War Memorial Aston Upthorpe

This memorial commemorates the residents of Aston Upthorpe who were killed or missing in World War I (16 names) and World War II (10 names).

IN HONOUR OF ALL THE MEN
OF ASTON WHO SERVED AND
ESPECIALLY IN GRATEFUL
RECOLLECTION OF THOSE
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT
WAR OF 1914 - 1919

IN HONOUR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF ASTON
WHO SERVED THEIR COUNTRY &
IN PROUD AND GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THOSE WHO FELL IN THE WAR

1939 - 1945

NOTE:
Name not on Church memorial
Joseph Connelly
Private, 2nd/4th Bn, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)
Service No. G/72559 (formerly 41912, R. Berks), died 13.9.18

Details of WW1 affiliations
Aldridge, William
Clacy, George Richard
Connelly, Joseph (see above)
Corbett, James
Cummins, Hubert
Didcock, Mark
Elderfield, Frederick
Kimmer, Francis
Knobes, William
Lay, Frederick
Lewington, Albert
Lewington, Gordon
Lillington, Claud
Savegar, Wilfred
Slade, Robert Bishop
Whichello, Edgar

WW2 affiliations:
JAMES ALDRIDGE (James Peter Aldridge)
Private, 1st Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Service No. 5338050, died 25.5.40

Ernest Bachelor - Unable to attach any military affiliation to Ernest Bachelor

Timothy Cross (Timothy Oliver Kynaston Cross)
Lieutenant, Rifle Brigade, attd. 1st Bn. Middlesex Regiment. Service No. 296762, died 15.11.44

Frank Furlong (Francis Charles Furlong)
Lieut-Commander (A), Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve, H.M.S. Daedalus. Died 13.9.44
Mentioned in Despatches

Kenneth Horn (Joseph Kenneth Horn)
Sergeant (Flight Engineer), Royal Air Force, 90 Sqdn. Service No. 574273, died 28.6.44

David Langmore (David Erskine Langmore)
Lieut-Commander, Royal Navy, H.M.S. St. Angelo. Died 18.12.41
D.S.C.

Leonard Lillington (Ivor Leonard Lillington)
Warrant Officer Class II (B.S.M.), 18 Field Regt, Royal Artillery. Service No. 1056617, died 1.6.40

Frederick Ray (Frederick Edward Ray)
Gunner, 125 Anti-tank Regt, Royal Artillery. Service No. 1094294, died 12.9.44

Harold Waldron (Harold Frank Peter Waldron)
Flight Engineer, Air Transport Auxiliary. Died 22.4.43

Henry Wigley (Henry Thomas Wigley)
Flying Officer (Air Bomber), 161 Sqdn, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Service No. 179769, died: 5/3/45
D.F.C.

Many of these memorials were erected after the First World War. After the Second World War, the names of those who died in that war were also added to the memorial.

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Source

• Text: Fedor de Vries & Valerie Andrews
• Photos: Valerie Andrews (1, 2), Stuart Logan (3)