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: • Alfred Castle • William George Clarke • Ernest H. Harrison • Frank Humphreys • Stanley William Jeffs • Albert (‘Bertie’) Thomas Kent • Amos Paxton • Edward John Paxton • Walter Paxton • William ‘Wille’ Smith • Percy Thompson • John Richard Higgs • 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.