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Driver SYDNEY ASTLEY

Service Number: 70550
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

29th Div. Ammunition Col.

Date of Death

Died 06 December 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT

V. E. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Elizabeth E. Asdey, of 146, Mosley St., Blackburn.
  • Personal Inscription MEMORIES CLING WITH MANY A SILENT THOUGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

ROCQUIGNY-EQUANCOURT ROAD BRITISH CEMETERY, MANANCOURT
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2045
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