SECOND WORLD WAR STORIES
Following our World War One project, our next project was to mark the 80th anniversary of the ending of Second World War:
· The lives of the 10 Astons soldiers who had lost their lives in that conflict were researched and, where possible, family members contacted.
· The graves, or place of commemoration, of all 10 soldiers were visited and their story told. Of our WW2 soldiers only Frederick Ray had ’no known grave’.
· The WW2 muster roll, listing all those who had served in that conflict, was restored and reframed, and re-hung in the Lady Chapel of St. Michael’s Church.
The video below was made to mark the 20th anniversary of the end of the war. A two day exhibition was held in November 2025, displaying many stories of bravery and of loss. We shall be loading much of our research onto this page later on this year.
