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North Aston

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The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, North Aston
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Robert Vickris Taylor
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The Crimean War

Charles BOWLES
Captain, 10th Royal Hussars
died in Varnoucka, Crimea of Cholera age 39
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Those who are known to have served in WW1

T BADBY Private , Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry 
T BEESLEY Sapper , Royal Engineers
A BUSBY  Private, Army Cycle Corps     Wounded
J BUSBY Private, Durham Light Infantry   Wounded
Cato, H       Wounded
Herbert  CATO Private, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Army number  20491 He was discharged on 19 April
1916 as no longer fit for war service
Dart, W  Corporal, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light
Infantry Gassed
Dore, A Private, Army Service Corps
Dore, C Private, A.S.C. Motor Transport
Golder, K  Private, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry     
Golder,  W Rifleman, County of London
Golder, W  Private, Royal Field Artillery
Judge, W  Private, Warwickshire Regiment
Lee,  F Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery    Wounded
Lee, H   Gunner, Royal Garrison Artillery
Lee, O  Gunner, Royal Garrison  Artillery
Lee, T   Sapper , Royal Garrison  Artillery    Awarded M.M
Lewis, E Private, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry   
   Wounded
Moore, E  Sergeant, Bedfordshire Regiment
Nutt,  A   Private, Devonshire Regiment    Wounded
Perkins, T  Private,  Royal Field Artillery
Reeves, N  Private, Nothing  stated
Reeves, R  Private,  Devonshire Regiment
Short,  P  Private, Machine Gun Corps
South,  F.W.B.  Private, Devonshire Regiment
South, G  Sapper, Royal Engineers
Sykes, D  Able Bodied Seamen, HMS Antrim, Royal Navy
Sykes, M  Sister
Tarling,  C Sapper , Royal Garrison Artillery    Wounded
Tarling, E.A.  Private, Grenadier  Guards     Wounded
Tarling,  F  Private, Queens Own West Surrey    Wounded
Taylor, J  Private, Royal Air Force
Taylor, J.V.  Captain, Welsh Guards     Wounded
Waite, F  Trooper, Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars Wounded
West,  F  Private, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry  Wounded
Whitehead, F  Private, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry        Wounded
Whitehead, H  Private, Gloucestershire Regiment    Wounded
Whitehead, P  Private,  Army Ordnance Corps
Whitehead, R  Private, Gloucestershire Regiment
Whitlock, B  Driver, Royal Field Artillery
Witcombe, G  Pioneer, Royal Engineers
Witcombe,  R.G. Corporal, Royal Army Medical Corps
Wyatt,  A  Private, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Wyatt,  C  Corporal, Army Service Corps
Wyatt,  W  Sergeant,  Welsh  Wounded Awarded D.C.
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The Fallen in WW1
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Roll of Honour
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Those who are known to have served in WW2

Major Anthony TAYLOR MC  15th-19th Kings Royal Hussars
Major LORT-PHILIPS Grenadier Guards
2nd Lieut G I CHURCHILL 12th Royal  Lancers
Group Capt. F M DENNY Royal Air Force
Guardsman  D G BEESLEY Grenadier Guards
Sargeant P E CHURCHILL Royal Berkshire Regiment
Sapper J CHURCHILL Royal Engineers
Gunner CATO Royal Artillery
Private E CATO Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light 
Infantry
Gunner J DORE Royal Artillery
Leading Aircraftman A  GARDNER
Royal Air Force Sergeant T GARDNER Royal Air Force
Private T  PRATT Somerset Light Infantry
Gunner F PROFFITT Royal Artillery
Private W WHITEHEAD Royal Army Ordnance Corps
Private H  WYATT Royal Army Service Corps
Private J HILL The Auxiliary Territorial Service
Nurse S PRESTON The British Red Cross Society
Aircraftwoman  Instructor S M PRESTON Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
The Fallen in WW1

John DORE
Private, 12th Labour Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment   Army no. 29200
He died on 21 January 1917. He was 33
He was the son of John and Mary Dore of North Aston
He is buried in grave 8 plot F row 3 Calais Southern Cemetery

Albert LEWIS
Private, 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment Army no.
39348
He died on 28 April 1917. He was 20
He was the son of Thomas and Emma Lewis of North Aston
He is remembered on bay 7 of the Arras Memorial

Thomas PAKENHAM KP, MVO, 5th Earl of Longford 
Brigadier General, General Staff, Commanding 2nd (South Midland) Mounted Brigade.
He died on 21 August 1915. He was 50 in the attack on W Hill
He was born in Dublin, the son of William Lygon Pakenham, 4th Earl of Longford and the husband of Mary Julia, Countess of Longford, of North Aston Hall.
He is buried in grave Spec Mem E 3 Green Hill Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey

James MOBBS
Rifleman, 1st/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish
Rifles) Army no. 590364
He died on 7 April 1917. He was 20 
He was the son of John and Annie Mobbs of North Aston
He is remembered on panel 54 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres

Jesse SYKES
Sergeant, New Zealand Training Unit of the New Zealand
Expeditionary Force,   Army no. 66738
He died on 17 November 1918 during the great flu epidemic.   He was 29 and born in Deddington
He was the son of Henry and Martha Sykes, Lime Kiln Cottages, North Aston and the husband of Jane R Sykes, 470 Annagh Street, Christchurch, New Zealand. 
He is buried in grave 608 Featherston Cemetery, New Zealand

Norman William SYKES
Rifleman, 1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade Army no. 5790
He died on 1 July 1916. He was 20
He was the son of Henry and Martha Jane Sykes, Lime Kiln Cottages, North Aston
He is buried in grave B 5 Thistle Dump Cemetery, High Wood, Longueval

Henry WARD
Probably Henry George WARD
Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry  Army no. 4715
He died on 23 July 1916. He was 17
He was the son of Henry George and Emily Ward of Old
Marston, Oxford.
He is buried in grave I A 28 Pozières British Cemetery,
Ovillers la Boiselle

Fred Cecil WOOLGROVE
Corporal, 7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Army no. 1664
He died on 9 December 1915. He was 24
He was the son of Mr and Mrs J Woolgrove of North Aston
He is buried in grave 6 plot I row B Corbie Communal Cemetery

Harry WYATT
Private, 364th Company, Base Mechanical Transport Depot (N) Army Service Corps Army no. M/351087
He died on 2 September 1918. He was 32 and a native of Oxfordshire
He was the son of Harry and Emma Wyatt of North Aston
and the husband of Gertrude Eliza Wyatt, Mystole, Chatham, Canterbury
He is buried in grave IV F 4 Les Baraques Military Cemetery, Sangatte 


The Fallen in WW2
 
Robert Vickris TAYLOR
Major, 16th/5th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps. Army no. 42475
He died on 19 February 1943. He was 34
He was the son of Captain John V Taylor and Sybil Taylor and the husband of Ruth P Taylor, Walton, Boston Spa, Yorkshire
He is buried in Grave II C 25 Enfidaville War Cemetery, Tunisia
There is also a wooden plaque in the Church 

2nd Lieut John HICHENS
Captain, 190 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery. Army no. 174589
He died on 11 July 1944 a few weeks after the Normandy invasion
He is buried in Grave VII E 9 Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville, Normandy

Ronald KNIGHT
Sergeant, 1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire
Light Infantry. Army no. 5385252
He died on 24 October 1944. He was 23
He was the son of Albert and Alice Knight, Middle Aston and the husband of Lucy Knight, Deddington
He is buried in Grave 3 D 8 Uden War Cemetery, Holland

The Fallen who are not on the Memorial

William Lionel HICHENS MA
Civilian
He died at Church House, Great Smith Street during a bombing raid on London on 14 October 1940. He was 66
He was a Fellow of Winchester College, Chairman of Cammel Laird & Co. Ltd., and formerly Colonial Treasurer, Transvaal Oxford. He was the husband of Mary Hermione Hichens ARRC, JP and they lived at North Aston Hall
He has no known grave

Reginald John Claude CROXFORD
Flying Officer (Pilot), 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve RAF no. 150099
He died on 14 January 1944. He was 27 
He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Henry Croxford and the husband of Dorothy Mary Croxford of Cardiff.
He is buried in Coll. grave 3. G. 12-15 Hanover War Cemetery
7 Squadron was part of the Pathfinder Force and they flew Lancaster Bombers from their base at RAF Oakington, Cambridgeshire 
 


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