Life story: William Osborne Aston | Lives of the First World War

Type	Name
First Names	William Osborne
Initials	WO
Last Name	Aston
Source	90109

Gender	Source
Male

Address	Country	Type	Date	Source
Farnborough	United Kingdom	their own address	1931 - 1960
Stanhope Lines, Aldershot, Hampshire	United Kingdom		known 1911

Service	Number	Unit	Rank
British Army	17833	Munt Company Royal Engineers	Lance Corporal
British Army	17833	Munt Company Royal Engineers	Transport Warrant Officer Class 8
British Army	1852269	Munt Company Royal Engineers	Serjeant
British Army	1852269	Royal Engineers	CSM

Award	Type	Source
1914 Star	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
British War Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)	British Award/Decoration
Mentioned in Despatches (MiD)	British Award/Decoration
Meritorious Service Medal (MSM)	British Award/Decoration
Unknown	First World War Campaign/Service Medal
Victory Medal	First World War Campaign/Service Medal

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Jean Aston	daughter	1927

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Elizabeth Aston	mother
Frederick William Aston	father

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Cecelia Nellie Kate Aston	sister	1890
Dorothy Evelyn Aston	sister	1896

Name	Relationship	Dates	Source
Mary Margaret ASTON	wife	June 1924

Complexion	Eyes	Hair	Source
Fresh	Blue	Auburn

Date	Height	Source
1930-09-15	6'1"

Date	Religion	Source
1892-03	Anglican - Church of Eng, Irl, Wales or other

Title	Connected by	More information
Medal Index Card
England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription	Selena49658
1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription	Selena49658
Medal Index Cards Transcription	Selena49658
Medal Index Cards Transcription	Selena49658
Medal Index Cards Transcription	Selena49658
England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription	Selena49658
England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription	Selena49658

Reference	Connected by	More information
Baptism Register Llanganten, Brecon, Wales page 38 No 300	GRAHAM137174
LONDON GAZETTE (1917)	GRAHAM137174
LONDON GAZETTE (1917) Mentioned in Despatch	GRAHAM137174
LONDON GAZETTE (1916)	GRAHAM137174
1939 Register	GRAHAM137174
www.re-museum.co.uk Royal Engineers Museum & Archive	GRAHAM137174

Title	Connected by	More information
Sergeant/CSM William O Aston with his motorcycle	GRAHAM137174
William Osborne Aston died 17th June 1960	GRAHAM137174
BMD Index October 1891 (William Osborne Aston)	GRAHAM137174
Death Cert. William Osborne Aston 17-06-1960	GRAHAM137174
CSM William Osborne Aston	GRAHAM137174
William O Aston appointed warrant officer	GRAHAM137174
Bradford newspaper feature from August 1915	GRAHAM137174
Baptism Registration of William Osborne Aston	GRAHAM137174
William Aston on Jarrow Ferry 1920's	GRAHAM137174
Royal Engineers Badge of WO Aston & MM Aston	GRAHAM137174
William Osborne Aston	GRAHAM137174

ID: 90109

Reference: WO372/1

Title: Medal Index Card

Description: Medal index cards were created by the Army Medal Office towards the end of the First World War. They record the medals that men and women who served in the First World War were entitled to claim.

UPP: GBM/MCI/0090177

Credit: © The National Archives

ID: 9304444

Title: Sergeant/CSM William O Aston with his motorcycle

Description: In Royal Engineers WOA had use of this whilst in Europe

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: My grandfather's albums of photos

Sergeant/CSM William O Aston with his motorcycle

ID: 9304474

Title: William Osborne Aston died 17th June 1960

Description: Grave of William O Aston in Aldershot Military Cemetery

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: My grandfather's grave. After his years in Royal Engineers he was a military civil servant,cartographical draughtsman, surveying. Granted a military grave and burial in the cemetery which he helped to survey.

William Osborne Aston died 17th June 1960

ID: 9304693

Title: BMD Index October 1891 (William Osborne Aston)

Description: BMD Index shows in middle column birth registered of William Osborne Aston 11b 69 corresponding to birth 25-09-1891

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: This image links 1939 Registration date & our known family birthday for Grandad

BMD Index October 1891 (William Osborne Aston)

ID: 9304708

Title: Death Cert. William Osborne Aston 17-06-1960

Description: Compressed Image of family original

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Death Cert. William Osborne Aston 17-06-1960

ID: 9304731

Title: CSM William Osborne Aston

Description: In uniform, taken whilst on deskwork

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: From family photos of WOA in CSM uniform, dated 1919-1920 with letter to his mother in one case on reverse

ID: 9304739

Title: William O Aston appointed warrant officer

Description: William Aston was awarded Meritorious Service Medal by 1917, with the ribbon showing on his uniform. Warrant Officer without chevrons on sleeve

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: one of two formal family portraits, one with cap, one without

William O Aston appointed warrant officer

ID: 9304745

Title: Bradford newspaper feature from August 1915

Description: William O Aston was mentioned in dispatches twice. The first occasion in 1915, saw his portrait -when younger- used to mark the occasion

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: The photo used by the press was most likely from his parents.Frederick (ordnance surveyor) and Elizabeth lived in Bradford from about 1914

Bradford newspaper feature from August 1915

ID: 9304907

Name: GBPRS_WAL_4433962_00020 see 5th March 1892 Baptism No 300

Reference: Guildhall Library City of London, on line

Title: Baptism Register Llanganten, Brecon, Wales page 38 No 300

Description: Baptism Record for William Osborne Aston of 5th March 1892 No 300 His father's work for OS meant baptism waited for sixth months after child's birth.

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: Names of parents of baptised child match with 1915 Bradford Newspaper photograph for Mention in Despatches.

ID: 9304914

Title: Baptism Registration of William Osborne Aston

Description: William, born Sept 1891, was baptised six months later, because Frederick his father was an Ordnance Surveyor, which required Field Work away from their hill farm home.

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: The Baptism took place in Cilmery church, to the west of Builth Wells, Brecknockshire, Wales

Baptism Registration of William Osborne Aston

ID: 9306678

Title: William Aston on Jarrow Ferry 1920's

Description: William Osborne returned from Europe in 1920. Continuing his Royal Engineer career, as a CSM, he married and worked on Tyneside until leaving colours in 1930-31 and becoming a military civil servant in Hampshire.

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: Thank you to Ian Steel as friend for his care and expertise with digital imaging, for photos of WO Aston, and WOA's brothers- in-laws within the Letford family, which have been submitted to this IWM achive.

ID: 9307239

Name: SUPPLEMENT to the LONDON GAZETTE 4th June 1917 page 5491

Reference: The Gazette

Title: LONDON GAZETTE (1917)

Description: Awarded the Meritorious Service Medal: for valuable services rendered with the Armies in the Field 17833 Cpl.(A./Sjt. W.O.Aston, RE.

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: WO Aston's medals as kept by family.

ID: 9307251

Name: Supplement to the London Gazette 2nd January 1917 page 215

Reference: The Gazette

Title: LONDON GAZETTE (1917) Mentioned in Despatch

Description: Mentioned in Despatch (Haig) ASTON No 17833 Corpl. W.

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: MID Certificate retained by WO Aston's family

ID: 9307262

Name: Supplement to the London Gazette 1st January 1916 page 25

Reference: The Gazette

Title: LONDON GAZETTE (1916)

Description: Mentioned in Despatch (French)

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: MiD Certificate kept within family of WO Aston

ID: 9307449

Name: William Osborne Aston Farnborough birth 25/9/1891

Title: 1939 Register

Description: William Osborne Aston birthday and address in 1939

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

URL: https://www.findmypast.co.uk/1939register
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Additional: The persons name age and address match military details and his death certificate information

ID: 9308114

Name: Royal Engineers Accession Number: WO ASTON 201602.4

Reference: Royal Engineers Museum

Title: www.re-museum.co.uk Royal Engineers Museum & Archive

Description: Donation to Corps' Museum by family: Medals, Paybook, Badge, Portrait Photograph, Surveys, Military Lettering Manual.

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Additional: Paybook/Certificate of Service: contains dates of enlistment, leaving the colours/discharge,areas of service whilst in Royal Engineers, physical details

ID: 9308333

Reference: bmd_births

Title: England & Wales births 1837-2006 Transcription

Connected by: Selena49658

UPP: BMD/B/1891/4/AZ/000018/179

Credit: © General Register Office

ID: 9308334

Reference: 1911gbc

Title: 1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription

Connected by: Selena49658

UPP: GBC/1911/RG14/03123/0077/23

ID: 9308340

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Selena49658

UPP: GBM/MCI/5200507

ID: 9308342

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Selena49658

UPP: GBM/MCI/5179252

ID: 9308344

Reference: gbm_mci

Title: Medal Index Cards Transcription

Connected by: Selena49658

UPP: GBM/MCI/5179250

ID: 9308346

Reference: bmd_deaths

Title: England & Wales deaths 1837-2007 Transcription

Connected by: Selena49658

UPP: BMD/D/1960/2/AZ/000026/112

ID: 9308347

Reference: bmd_marriages

Title: England & Wales marriages 1837-2005 Transcription

Connected by: Selena49658

UPP: BMD/M/1924/2/AZ/000031/093

ID: 9308449

Title: Royal Engineers Badge of WO Aston & MM Aston

Description: 10" diameter cast badge in collection of Aston family

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

Royal Engineers Badge of WO Aston & MM Aston

ID: 9551415

Title: William Osborne Aston

Description: At his desk

Connected by: GRAHAM137174

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