Completed Walter Aston
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Gunner 231489 Walter Aston
Abt 1899 - 29/1/1918 (19)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/aston-walter
Dob abt 1899
Baptism -
Parents Joseph Aston & Annie Deacon
Parents Marriage
22/6/1897 All Saints Bloxwch Walsall
Staffordshire Bloxwich
Church name All Saints
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 59
Marriage date 22 Jun 1897
Groom forename Joseph
Groom surname ASTON
Groom age 38
Groom condition widower
Groom occupation Labourer
Groom abode Elmore Green
Bride forename Ann
Bride surname DEACON
Bride age 24
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Elmore Green
Groom father forename Joseph
Groom father surname ASTON
Groom father occupation Labourer
Bride father forename Edward Stewart
Bride father surname DEACON
Bride father occupation Groom
Witness 1 Edwin Stewart DEACON
Witness 2 Rebecca ROBINSON
Notes Witness 2 signs X.
Joseph Aston
Marriage Age 38
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1859
Residence Place Elmore Green
Marriage Date 22 Jun 1897
Marriage Place Bloxwich, All Saints, Staffordshire, England
Father Joseph Aston
Spouse Ann Deacon
Marriage Age 24
Birth Date 1873
Father Edward Stewart Deacon
Religion Anglican
Page number 30
1901 2 Lock Side, Tipton, Staffs.
Joseph Aston (43, Canal Boatman, born Tipton), his wife Annie (30, born Brownhills), Joseph's 4 children from his firt marriage: Joseph (19, Bricklayer's Labourer, born Tipton), Clara (17, born Tipton), Eli (16, Iron Worker, born Tipton), Selina (13, born Tipton), and the only child from his second marriage to Annie: Walter (3, born Tipton).
1911 24 Park Lane East, Tipton, Staffs.
Joseph Aston (52, Deck Porter on Railways, born Tipton), his wife Annie (38, born Brownhills), and their 4 surviving children of 4: Walter (13, School, born Tipton), Annie Eliza (9, School, born Tipton), Alfred (6, School, born Tipton), and George (1, born Tipton).
WW1 Records
Gunner 231489 Walter Aston
Died of Wounds on Tuesday, 29th January 1918, age 19.
Buried in Grave XXVII. F. 13A. at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Royal Field Artillery, 119th Brigade, "B" Battery. 2nd Army.
Formerly 112437 Machine Gun Corps.
Son of Joseph and Annie Aston, of 24, Park Lane East, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Tipton, Resident: Tipton.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 29/1/1918 (19) Died of Wounds Belgium
Burial
Buried in Grave XXVII. F. 13A. at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433640/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107 ... lter-aston
Commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org ... tory/90015
Any other info
Tipton Herald February 1918 (date uncertain).
ANOTHER TIPTON HERO.
We have the sad duty to announce the death from wounds, on January 29th, of Gunner Walter Aston, a son of Mr & Mrs Joseph Aston, of 24 Park Lane East, Tipton. He would have been 20 years of age in March, and he joined the army in March of last year when just 19. He had been in France six months. First in the Royal Field Artillery, he transferred to the Tank Corps, and then went back to the R.F.A.
Prior to joining the forces, Gunner Aston was employed at Messrs. Braithwaite and Kirk's, Great Bridge, and before that was with the Birmingham C
Abt 1899 - 29/1/1918 (19)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.php/aston-walter
Dob abt 1899
Baptism -
Parents Joseph Aston & Annie Deacon
Parents Marriage
22/6/1897 All Saints Bloxwch Walsall
Staffordshire Bloxwich
Church name All Saints
Register type Parish Register
Register entry number 59
Marriage date 22 Jun 1897
Groom forename Joseph
Groom surname ASTON
Groom age 38
Groom condition widower
Groom occupation Labourer
Groom abode Elmore Green
Bride forename Ann
Bride surname DEACON
Bride age 24
Bride condition spinster
Bride abode Elmore Green
Groom father forename Joseph
Groom father surname ASTON
Groom father occupation Labourer
Bride father forename Edward Stewart
Bride father surname DEACON
Bride father occupation Groom
Witness 1 Edwin Stewart DEACON
Witness 2 Rebecca ROBINSON
Notes Witness 2 signs X.
Joseph Aston
Marriage Age 38
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1859
Residence Place Elmore Green
Marriage Date 22 Jun 1897
Marriage Place Bloxwich, All Saints, Staffordshire, England
Father Joseph Aston
Spouse Ann Deacon
Marriage Age 24
Birth Date 1873
Father Edward Stewart Deacon
Religion Anglican
Page number 30
1901 2 Lock Side, Tipton, Staffs.
Joseph Aston (43, Canal Boatman, born Tipton), his wife Annie (30, born Brownhills), Joseph's 4 children from his firt marriage: Joseph (19, Bricklayer's Labourer, born Tipton), Clara (17, born Tipton), Eli (16, Iron Worker, born Tipton), Selina (13, born Tipton), and the only child from his second marriage to Annie: Walter (3, born Tipton).
1911 24 Park Lane East, Tipton, Staffs.
Joseph Aston (52, Deck Porter on Railways, born Tipton), his wife Annie (38, born Brownhills), and their 4 surviving children of 4: Walter (13, School, born Tipton), Annie Eliza (9, School, born Tipton), Alfred (6, School, born Tipton), and George (1, born Tipton).
WW1 Records
Gunner 231489 Walter Aston
Died of Wounds on Tuesday, 29th January 1918, age 19.
Buried in Grave XXVII. F. 13A. at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
Royal Field Artillery, 119th Brigade, "B" Battery. 2nd Army.
Formerly 112437 Machine Gun Corps.
Son of Joseph and Annie Aston, of 24, Park Lane East, Tipton, Staffs.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Tipton, Resident: Tipton.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 29/1/1918 (19) Died of Wounds Belgium
Burial
Buried in Grave XXVII. F. 13A. at Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, Poperinge, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/433640/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/107 ... lter-aston
Commemorated on the Tipton Library Memorial
https://livesofthefirstworldwar.iwm.org ... tory/90015
Any other info
Tipton Herald February 1918 (date uncertain).
ANOTHER TIPTON HERO.
We have the sad duty to announce the death from wounds, on January 29th, of Gunner Walter Aston, a son of Mr & Mrs Joseph Aston, of 24 Park Lane East, Tipton. He would have been 20 years of age in March, and he joined the army in March of last year when just 19. He had been in France six months. First in the Royal Field Artillery, he transferred to the Tank Corps, and then went back to the R.F.A.
Prior to joining the forces, Gunner Aston was employed at Messrs. Braithwaite and Kirk's, Great Bridge, and before that was with the Birmingham C
