Completed Alfred Aston

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Private 15493 Alfred Aston
Abt 5/6/1895 - 7/8/1915 (19)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/aston-alfred

Dob abt 5/6/1895

Baptism 28/2/1907
Staffordshire Tipton
Church name St Matthew
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number1426
Birth date 05 Jun 1895
Baptism date 28 Feb 1907
Person forename Alfred
Person sex M
Father forename Isaac
Mother forename Rebecca
Father surname ASTON
Person abode 46 Hurst Lane
Father occupation Car Driver

Parents Issac Aston & Rebecca Mills

Parents Marriage
8/4/1878 All Saints Sedgley Dudley
Staffordshire Sedgley
Church name All Saints
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 465
Marriage date 08 Apr 1878
Groom forename Isaac
Groom surname ASTON
Groom age 28
Groom condition bachelor
Groom occupation Shingler
Groom abode Sedgley
Bride forename Rebecca
Bride surname MILLS
Bride age full age
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Sedgley
Groom father forename Isaac
Groom father surname ASTON
Groom father occupation Publican
Bride father forename William
Bride father surname MILLS
Bride father occupation Miner
Witness 1 Seth PUGH
Witness 2 Mary Jane BIRD
Notes All sign except witness 2

Issac Aston
Rebecca Mills
Registration Year 1878
Registration Quarter Apr-May-Jun
Registration District Dudley
Inferred County Staffordshire
Volume 6c Page 161

1901 41 High Street, Tipton, Staffs.
Isaac Aston (51, Cab Driver, born Tipton), his wife Rebecca (46, Dressmaker, born Tipton), and their 8 children: George (22, Moulder, born Tipton), Harold (21, Cab Driver, born Tipton), Harry (20 Canal Boatbuilder, born Tipton), Frank (15, Engine Fitter, born Tipton), Gertrude (13, born Tipton), May (7, born Tipton), Alfred (5, born Tipton), and Maud (3, born Tipton).

1911 46 Hurst Lane, Tipton, Staffs.
Isaac Aston (61, Cab Driver, born Tipton), his wife Rebecca (56, born Tipton), and 6 of their surviving 8 children of 11: Frank S. (25, Cab Driver, born Tipton), Gertrude (23, Dressmaker, born Tipton), May (17, Dressmaker, born Tipton), Alfred (15, Gas Fitter for the Council, born Tipton), Maud (13, born Tipton), and Annie (8, born Tipton).

WW1 Records
Private 15493 Alfred Aston
Died of Wounds at Sea on Saturday, 7th August 1915, age 19.
Commemorated on Panel 134 to 136 of Helles Memorial, Turkey.
7th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment. 33rd Brigade of 11th Division.
Son of Isaac and Rebecca Aston, of 46, Hurst Lane, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Tipton, Resident: Unknown.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.

Alfred Aston was one of the "casualties suffered from long-range fire", as on August 7th he was treated at the 2nd Field Ambulance (Royal Naval Division) for a bullet wound to the head. He was evacuated from Suvla on a "trawler for the Hospital Ship" but died from his wounds and was buried at sea.

Dod 7/8/1915 (19) Died of Wounds at Sea

Burial At Sea

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/680635/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/560 ... fred-aston

Commemorated on Panel 134 to 136 of Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Commemorated on the Tipton Library & St. Matthew's Memorials.

Any other info
Tipton Herald August 28th 1915
DEATH OF PRIVATE A. ASTON.
Many Tipton people felt sad when they heard that Private Alfred Aston, of 46 Hurst Lane, a bright young Tipton lad, had died at the Dardanelles of wounds received in action. He was the youngest son of Mr Isaac Aston, and although very young had gained the esteem of all who knew him. He had been an apprentice at the Tipton Gas Works, and was well known in the fitting department. He had been a scholar at the Primitive Methodist Chapel, Bell Street. He enlisted in the 7th South Staffs on November 5th, and came home on furlough about nine weeks ago. His death took place on August 7th, which was about 2 or 3 weeks after he landed at the Dardanelles.
Young Aston, who was only twenty last June, had been very energetic in writing letters to his parents and friends in the few days he was privileged to take part in the fighting at the Dardanelles. He was one of the machine gunners. He wrote of a three day battle and of "giving the Turks something." He had sent his Army testament home to a friend.
When he was home on furlough he attended the funeral of a soldier at Tipton Cemetery. His loss was referrred to at the Primitive Methodist Chapel on Sunday last.

Tipton Herald September 4th 1915 (Picture)
PRIVATE ALFRED ASTON (Tipton).
This young man, killed in action at the Dardanelles, who joined the 7th South Staffs at the outbreak of the war, was a gasworks employee, and had only just turned 19. The son of Mr and Mrs Isaac Aston, of Hurst Lane, he was an amiable, good-hearted young fellow, beloved by all who knew him.

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