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Major ASTON GIFFARD ASTLEY

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 October 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

I. E. 11.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. Machine Gun Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of Capt. Spencer Byng Astley and Rose Astley, of Wiltshire.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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