Aston Abbotts sent fifty-one of its young men to fight in The Great War 1914-
1918. Twelve of them lost their lives
Simon Guy researched information on these men and produced an excellent
booklet ‘The Soldier Lads of Aston Abbotts’. This gives biographies of the
twelve lost men and also of one Aston Abbotts WWII soldier.
Read Simon’s booklet by clicking below. It uses Adobe Acrobat.
The Soldier Lads of Aston Abbotts
The soldiers who lost their lives were:
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Alfred Castle
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William George Clarke
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Ernest H. Harrison
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Frank Humphreys
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Stanley William Jeffs
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Albert (‘Bertie’) Thomas Kent
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Amos Paxton
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Edward John Paxton
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Walter Paxton
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William ‘Wille’ Smith
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Percy Thompson
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John Richard Higgs
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John Humphreys
Albert Kent (on the left) who was killed in action
22nd June 1918 seen here with his with his
brother Frederick who survived the war.