1917 32 years	Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium	Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium
William TOWNSEND Private	1st/4th Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry	19 July 1916 20 years	Battle of the Somme, France	Pozieres British Cemetery, France

Names of the fallen from the Second World War:

Name & Rank	Regiment	Date & Age	Place	Burial/Memorial
Graham Starkey FLOREY Private	1st Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckingamshire Light Infantry	16 July 1944 22 years	Caen, Normandy, France	Brouay War Cemetery, France
Randall Clifford FLOREY Lance Corporal	1st Battalion Oxfordshire & Buckingamshire Light Infantry	10 Dec 1944 25 years	Hartlepool Military Hospital	Witney Tower Hill Cemetery
Reginald Alan FLOREY Gunner	11 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery	21 July 1942 27 years	El Alamein, Egypt	El Alamein War Cemetery, Egypt
John Henry SMITH Leading Aircraftman	Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve	10 Apr 1945 22 years	Wettringen, Germany	Reichswald Forest War Cemetery. Germany

Men of the parish who died in the First World War, who are not commemorated on the Aston memorial:

Name & Rank	Regiment	Date & Age	Place	Burial/Memorial
Percival James BROGDEN Private	1st Bn, Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berks.) Regiment	14 Nov 1914 27 years	St Nazaire Hospital, France	St Nazaire (Toute-Aides) Cemetery. Buckland Memorial
Thomas BROGDEN Private	8th Bn. Princess Charlotte of Wales (Royal Berks.) Regiment	25 Sept 1915 22 years	Battle of Loos, France	Loos Memorial. Buckland Memorial
Edward Guelph GILDING Sergeant	2nd Battalion, Northampton Regiment	31 July 1917 30 years	Battle of Passchendaele, Belgium	Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres