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Military Records information for Aston upon Trent and places above it in the hierarchy

Aston upon Trent

There are three Commonwealth War Graves in the Aston upon Trent churchyard from World War I:

  1. William Henry RILEY, pte., M. T. Depot, Army Service Corps, died 28 (or 29th) March 1917 in Duffield of illness, age 30, husband to Ethel RILEY.
  2. Charles Henry SMITH, sapper, Royal Engineers, died 23 Feb. 1919, age 37, son of Andrew and Maria SMITH.
  3. Ernest SMITH, lance corp., 10th Btn., Sherwood Foresters, age 28, died 29 May 1918. Son of Richard and Hannah SMITH.

W. H. RILEY is "probably" the son of local farmer Phillip RILEY.

There is a Memorial in the church inscribed:

"In loving memory of Major Guy WINTERBOTTOM, Derbyshire Yeomanry, 2nd son of Lt. Col William Dickson WINTERBOTTOM of Aston Hall, Derby, killed in action on the Salonika Front, Aug. 9, 1917, aged 27 years. This tablet is dedicated by his father, wife and step mother. His last words were "I have tried to do my best, God's will be done. "

Other men lost during World War One:

  1. Pte. William SMITH, 9th Btln. Sherwood Foresters, died 9 Aug 1915, age 22, son of Richard and Hannah SMITH.
  2. Pte. William HOWARD, Derbyshire Yeomanry, died 5 Sep 1915, age 18.
  3. Pte. Walter WHITTAKER, 9th Btln. Sherwood Foresters, died 4 Oct 1915, age 19, son of John and Emma WHITTAKER.
  4. Pte. James SHREEVE, 1st Btln. Sherwood Foresters, died 13 Mar 1915, age 27, son of Tom and Harriet SHREEVE and husband to Gertrude.
  5. Stoker 1st class Jarvis STONE, HMS Black Prince, died 31 May 1916, age 36.
  6. Stoker 1st class Frederick HINDS, HMS Queen Mary, died 31 May 1916, age 23, son of Samuel and Mary Ann HINDS. (Not in CWGC database)
  7. Pte. George SMITH, 11th Btln. Notts & Derby Regt., died 1 Jul 1916, son of Henry and Alice SMITH.
  8. Pte. John YATES, Leics. Regt., died 4 Jul 1916, son of Fanny YATES.
  9. Pte. Arthur SHREEVE, Sherwood Foresters, died 3 Jun 1916, age 20, son of Richard SHREEVE.
  10. Gunner Edward SHREEVE, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 23 Jul 1916, age 19, son of Richard and Elizabeth SHREEVE.
  11. Pte. Frederick HACKETT, Machine Gun Corps, died 28 Jul 1917, age 21, son of Richard SHREEVE.
  12. Pte. Albert Edward HACKETT, 16th Btln. Sherwood Foresters, died 5 Aug 1917, age 18.
  13. L/Cpl. James SIMPSON, 10th Btln. Royal Warwickshire Regt., died 6 Aug 1917, age 23, son of Thomas and Elizabeth SIMPSON.
  14. Gunner Henry HACKETT, Royal Garrison Artillery, died 7 Dec 1917, age 27.
  15. Pte. Edward SMITH, 1/5th Northumberland Fusiliers, died 10 Apr 1918, age 20, son of Andrew SMITH.
  16. Pte. John Henry TOMLINSON, 7th Btln. Lincs. Regt., died 16 Aug 1918, age 27, son of Joseph and Fanny TOMLINSON.
  17. Pte. Charles COPE, 7th Btln. East Kent Regt., died in 1918.
  18. Pte. John William WALKER, 11th Btln. Sherwood Foresters, died 11 Nov 1918, age 29, son of William WALKER.
  19. Driver Mallord Nobel ROBINSON, Royal Field Artillery, died 1919, age 22.
  20. 2nd Lieutenant Reginald Walter CARTLIDGE of the Tank Corps died on the 30th July 1920, age 24, son of Walter and Mary CARTLIDGE.

Derbyshire

Derbyshire Militia: Enlistments into the Regular Army at Dover, 1813 - a record of the names from this list was also published in the Derby Mercury, 1814.

Names from Musters of the Derbyshire Militia 1781-82 are available for purchase on floppy disk or microfiche through Family History Indexes (the link to Militia Musters is part way down the page).

There is an online website for looking up Prisoners of War from World War One at the Int'l Comm. of the Red Cross Archives.

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