Roll of Honour - Oxfordshire - Aston Tirrold United Reformed Church

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ASTON TIRROLD UNITED REFORMED CHURCH WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & 2 - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and copyright © Steve Pickthall 2014

The Aston Tirrold URC memorial is located with Aston Tirrold United Reformed Church. It takes the form of a marble plaque affixed to the wall to the right of the pulpit. The 17 names listed for World War 1 are ordered rank/year but have been sorted into alphabetical order here for ease of reading and research. The year may be when they enlisted but it has been assumed it is the year of death. Aston Tirrold is a village and civil parish at the foot of the Berkshire Downs about 3 miles (5 km) southeast of Didcot. It was part of Berkshire until the 1974 boundary changes transferred it to Oxfordshire. The 2011 Census recorded the parish's population as 373.

IN GRATEFUL MEMORY
OF THE MEN CONNECTED WITH
ASTON TIRROLD & ASTON UPTHORPE
WHO DIED FOR US IN THE GREAT WAR
1914 - 1918

ALDRIDGE

William

1914 - No further information currently available

BLAKE

Frank

1916 - No further information currently available

COLLIN

James

1915 - No further information currently available

CONOLLY

Joseph

1918 - No further information currently available

CORBETT

James

1916 - possibly James Henry CORBETT, Private 24886, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 19 November 1916. Aged 33. Born Pershore, Worcs, enlisted Wallingford, Berks. Husband of Sarah L. Corbett, of 76, Port St., Bengeworth, Evesham, Worcester. Buried in PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY, Somme, France. Plot VI. Row F. Grave 3.

CUMMINS

Hubert [Charles]

Private 18684, 8th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died 14 July 1916. Aged 19. Son of Mrs. Leah Ann Cummins, of Aston Tirrold, Wallingford, Berks. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D.

DIDCOCK

George

Private 31107, 5th Battalion, Princess Charlotte Of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 28 April 1917. Born Aston Tirrold, Berks, resident Cholsey, Berks, enlisted Reading. No known grave. Commemorated on ARRAS MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Bay 7.

DIDCOCK

Mark

[Memorial gives year as 1914] Private 7418, 1st Battaloion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 16 May 1915. Born Aston Tirrold, Berks, resident Wallingford, enlisted Reading. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panel 30.

ELDERFIELD

Frederick

Private G/12760, 1st Battalion., Buffs (East Kent Regiment) formerly G/24559, 9th Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Killed in action 11 May 1917. Aged 28. Born Aston Ferrold, Berks, resident and enlisted Newbury, Berks. Husband of B. M. Elderfield, of 45, High St., Brightwalton, Wantage, Berks. Buried in PHILOSOPHE BRITISH CEMETERY, MAZINGARBE, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row P. Grave 1.

FULLER

Edward Sherman

[Memorial gives year as 1917] Private 265391, "C" Company, 1st/7th Battalion, Cameronians (Scottish Rifles). Killed in action 11 March 1918. Aged 20. Born London, enlisted Glasgow. Eldest son of T. Edward and Vina Fuller. Buried in RAMLEH WAR CEMETERY, Israel and Palestine (including Gaza). Secgtion U. Grave 127.

FULLER

Gardner Henry

Second Lieutenant,Royal Army Service Corps. Died on service 24 February 1915. Buried East of Church in LICHFIELD (ST. CHAD) CHURCHYARD AND EXTENSION, Staffordshire.

KNOBES

William

[Memorial states 1915] Private 18652, 1st Battalion, East Yorkshire Regiment formerly 19822, Hussars. Died of wounds 2 February 1916. Born Didcot, Berks, resident Ashton Upthorpe, Didcot, Berks. Buried in BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, Nord, France. Plot II. Row C. Grave 103.

LAY

Frederick [John]

[Memorial states 1917] Private 16566, 1st Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment). Died of wounds 24 May 1916. Aged 27. Born Aston Tirrold, Berks, resident Shippon, Berks, enlisted Abingdon, Berks. Son of John and Sarah Lay, of Aston Tirrold, Wallingford, Berks; husband of Bertha Lay, of Frilford, nr. Abingdon, Berks. Buried in BARLIN COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, Pas de Calais, France. Plot I. Row B. Grave 63.

LEWINGTON

Gordon [Edgar]

[Memorial states 1914] Private 10995, 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards. Died on service 25 January 1915. Born Aston Tirrold, Berkshire, resident Wallingford, Berks, enlisted Reading. Son of Gordon nad Mary Edgar. No known grave. Commemorated on LE TOURET MEMORIAL, Pas de Calais, France. Panels 2 and 3.

LILLINGTON

Claud [Clement]

[Also spelt Claude] Private 220074, 2nd Battalion, Princess Charlotte of Wales's (Royal Berkshire Regiment) formerly 204133, Oxfordshire and Buckinghmahsire Light Infantry. Killed in action 31 July 1917. Born Swanage, Dorset, resident Wallingford, Berks, enlisted Oxford. No known grave. Commemorated on YPRES (MENIN GATE) MEMORIAL, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium. Panel 45.

SLADE

Robert Bishop

Lieutenant (Pilot), 9 Training Depot Station (R.A.F.), Royal Air Force. Killed when his aircraft, a De Havilland D.H.9, serial number C1321, collapsed in mid air 23 July 1918. Aged 26. Son of Leonard Gillott Slade and Maria his wife, of Park Gate Farm, Donhead St. Andrew, Shaftesbury, Dorset. Buried in ASTON UPTHORPE (ALL SAINTS) CHURCHYARD, Berkshire.

COURT ENQUIRY.	C. 4725	Lieut. Robert B. Slade Chief mechanic Allsopp
The cause of the accident was in our opinion due, whilst the pilot who was on duty, to, the pilot attempting to bring machine out of a steep dive too quickly thus subjecting machine to too great a strain, as a result of which the machine broke in the air.

WHICHELLO

Edgar

Private 11738, 2nd Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. Killed in action 4 April 1917. Aged 20. Born Aston Tirrold, Berks, resident Wallingford, Berks, enlisted Reading. Son of Mr. F. W. Whichello, of Hill Barn, Aston Tirrold, Wallingford, Berks. No known grave. Commemorated on THIEPVAL MEMORIAL, Somme, France. Pier and Face 11 D.

"WE WENT THROUGH FIRE AND
THROUGH WATER ; BUT THOU
BROUGHTEST US OUT INTO
A WEALTHY PLACE."

Last updated 21 July, 2021

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