Within this section there is a record of local people who served in the two World Wars, and for some recollections of this time.
Links relevant to this CASTOR and AILSWORTH – Roll of Honour 1914-18
THIS BOOK OF REMEMBRANCE HAS BEEN COMPILED THAT SOMETHING, MORE THAN THEIR MERE NAMES, MAY BE KNOWN OF THE MEN AND WOMEN FROM CASTOR AND AILESWORTH WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES FOR THEIR COUNTRY IN THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARSÂ 1914-1918 WAR.
Private William Cox died November 8th 1914. Age unknown.
Private Daniel Crane died February 16th 1916. Aged 31.
Sergeant Percy George Newborn died 23rd May 1916.Aged 31.
Private Albert Hill died 1st July 1916. Aged 24.
Private John W Chapman died 2nd October 1916.Aged 24.
Private William Edward Warr died 4th March 1917.Aged 30.
Corporal Arthur Jakes died 7th March 1917. Aged 22.
Private Walter Leonard Hornsby died 23rd April 1917.Aged 30.
Gunner Samuel Garfield died 23rd July 1917.Aged 22.
Lance Corporal Ernest Stuart Jakes died 1st August 1917.Aged 20.
Gunner Charles William Victor Taylor died 2nd August 1917.Aged 20.
Rifleman William Ebden Wilkinson died 7th June 1918.Aged 36.
Private Arthur Henry Cliffe died 6th August 1918. Aged 18.
Corporal Ernest William Gibbons died 15th October 1918. Aged 29.
Private William Ellis died 22nd January 1919. Aged 38.
Private Reginald Jakes died 2nd July 1920. Aged 36.