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Rifleman JAMES ASTON

Service Number: R/558
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 29 September 1915

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CANADIAN CEMETERY

II. H. 165.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frank and Jane Aston, of 82, Bennett's Road, Saltley Birmingham. Native of Nechells, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription NO ONE KNOWS WHAT VICTORY COSTS ONLY THOSE WHO HAVE LOVED AND LOST
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Buried or commemorated at

SAILLY-SUR-LA-LYS CANADIAN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 314
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