North Aston
The Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin, North Aston
Robert Vickris Taylor
The Crimean War
Charles BOWLES Captain, 10th Royal Hussars died in Varnoucka, Crimea of Cholera age 39 
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. 
The Fallen in WW1
Roll of Honour
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 |