Completed Walter Edwin Astbury

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Family on bcc
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Private 10693 Walter Edwin Astbury
Abt 1893 - 9/8/1915 (22)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... ury-walter

Dob abt 9/9/1892 Dudley
ASTBURY, WALTER EDWIN HAMPSON
GRO Reference: 1892 D Quarter in DUDLEY Volume 06C Page 37

Baptism
16/10/1892 St Mark Ocker Hill Tipton
Staffordshire Ocker Hill
Church name St Mark
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 434
Birth date 09 Sep 1892
Baptism date 16 Oct 1892
Person forename Walter Edwin
Person sex M
Father forename Walter Edwin
Mother forename Mary Eliza
Father surname ASTBURY
Person abode Leabrook Rd
Father occupation Ironworker

Parents
Walter Astbury & Mary Eliza Hampson

Parents Marriage 15 Sep 1879 All Saints,West Bromwich
FreeReg
Parish Register
Register entry number 175
Walter Richard ASTBURY 21 bachelor Ball Furnaceman Wednesbury George ASTBURY Shingler
Mary Eliza HAMPSON 18 spinster Wednesbury Job HAMPSON Axle Forger
Witness1 William James GOULD
Witness2 Annie PYNOR

1901 28 Portway Street, Wednesbury, Staffs.
Walter Astbury (41, Iron Worker, born Wednesbury), his wife Mary (37, born Wednesbury), and their 5 children: George (20, Axle Heater, born Wednesbury), Florrie (18, born Wednesbury), May (15, born Wednesbury), Maud (11, born Wednesbury), and Walter (8, born Wednesbury).

1911 4 St James Street, Wednesbury, Staffs.
Walter Edwin Astbury (50, Gas Furnaceman, born Wolverhampton), his wife Mary Eliza (45, born Wednesbury), and 4 of their 7 surviving children of 12: Maud Alice (21, Nut and Bolt Screwer, born Wednesbury), Walter Edwin (18, Fitting Striker at Tube Works, born Wednesbury), William Frederick (9, born Wednesbury), and Beatrice May (6, born Wednesbury).

Mother Dod Mar 1912
Astbury Mary E 48 W Bromwich 6b 1207

Father Remarries 1918
PITT Annie M ASTBURY Walter E West Bromwich Register Office (WBRO) Sandwell Register Office WBRO/67/19

WW1 Records
Private 10693 Walter Astbury
Killed in Action on Monday, 9th August 1915, age 22.
Commemorated on Panel 134 to 136 of Helles Memorial, Turkey.
7th Bn., South Staffordshire Regiment. 33rd Brigade of 11th Division.
Son of Walter Edwin and Annie Maria Astbury, of 48, Ethelfleda Terrace, Church Hill, Wednesbury.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Wolverhampton, Resident: Wednesbury.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.

Dod 9/8/1915 (22) KIA Turkey

Burial Walter Astbury has no known grave.

www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/698252/

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/560 ... er-astbury

Commemorated on Panel 134 to 136 of Helles Memorial, Turkey.
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial, but commemorated on the Wednesbury War Memorial.

https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org ... tory/88521

Any other info
Walter's father, Walter Edwin, was awarded a Dependant's Pension of 6/0d (6 shillings exactly) per week, effective from 25th April 1919. His address was 48 Ethelfleda Terrace, Wednesbury, later 80 Handley Street, Wednesbury. This pension was active for 20 years; when Walter Edwin (senior) died on 16th November 1938, the pension passed his widow Eliza J Astbury - she was the third wife of Walter (senior) and so the step-mother of Walter (junior), Eliza died shortly afterwards in December quarter 1939.

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Mothers Burial 5/3/1912
Staffordshire Wood Green
Church name Cemetery
Register type Other Register
Burial date 05 Mar 1912
Burial person forename Mary Elizabeth
Burial person surname ASTBURY
Person age 48
Burial person abode St. James St.


Any other info
Walter's father, Walter Edwin, was awarded a Dependant's Pension of 6/0d (6 shillings exactly) per week, effective from 25th April 1919. His address was 48 Ethelfleda Terrace, Wednesbury, later 80 Handley Street, Wednesbury. This pension was active for 20 years; when Walter Edwin (senior) died on 16th November 1938, the pension passed his widow Eliza J Astbury - she was the third wife of Walter (senior) and so the step-mother of Walter (junior), Eliza died shortly afterwards in December quarter 1939.

Anyone see another marriage for Walter Snr. We have 2 on bcc