First World War Memorial from North Aston, Oxfordshire

The Roll of Honour is displayed in the Parish Church of St Mary the Virgin

Those who died in the First World War

First World War Memorial from North Aston, Oxfordshire

World War 1
Roll of Honour

John DORE: 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
Albert LEWIS: 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
Thomas PAKENHAM KP, MVO, 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
James MOBBS: 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
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 Rebecca 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 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
Henry WARD: Probably Henry George WARD; Private, 1st/4th Battalion, Oxford and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry Army no. 4715; He died on 23 July 1916 age 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 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
Harry WYATT: 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

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Contributed by Michael Allbrook
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