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Sapper HORACE ASPIN

Service Number: 440579
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

431st Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 26 March 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

III. P. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aspin, of Rakefoot Lodge, Crawshawbooth, Rossendale, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription O LIGHT THAT FOLLOWEST ALL MY WAY I YIELD MY FLICKERING TORCH TO THEE
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Buried or commemorated at

PERONNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1697
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