
NORTH
ASTON WAR MEMORIALS
World War 1 & 2 - Roll
of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © www.roll-of-honour.com 2009
There
are two Roll of Honours of Honour displayed in St. Mary's Church, North
Aston, on the wall near the font. On eis for World War 1 and the other
World War 2 and are framed and glazed. The Rolls are handwritten, for
World War 1 there are 53 names, 44 who served and returned and 9 who
made the ultimate sacrifice. For World War 2 there are 22 names. The
names here have been split between those who died and those who served.
THE
PARISH OF NORTH ASTON
ROLL OF HONOUR
1914 - 1918
DORE |
John
|
Private,
12th Labour Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment Army no. 29200.
He died on 21 January 1917 age 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
|
LEWIS |
Albert
|
Private,
5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment Army no. 39348. He died
on 28 April 1917 age 20. He was the son of Thomas and Emma Lewis
of North Aston. He has no known grave but his name appears on Bay
7 of the Arras Memorial |
PAKENHAM
KP, MVO |
Thomas
(5th Earl of Longford) |
Brigadier
General, General Staff, Commanding 2nd (South Midland) Mounted Brigade.
He died on 21 August 1915 age 50 in the attack on W Hill. Born in
Dublin, He was 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 |
MOBBS |
James
|
Rifleman,
1st/18th Battalion, London Regiment (London Irish Rifles) Army no.
590364. He died on 7 April 1917 age 20. He was the son of John and
Annie Mobbs of North Aston. He has no known grave but his name appears
on Panel 54 Menin Gate Memorial, Ypres |
SYKES |
Jesse
|
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 Rebecca Sykes, 470 Annagh Street, Christchurch, New Zealand.
He is buried in grave 608 Featherston Cemetery, New Zealand |
SYKES |
Norman
William |
Rifleman,
1st Battalion, Rifle Brigade Army no. 5790. He died on 1 July 1916
age 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 |
WARD |
Henry
|
No
further infromation currently availabe |
WOOLGROVE |
Fred
Cecil |
Corporal,
7th Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey) Regiment Army no.
1664. He died on 9 December 1915 age 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 |
WYATT |
Harry |
Private,
364th Company, Base Mechanical Transport Depot (N) Army Service
Corps Army no. M/351087. He died on 2 September 1918 age 32 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 |
1939-1945 |
TAYLOR |
Robert
Vickris |
Major,
16th/5th Lancers, Royal Armoured Corps Army no. 42475. He died on
19 February 1943 age 34. He was the son of Captain John Vickris
Taylor and Sybil Taylor and the husband of Ruth Prudence 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

|
HICHENS |
John |
[Listed
as 2nd Lieut on memorial] Captain, 190 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery
Army no. 174589. He died on 11 July 1944. He is buried in Grave
VII E 9 Ryes War Cemetery, Bazenville, Normandy |
KNIGHT |
Ronald
|
Sergeant,
1st Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Army
no. 5385252. He died on 24 October 1944 age 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 |
In
addition seven Men from North Aston died who are not mentioned on
the Roll of Honour |
BEESLEY |
R |
No
further information currently |
CROXFORD |
Reginald
John Claude |
Flying
Officer (Pilot), 7 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve RAF
no. 150099. He died on 14 January 1944 age 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
|
DORE |
J |
Aircraftman
- No further information currently |
HICHENS,
MA |
William
Lionel |
Civilian.
He died at Church House, Great Smith Street during a bombing raid
on London on 14 October 1940 age 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 |
PRESTON |
G
J |
No
further information currently |
SYKES |
R
D |
No
further information currently |
WEST |
H |
No
further information currently |
Memorials
in the Church |
BOWLES |
Charles
|
The
Crimean War. Captain, 10th Royal Hussars. Died in Varnoucka, Crimea
of Cholera age 39
|
Those
who are known to have served in WW1 |
BADBY |
Thomas |
Private.
Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. In the 1911 census he
was a boarder, aged 30, born Croughton, Northants, a Horseman On
Farm, boarding at North Aston Deddington, Oxfordshire. |
BEESLEY |
T |
Sapper,
Royal Engineers |
BUSBY |
Alfed
[George] |
Private,
Army Cycle Corps. Wounded. In the 1911 census he was aged 15, born
Deddington, Oxon,a House Boy Domestic, resident with his parents,
John and Sarah Ann Busby, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. |
BUSBY |
James |
Private,
Durham Light Infantry. Wounded. In the 1911 census he was aged 26,
born North Aston, Oxon, a Gardener Domestic, resident with his parents,
Thomas and Ann Busby, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. |
CATO |
H |
Private
Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Wounded |
DART |
W |
Corporal
Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Gassed |
DORE |
Alban |
Private,
Royal Army Service Corps. In the 1911 census he was aged 22, born
North Aston, Oxfordshire, a Farm Labourer, resident with his parents,
John and Mary Dore, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. |
DORE |
C |
Private,
Motor Transport, Royal Army Service Corps. |
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 |
Theodore
[James] |
Sapper,
Royal Garrison Artillery. Awarded the Military Medal (M.M.). In
the 1911 census he was aged 19, born North Aston Oxon, a General
Labourer Farm, resident with his parents, Robert and Harriet Lee,
in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. |
LEWIS |
Eli
John [Thomas] |
Private,
Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Wounded. In the 1911
census he was aged 18, born North Aston, a Farm Labourer, resident
with his parenst, Thomas and Emma Lewis, in North Aston, Deddington,
Oxfordshire. |
MOORE |
E |
Sergeant
Bedfordshire Regiment |
NUTT |
Au8brey
[Hubert] |
Private,
Devonshire Regiment. Wounded. In the 1911 census he was aged 26,
born, Nuneham Courteney, a House Carpenter, married to Annie Weston
Nutt, resident North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. |
PERKINS |
T |
Private
Royal Field Artillery |
REEVES |
N |
Private
|
REEVES |
R |
Private
Devonshire Regiment |
SHORT |
Percival
[Charles] |
Private,
Machine Gun Corps. In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Coughton,
Warwickshire, a groom Domestic, resident with his parents Edward
Henry and Emily Maud Short, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire.
|
SOUTH |
F
W B |
Private
Devonshire Regiment |
SOUTH |
G |
Sapper
Royal Engineers |
SYKES |
Denis |
Able
Seamen J55933, H.M.S. Antrim, Royal Navy. Born 22 June 1894 in Deddington.
In the 1911 census he was aged 16, born Deddington, Oxon, a Builders
Apprentice, resident with his parents, Henry and Martha Jane Sykes,
in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Served on H.M.S. Pembroke
24 july 1916 to 17 August 1916, H.M.S. Antrim 18 August 1916 to
156 December 1917, H.M.S. Pembroke I 17 December 1917 to 16 February
1918, H.M.S. Idaho (Kildare) 17 february 1918 to 21 June 1918, H.M.S.
Eaglet (Kildare) 22 June 1918 to 31 October 1918, H.M.S Idaho (Kildare)
1 November 1918 to 31 Deceber 1918, H.M.S. Ambitious (Kildare) 1
January 1919 to 13 February 1919, H.M.S. Hermoine 14 february 1919
to 14 March 1919, H.M.S. Pembroke I 5 March 1919 to 10 April 1919.
Demobbed 10 April 1919. |
SYKES |
Marion |
Sister,
Royal Air Force Nursing Service formerly Staff Nurse, Queen Alexandra's
Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve. Enlisted 24 July 1916
for the duration of the hostilities, height 5 feet 5½ inches,
chest 37 inches, brown hair, grey eyes, frsesh complexion. In the
1911 census she was aged 29, born Deddington, Oxon, a Sick Nurse,
resident with her parents, Henry and Martha Jane Sykes, in North
Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Marrried and became Marion Jervis. |
TARLING |
Charles
|
Sapper,
Royal Garrison Artillery. Wounded. In the 1911 census he as aged
18, North Aston, Oxon, a Groom Domestic, resident with his parents,
John and Ann Tarling, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Brother
of Fredeirck (below). |
TARLING |
E
A |
Private
Grenadier Guards Wounded |
TARLING |
Frederick |
Private,
Queens Own West Surrey. Wounded. In the 1911 census he was aged
18, born Duns Tew, Oxon, a Labourer On Farm, resident with his parents,
John and Ann Tarling, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Brother
of Charles (above). |
TAYLOR |
J |
Private,
Royal Air Force |
TAYLOR |
John
Vickris |
Captain,
Welsh Guards and The Welch Regiment. Wounded. Eldest sdon of Major
R.K. Taylor, of Grovelands, Southgate, Middlesex. Born 27 July 1872.
In the 1911 census he was aged 38, born Norwood, Surrey, married
to Sybil Mary Taylor, living on his own means, resident The Hall
North Aston Deddington, Oxfordshire. Married Sybil Mary Hopkinson
in the Newmarket Registration District, Cambridgeshire 19 September
1905. Kelly's Directory 1939 lists him as a J.P., resident The Manor,
North Aston. Died at Dunmore, Trabert, Argyll 3 October 1956, buried
at Powderham, Devon.
|
WAITE |
F |
Trooper
Queens Own Oxfordshire Hussars Wounded |
WEST |
Frederick
[John] |
Private,
Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. Wounded. In the 1911
census he was aged 13, born Aynhoe, at school, resident with his
parents, John Henry and Lilly West, in North Aston, Deddington,
Oxfordshire. |
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 |
Arthur |
Private,
Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry. In the 1911 census he
was aged 22, born Middle Aston, Oxon, a Labourer On Farm, resident
with his parents, Henry and Emma Wyatt, in North Aston, Deddington,
Oxfordshire. Brother of Charles (below). |
WYATT |
Charles |
Corporal,
Army Service Corps. In the 1911 census he was aged 14, born North
Aston, Oxon, a Working On Farm, resident with his parents, Henry
and Emma Wyatt, in North Aston, Deddington, Oxfordshire. Brother
of Arthur (above). |
WYATT |
W |
Sergeant,
Welsh. Wounded. Awarded D.C.M. |
And
those who are known to have served in WW2 |
BEESLEY
|
D
G |
Guardsman
Grenadier Guards |
CATO
|
P |
Gunner
Royal Artillery |
CATO
|
E |
Private
Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry |
CHURCHILL
|
G
I |
2nd
Lieut 12th Royal Lancers |
CHURCHILL
|
J
|
Sapper
Royal Engineers |
CHURCHILL
|
P
E |
Sergeant
Royal Berkshire Regiment |
DENNY
|
F
M |
Group
Capt. Royal Air Force |
DORE
|
J |
Gunner
Royal Artillery |
GARDNER
|
A
|
Leading
Aircraftman Royal Air Force |
GARDNER
|
T
|
Sergeant
Royal Air Force |
HILL
|
L |
Private
The Auxiliary Territorial Service |
LORT-PHILIPS |
P
|
Major,
Grenadier Guards. Awarded Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) &
Bar |
PRATT
|
T
|
Private
Somerset Light Infantry |
PRESTON
|
S
|
Nurse
The British Red Cross Society |
PRESTON
|
S
M |
Aircraftwoman
Instructor Women’s Auxiliary Air Force |
PROFFITT
|
F |
Gunner
Royal Artillery |
TAYLOR
|
Anthony
D |
Major
15th-19th Kings Royal Hussars. Awarded Military Cross (M.C.). |
WHITEHEAD |
D
W |
Private
Royal Army Ordnance Corps |
WYATT
|
T
H |
Private
Royal Army Service Corps |
Last
updated
19 December, 2018
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