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Captain WALTER RICHARD ASTON DAWES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Wiltshire Regiment

1st Bn

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1914

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NOUVELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY

On the East side.

Belgium

Headstone

Photographer: Bill Caudwell

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick Aston and Mary Isabella Dawes; husband of Muriel Gertrude Dawes, of Hilary House, 20, Mill Rd., Salisbury, Wilts.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

NOUVELLES COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 9
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