The Aston family's shell case and medals
A shell case given to W.H. Aston when he left munitions work in 1922.
2 medals belonging to W. H. Aston
1 police service medal belonging to his brother Walter Aston.
W. H. Aston worked for the railway in 1910-12. He served in the Army Service Corps during the war, in South Africa, where he spent Xmas 1917, having Christmas dinner in Cape Town. In 1918 he moved to Banbury with his wife, from Stratford-on-Avon. He worked in a munitions factory from then until 1922, in Thorpe Way, Banbury, filling shells but not making them. He never discussed his war experiences with his family.
CONTRIBUTOR
Janet Ashton
DATE
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LANGUAGE
eng
ITEMS
20
INSTITUTION
Europeana 1914-1918
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