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Aston
Town or City: Aston
County: Oxfordshire
Country: England
WMT Reference Number: WM1861
Value of grant: £220.00
Type of memorial: Freestanding
Type of work: Works to hard landscape
Grant scheme: Small Grants Scheme
Year: 2006
UKNIWM reference number: 31471
Aston war memorial cross stands on a three stepped octagonal base with the inscription on the sides of the pedestal. The memorial stands in the Square in the centre of the village of Aston.
In 2006 a scheme was proposed to provide paved access to the war memorial. This would create a paved area, in front of the memorial, on the village green. This would assist with access to the memorial. War Memorials Trust offered £220 towards the project.
The memorial was dedicated on 28th October 1919 to remember the fallen of World War I with the fallen of World War II added at a later date.
The inscriptions read:
"In grateful
memory of the
brave men from
this Parish
whose names are here recorded
who gave their lives for their
King and Country in the Great War
1914 - 1918
Wilfred Akers
Wm Henry Alsop
Albert Bowsher
Harry Bowsher
William Brogden
Harry Cox
Sidney Curtland
Frank Daniels
Charles Fox
Albert Hayden
Frederick Fox
Philip Luckett
Reuben Luckett
Meynell Luckett
Albert Edward Luckett
Arthur Sadler
Robert Swadling
William Smith
William Townsend
'True love by life
True love by death - is tried.
Live thou for England
We for England died.'"
Further information
War Memorials Trust reference WM1861
UK National Inventory of War Memorials: 31471
If you have a concern about this memorial please contact the Trust on conservation@warmemorials.org
