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Captain SOMERSET CHARLES GODFREY FAIRFAX ASTELL

Regiment & Unit/Ship

North Staffordshire Regiment

Date of Death

Died 24 March 1917

Age 50 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY

W. U. 353.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 37th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Service Order
  • Additional Info Son of Gen. Charles Edward Astell and Harriett Dare Astell, of Dorchester; husband of Frederica Beatrice Astell.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

NEWCASTLE-UPON-TYNE (ST. ANDREW'S AND JESMOND) CEMETERY
Northumberland United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 227
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