South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| France and Flanders | 1914-15 Star, British War & Victory Medals | Ploegsteert Wood Military Cemetery |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 29 Mar 1915 | ~ | Great Wolford |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Second Battle of Ypres | 1914 at Shipston on Stour | |
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | |
| Ploegsteert Wood | ||
Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)
John is listed as being killed in action on 13th May 1915. The war diary for that day is transcribed below:Ploegsteert Wood - 13/5/15: In trenches at St Yves
3.30pm - Enemy shelled C Coy trenches
5.45pm - Enemy shelled C & D trenches. Two men killed (D Coy)
5.30pm - Two men shot by enemy machine gun(D Coy)
Casualties:- Sergt H.H. Morgan C Coy killed
Pte T. Franklin, Pte J Aston, Pte C.H. Romans, Pte H Middleditch all D Coy killed. All buried in Battalion Cemetery, Ploegsteert Wood. END
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| Jan Qtr 1885 at Armscote | 5 Jul 1885 at Great Wolford |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| Louis and Eliza Aston | Little Wolford |
| Schools | Colleges |
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| Address History | Employment History |
| 1885 - Armscote | 1891 - Scholar |
| 1891 - Little Wolford | 1901 - Ploughboy |
| 1901 - Village, Little Wolford | 1911 - Farm labourer |
| 1911 - Little Wolford | 1914 - Drainer (Drainage Ditches) |
| 1915 - Little Wolford |
