Lance Corporal 12313 Ernest ASTON

Lance Corporal 12313 Ernest Aston{gallery}L/Cpl E Aston{/gallery}8th Battalion, Leicestershire Regiment
Killed in action in the Second Battle of the Somme, France and Flanders, 22nd March 1918 aged 32

• Buried: Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery, Somme, France. Grave VI.I.4
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of William and Lydia Aston
  
• NNWFHS Memorial: Arley

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for L/Cpl Aston
• Epehy Wood Farm Cemetery
• Leicestershire Regiment

Military, Census and Family History Information

• Born c1886 at Darby End, Dudley, Staffs
• Lived at 26 Cole Street, Dudley [1901]
• Lived 35 Cole Street, Dudley [1911]
• Employed as a brickmaker [1911]
  
• Enlisted at Nuneaton.