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Rifleman ERIC TAYLOR ASKEW

Service Number: 50314
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

12th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 September 1918

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TORQUAY CEMETERY AND EXTENSION

M. 6. 14991.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment posted to 12th Bn London Regiment (The Rangers)
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Percy and Anne Askew, of 6, Pulford Terrace, Grosvenor Rd., London, late of Chester.
  • Personal Inscription THE LORD GAVE AND THE LORD HATH TAKEN AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

TORQUAY CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Devon United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 239
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