ASTON CLINTON -
WAR MEMORIALS
World
War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Transcribed Carolynn Langley;
researched Lynda Smith 2004
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The memorial stands on Aylesbury
Road, in front of the Post Office, in Aston Clinton.
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Photographs
Copyright © Carolynn Langley 2004
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TO THE GLORY OF GOD
AND IN MEMORIAL OF THE MEN
OF ASTON CLINTON
WHO FELL IN THE GREAT WAR
1914- 1918
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BARKER
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further information available at present.
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BATES
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George
Percy
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Rifleman
6383. 6th Battalion London Regt (City of London Rifles).
Formerly 4759 4th Battalion Royal West Surrey Regiment.
Died of wounds at home on 7th November 1916. Aged 25.
Born, lived and enlisted Aston Clinton. Son of George Bates, of
The Lodge, Aston Clinton. Born at Aston Clinton. Buried: Aston Clinton
(St. Michael) Churchyard in the North-East part.
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BIRCH
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Sidney
Albert
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Private
3428. 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 19th July
1916. Aged 20. Lived Aston Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Mr.
and Mrs. James Birch. Buried: Laventie Military Cemetery, La Gorgue,
Nord, France. Ref. III. C. 4.
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BRACKLEY
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John
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Lance
Corporal 11989. 9th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment.
Killed in action in Mesopotamia on 20th April 1916. Born
and lived Aston Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Commemorated: Basra
Memorial, Iraq. Panel 18 and 63.
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BRANDON
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J
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further information available at present
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BURNHAM
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Alfred
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Private
1119. Royal Buckinghamshire Hussars. Killed in action in Gallipoli
on 21st August 1915. Aged 21. Born Tring. Lived Aston
Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Martha Burnham, of Ivy Cottage,
Aston Clinton, Aylesbury. Commemorated: Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Panel 16 and 17.
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BURNHAM
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Andrew
William
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Second
Lieutenant. 15th Battalion attached 24th Battalion Royal Fusiliers.
Killed in action on 13th November 1916. Aged 29. Youngest
son of James and Emma Burnham, of Haydon Hill Farm, Aylesbury. Native
of Aston Clinton. Enlisted, from his farm, in the Coldstream Guards
and was subsequently commissioned in the Royal Fusiliers. Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.
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BURNHAM
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Ronald
Walter Charles
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Private
265678. 1st Battalion Hertfordshire Regiment. Died of
wounds in France & Flanders on 12th May 1918. Aged
19. Born and lived Aston Clinton. Enlisted Hertford. Son of Walter
and Ellen Burnham, of Aston Clinton, Bucks. Buried: Esquelbecq Military
Cemetery, Nord, France. Ref. I. D. 13.
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CARTER
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S.W.
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No
further information available at present.
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DODDS
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William
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Private
267327. 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 10th March
1917. Born Southall, Middlesex. Lived Aston Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury.
Buried: Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, Somme, France. Ref.
II. L. 18.
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FLITT
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John
Thomas
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Private
202534. 1st/4th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 5th April 1917.
Born Drayton Beacham, Bucks. Lived Aston Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury.
Commemorated: Templeux-Le-Guerard British Cemetery, Somme, France.
Sp. Mem. B. 4.
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GUY
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A.J.
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No
further information available at present
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HORWOOD
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R
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further information available at present
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HORWOOD
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T
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No
further information available at present
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HEWGILL
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John
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(Hewgal
on Memorial). Private 27437. 1st Battalion Grenadier
Guards. Killed in action in France & Flanders on 30th
August 1917. Aged 34. Born Croft, Yorkshire. Enlisted Basingstoke.
Son of Thomas and Elizabeth Hewgill; husband of E. J. C. Hewgill,
of Lilac Cottage, Aston Clinton, Aylesbury. Native of Middleton
Tyas, Yorks. Buried: Bleuet Farm Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. I. H. 33.
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KEEN
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Harry
Joseph
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Private
41608. 2nd Battalion Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. Formerly T4/142187
Royal Army Service Corps. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 11th August 1917. Aged 35. Born Aston Clinton. Enlisted
Aylesbury. Son of Hefred and Sarah Keen, of 22, Weston Rd., Aston
Clinton, Bucks. Buried: Coxyde Military Cemetery, Koksijde, West-Vlaanderen,
Belgium. Ref. II. F. 20.
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MORRIS
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Albert
Thomas
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Gunner
147709. 139th Siege Battery, Royal Garrison Artillery. Killed in
action in France & Flanders on 2nd September 1918.
Aged 32. Born Buckland, Bucks. Lived Halton Village near Tring.
Enlisted Halton-on-Thames, Surrey. Son of Richard and Mary Ann Morris,
of Aston Clinton, Bucks; husband of Mary Ann Morris, of 7, Ferndale
Rd., Luton, Beds. Buried: Wancourt British Cemetery, Pas de Calais,
France. Ref. III. C. 14.
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PAULING
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Leonard
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Lance
Corporal 3262. 38th Company, Machine Gun Corps (Inf).
Formerly 18481 Royal Fusiliers. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 4th November 1918. Born Monks Risborough, Bucks. Lived
Aston Clinton. Enlisted High Wycombe. Buried: Forest Communal Cemetery,
Nord, France. Ref. C. 32.
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PRATT
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Cecil
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Lance
Corporal 210705. 20th Battalion Canadian Infantry (Central
Ontario Regiment). Died on 12th May 1917. Aged 26. Lance
Corporal Pratt was born on 24th January 1891 in Surrey,
England , the son of Joseph and Sophia Pratt, of The Firs, Aston
Clinton, Bucks, England. In Canada he lived in Welland, Ontario
where he worked as a machinist helper. He was unmarried. Commemorated:
Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France.
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PRATT
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Joseph
Henry Frederick
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Private
267585. 5th Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 23rd March
1918. Aged 29. Enlisted Aston Clinton. Son of Joseph and Sophia
Pratt, of Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Bucks; husband of A. M. Lammas
(formerly Pratt), of Wyfold Court Gardens, Reading, Berks. Commemorated:
Pozieres Memorial, Somme, France. Panel 50 and 51.
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PRICE
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George
G.
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Private
33129. 8th Battalion Leicestershire Regiment. Formerly
7712 Bedfordshire Regiment. Killed in action in France & Flanders
on 11th April 1917. Born Aston Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury.
Buried: St. Leger British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref.
C. 19.
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REEVES
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Gaius
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(CD
gives Gains as forename). Private 16841. "B" Company, 9th
Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment. Died in Salonika on 29th
July 1916. Aged 27. Born Aston Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Husband
of Daisy Reeves, of 2, Coteford St., Tooting, London. Buried: Pieta
Military Cemetery, Malta. Ref. C. X. 5.
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ROLFE
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Al(l)an
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Sapper
254th Tunnelling Company, Royal Engineers. Formerly 3024 Oxford
& Bucks Light Infantry. Died of wounds in France & Flanders
on 15th July 1916. Aged 29. Born and lived Aston Clinton.
Enlisted in the Field. Son of George and Alice Rolfe, of "Merevale",
Brook St., Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Bucks. Buried: Gorre British
And Indian Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. Ref. I. H. 8.
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ROLFE
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George
H.
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 Private
13644. 6th Field Ambulance, Australian Army Medical Corps. Died
of influenza, pneumonia, and heart failure aboard the ship Marathon,
at sea, aged 31. Private Rolfe was born in Aston Clinton, the son
of George Rolfe, of Brook St., Aston Clinton. He attended Aston
Clinton School. He served in the 20th Hussars for 7 years
before going to Australia, and was 24 when he emigrated. He lived
in Woombye, Queensland, and was an agricultural farmer and was also
trained as a gardener. Buried: Aston Clinton (St. Michael) Churchyard,
Near East end of church.
13644
PRIVATE G. ROLFE
AUSTRALIAN ARMY MEDICAL CORPS
3rd NOVEMBER 1918
AGE 31.
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SHARP
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Henry
George
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Private
129800 (CD gives 129890) 34th Battalion Machine Gun Corps. Formerly
40801 Somerset Light Infantry. Killed in action in France &
Flanders on 15th May 1918. Aged 19. Born and lived Aston
Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of George Hewlett Sharp and Emma
Sharp, of Aston Clinton, Bucks. Buried: Contay British Cemetery,
Contay, Somme, France. Ref. VII. C. 10.
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SYMONDS
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George
J.
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Private
4340. 2nd/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 19th July
1916. Aged 36. Born and lived Aston Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury.
Son of George and Rose Symonds, of Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Bucks.
Commemorated: Loos Memorial, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 83 to
85.
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THORNE
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Thomas
Henry George
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Private
35419. 1st Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment. Killed
in action in France & Flanders on 15th April 1918.
Aged 19. Born and lived Aston Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of
Henry and Alice Thorne, of College Rd., Aston Clinton, Aylesbury.
Commemorated: Ploegsteert Memorial, Comines-Warneton, Hainaut, Belgium.
Panel 2 and 3.
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TURNEY
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Fred
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Private
265549. 1st/1st Bucks Battalion, Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Killed in action in France & Flanders on 10th March
1917. Aged 28. Lived Aston Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of Edward
and Martha J. Turney, of Green End St., Aston Clinton, Aylesbury,
Bucks. Buried: Hem Farm Military Cemetery, Hem-Monacu, Somme, France.
Ref. II. L.14.
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WARING
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David
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Private
68086. "D" Coy. 7th Battalion, Royal Fusiliers. Formerly 7917, 2/5th
Queen’s Royal West Surrey Regiment. Killed in action in France
& Flanders on 30th December 1917. Aged 30. Born Buckland.
Lived Aston Clinton. Enlisted Aylesbury. Son of the late Philip
and Elizabeth Waring, of Buckland, Aylesbury; husband of Mabel Annie
Waring, of Brook St., Aston Clinton, Aylesbury, Bucks. Commemorated:
Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France. Pier and Face 8 C 9 A and 16 A.
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WHITE
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J.M.
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No
further information available at present.
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1939
– 1945
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BIRCH
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Norman
Stanley
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Flight
Sergeant 1315909. 172 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 15th July 1944. Aged 21. Son of Stanley Herbert
Birch and Elsie Birch, of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated:
Runnymede Memorial, Surrey. Panel 215.
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COONIE
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A.
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Probably:
Andrew Coonie. Company Quartermaster Serjeant 2693012. 1st
Battalion Scots Guards. Died on 1st October 1944. Aged
37. Husband of Flora Coonie, of Tweedmouth, Northumberland. Buried:
Castiglione South African Cemetery, Italy. Ref. I, D, 10.
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DENNIS
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M.
H.
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Probably:
Maurice Hadyn Dennis. Gunner 14342574. 69 Field Regiment, Royal
Artillery. Died on 28th July 1944. Aged 30. Buried: Banneville-la-Campagne
War Cemetery, Calvados, France. Ref. XII. F. 9.
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GREENHALGH
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L.J.
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Probably:
Leslie James Greenhalgh. Flight Lieutenant (Pilot) 124163. 245 Squadron
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 7th June 1944.
Aged 22. Son of John and Dorothy Edith Greenhalgh, and stepson of
Gertrude Greenhalgh; husband of Brenda Hattie Greenhalgh, of Hull.
Buried: Espins Churchyard, Calvados, France.
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HAMMOND
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Clarence
Edward
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Able
Seaman P/SSX 31518. H.M.S. Esk, Royal Navy. Died on 1st
September 1940. Aged 44. Son of James and Harriett Hammond; husband
of Alice Hammond, of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated:
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 38, Column 3.
Special
note: HMS Esk was involved in mine-laying operations of the
Dutch coast at Texel, she was struck by a mine and sank immediately.
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HILL
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Stanley
Cyril
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Lieutenant
200544. 76 Anti Tank Regiment, Royal Artillery. Died on 27th
October 1942. Aged 21. Son of Stanley Victor and Janet Hill, of
Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated: Alamein Memorial,
Egypt. Column 31.
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LAKER
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Edward
George
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Private
14414297. 1st Battalion Royal Norfolk Regiment. Died
on 8th July 1944. Aged 19. Son of Charles Henry and Annie
May Laker, of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. Buried: La Delivrande
War Cemetery, Douvres, Calvados, France. Ref. IV. C. 9.
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O’CALLAGHAN
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C.C.
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Probably:
Cornelius Christopher Callaghan. Marine PO/X 4522. H.M.S. Dunedin,
Royal Marines. Died on 24th November 1941. Aged 19. Son
of Mr. and Mrs. C. Callaghan, of Halton, Buckinghamshire. Commemorated:
Portsmouth Naval Memorial, Hampshire. Panel 58, Column 3.
Special
note: HMS Dunedin was sunk on 24th November 1941
off the coast of Brazil in the Central Atlantic. Only 67 men survived
from her crew of 486 officers and men.
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ROLFE
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Arthur
William
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Corporal
1196320. 238 Squadron, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on
30th August 1943. Aged 22. Son of Arthur Herbert and
Emily Louisa Rolfe, of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. Buried: Port
Said War Memorial Cemetery, Egypt. Ref. V. B. 13.
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SAWDY
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William
Ernest
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Flying
Officer (Pilot) 123355. 199 Squadron Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Died on 14th June 1943. Buried: Guidel Communal Cemetery,
Morbihan, France. Ref. Row 6. Grave 2.
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WINTER
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Robert
Frederick
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Private
5392979. 1st Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry.
Died on 9th August 1944. Aged 21. Son of Frederick and
Lilian Winter, of Aston Clinton, Buckinghamshire. Buried: Wilstone
Cemetery, Hertfordshire. Ref. Grave 192.
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HYDE
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F.
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Probably:
Frederick Hyde. Flight Sergeant 6445. 48 Squadron, Royal Air Force.
Died on 26th September 1941. Aged 50. Buried: Halton
(St. Michael) Churchyard, Buckinghamshire. Ref. Isolated grave on
West boundary fence. South of Tower. No. 116.
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SMITH
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D.H.
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No
further information available at present.
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"GREATER
LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS,
THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS"
Buried
in the Churchyard, not on the Memorial
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SHARP
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Stanley
Charles
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 Corporal
1212227. Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve. Died on 5th
May 1944. Aged 34. Son of William and Annie L. Sharp, of Aston Clinton;
husband of Doris Sharp, of Totternhoe, Bedfordshire. Buried: Aston
Clinton (St. Michael) Churchyard.
1212227
CORPORAL S.C. SHARPE
ROYAL AIR FORCE
5TH MAY 1944
AGE 34
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BEECH
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V.
G.
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 Officer's
Steward 2nd Class L/12113(Ch). H.M.S. "Commonwealth", Royal Navy.
Died on 3rd March 1919. Aged 18. Son of George and Annie
Victoria Beech, of Brook St., Aston Clinton. Buried: Aston Clinton
(St. Michael) Churchyard. Near East end of church.
L/12113
OFFRS. STEWARD 2ND
Royal Navy
3RD MARCH 1914 AGE 18
H.M.S. COMMONWEALTH
"THY WILL BE DONE"
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Brass
Plaque inside the church of St. Michael and All Angels, Aston
Clinton, on the left hand side between two windows.
IN MEMORY OF THE CREW OF 42 – 5265 D
406th SQUADRON U.S.ARMY AIR FORCE LIBERATOR B 24
WHICH CRASHED IN THIS VILLAGE ON 3RD JANUARY 1945
KILLING 9 OF THE CREW
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HENDRIX
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Ray
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Pilot.
2nd Lieutenant
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PROLLMANN
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Jerome
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Co.
Pilot. 2nd Lieutenant from Texas.
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MURPHY
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Vincent
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Navigator.
2nd Lieutenant. From New York City
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MILLER
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Charles
L.
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No
details
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WHEATLEY
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John
T
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Radio
Operator / Gunner Sergeant.
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SMYTHE
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Blythe
R.
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Engineer
/ Gunner Sergeant from Virginia
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WEIR
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Frank
Joseph
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Gunner.
From New Jersey
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LAWSON
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William
K.
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Sergeant.
From Okalahoma.
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HAWKES
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George
W.
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Sergeant.
From Massachusetts.
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SCHAFFER
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Samuel
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Sergeant.
From New Jersey.
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WE
WILL REMEMBER THEM
27 August
2004
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